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The New Covenant Introduced: Jeremiah 31:31-32

The Old Covenant Defined: Exodus 19:3-8, 21-25 Exodus 24:3, 7 All that the LORD has said we will do

Did the people keep their promise? No. This is why Moses threw the tablets down and broke them.

The Ten Commandments are the covenant... Deuteronomy 4:11-13

Terms of the New Covenant: Jeremiah 31:31-34

The Law: No longer outwardly imposed... Inwardly inscribed... Still part of the human experience...

So the law doesn t go away. The covenant doesn t end. What changes is the onus of who is making sure that the people keep it. God is now promising to empower them to keep it, instead of them promising to keep it in their own strength.

Also, we assume when we don t keep the law that we are cast off and can t be God s people anymore. But part of the new covenant, given to lawbreakers, is that they will be brought into God s favor, through God s pursuit of them. They will be my people, and I will be their God. Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.

This sounds too good to be true, doesn t it? Can God forgive me? Revelation 12: The accuser of the brethren...

If God has no intention of remembering our sins, why do we insist on reminding ourselves of them?

Better covenant/better promises: Hebrews 8:6-13 No longer is the covenant based upon man s faulty promises to God. It s now based upon God s faithful promises to man, through the hands of a Mediator.

So it s not the content of the covenant that s at fault, it s the self-confidence and self-righteousness of the people who made the agreement.

Joshua 24:16-19 We also will serve the LORD You cannot serve the LORD Andrews Study Bible Comments

"What is justification by faith? It is the work of God in laying the glory of man in the dust, and doing for man that which it is not in his power to do for himself. When men see their own nothingness, they are prepared to be clothed with the righteousness of Christ." -The Faith I Live By, p. 111

In Exodus 19 and 24, the Israelites clearly did not recognize their nothingness, and in turn were not in a place to receive the righteousness of Christ.

From Eternity Past Chapter 32: The Grace of Christ and the New Covenant Patriarchs and Prophets Chapter 32: The Law and the Covenants

This is alluded to Genesis 15. God connects the idea of Abraham s seed coming to bless the world and Abraham trusting Christ as his righteousness with the end of Israel s captivity for 400 years in Egypt. I believe He did this, hoping that they would choose the covenant Abraham chose instead of the one they actually chose at Mt. Sinai.

God s missional quandary: Ezekiel 36:22

God s missional quandary: Romans 2:24

This is one of the issues that is driving many of our young people away from our churches.

God s missional quandary resolved: Ezekiel 36:23 and the nations shall know that I am the LORD, says the Lord God, when I am hallowed in you before their eyes.

The unbelieving world will know that God is LORD alone when His people look like Jesus. This is what they have been looking for all along.

The Israelites were selfish, narcissistic, judgmental, and nationalistic. They felt entitled to the favor of God because they were His "chosen people." They didn't realize that this mentality and behavior kept others from knowing that they were God s chosen people too.

The Israelites weren t better than everyone else, they were the missionaries who were to represent Christ to the world. Because they rejected that, they were rejected by God and He chose other messengers. The call of Israel was missional.

How does God make that a reality? Ezekiel 36:24-27 He replaces the we wills of the people with His own I wills.

So the law was not the problem that needed to be changed. We were the problem that needed to be changed. The law s relevance remains.

Ezekiel 36:28-30 Sometimes we feel that we can t be God's people. We have the Romans 7 quandary. But God reassures us in this passage. Remember that He s making these promises to disobedient, ugly people...

Ezekiel 36:31 This amazing, long-suffering grace of God will lead His people to repentance. Romans 2:4

God would do that for me? I m dirty. I have idols. I have a stony heart. I don t obey...

God s love towards us isn t based upon what we do. It s based upon who He is.

Some here may be getting antsy. What do we do?

The I will(s) of God are dependent upon your I will.

I will cease trying to appease God by my deeds. I will stop avoiding the conviction of His Holy Spirit. I will choose to believe the things about me that God believes. I will yield my will, my power of choice, and my desires to the One who has given all for me and desires my happiness.

The I will(s) of God are dependent upon your I will.

God is asking you to lay down your Old Covenant experience of I will(s) and to rest in His.

Yielding our will and choosing to receive Christ s spirit of surrender is the hardest thing we will ever do. But it will lead to our happiness and victory.

"What is justification by faith? It is the work of God in laying the glory of man in the dust, and doing for man that which it is not in his power to do for himself. When men see their own nothingness, they are prepared to be clothed with the righteousness of Christ." -The Faith I Live By, p. 111

We have to come to terms with the fact that we have nothing to offer God but ourselves.

One of the things I love the most about Jesus is that our piety doesn t impress Him, and our dirt does not discourage Him.

His love for us is at its zenith no matter what we do. Our actions don t change that for the worse or the better.

God will move His followers to obedience through the power of His Spirit. This is a unique declaration about obedience as a result of God s working in humans through the Holy Spirit. -Andrews Study Bible

Thus, obedience is not our achievement or performance, but a consequence of letting God work in us. Alone, we are not able to follow Him. -Andrews Study Bible

Power to overcome evil and live in harmony with His commandments comes from a source outside of us. -Andrews Study Bible

Only the Spirit of God can transform hearts and enable people to observe His laws and instructions. What God requires He also provides. -Andrews Study Bible

"As the will of man cooperates with the will of God, it becomes omnipotent. Whatever is to be done at His command may be accomplished in His strength. All His biddings are enablings." -Christ's Object Lessons, p. 333

John 5 is a great example of this... Desire of Ages, p. 203

Waldenses: Great Controversy, p. 72-75

A Bible study friend s experience... Rest is not inactivity. You actually do more with God working through you.

Romans 8:3-8 Jesus came in flesh like ours, and overcame sin in that flesh, so that the law could be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

Ezekiel 36:33-38 You can inquire of God to do this for you.

Sound too good to be true? God anticipates that response: Ezekiel 37:1-14

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