IN THE WORD DAILY

with Brother Rick

Hebrews 8: 12, 13

  For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

V- 13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.

 In verse 6 of this chapter, we see that Christ has become the mediator of a better covenant. This new covenant provides something that the old could not. Where the old supplied only temporary covering for sin, this new covenant washes our sins away. Where the old covenant could not pardon, the new covenant completely pardons. Where the old covenant gave hope for future forgiveness, the new covenant gives the believer security for eternal forgiveness and freedom to live in this present world. Jesus is that security, Jesus is that freedom. John 8: 36 says, “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.”

 We see in this epistle that there are two covenants that are addressed. One is the covenant God made with Israel when he gave them the law. This covenant was the conditional and temporary Mosaic covenant. The terms of this covenant were conditioned upon the fulfillment of its terms. It offered life, but only to those who kept the law. It contained Judgments governing Israel's social life. It contained commands which portrayed the righteous will of God. And it contained ordinances, which governed the religious life of Israel. We also place the old covenant laws into three categories; the Moral Law, the Ceremonial Law, and the Civil law.

But the new covenant is redefined in Hebrews 8: 6, the Bible says, “But now, hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.” The new covenant stands in complete  contrast to the Mosaic covenant. Its promises are better and its terms are unconditional. The old covenant was faulty in that it could not take away sin and it could not give the guilty conscience peace. The new covenant gives power to the believer to wash sin completely away and offers peace that passes all understanding. We know that the new covenant was promised to Israel and Judah, it began at Calvary and runs through the millennial age and throughout eternity. But we, as part of the church, have part in this new covenant, and we are recipients of the better promises that the new covenant offers. We have begun to enjoy the new covenant now. Israel as a nation will not reap the benefits of the new covenant until the Lord's return and “all Israel shall be saved”, Romans 11: 26- 27.

We as Christians are enjoying three things that the new covenant offers.  We have the promise of salvation. God promises to save us from our sins, not in our sins. God promises to save us from the penalty of sin, which is death, Romans 6: 23.  God promises to save us from the power of sin, and God promises one day to save us from the very presence of sin. Secondly, we obtained forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1: 13, 14 says, “Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son. In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:”  And thirdly, we have the ministry of the Holy Spirit. God has put his Spirit in us as a comforter and a guide through this life. John 14: 16 says, “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever;” Jesus also says in John 14: 26, “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have told you.”

Friends, we are part of something big. Its bigger than Obamacare. Its bigger than the Super bowl. Its bigger than Super Ball jackpot. Its bigger than anything this life has to offer.

We have security in Christ. Does your life portray the security that Jesus offers?

Have A Blessed Day!!!