25.The New Covenant - Zac Poonen

Zac PoonenAugust 17, 201725mWatch on YouTube

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Visit our website for more information: www.cfcindia.com Fundamental Biblical Truths 1.God's Purpose For Man 2.God's Provision For Man 3.Satan's Tactics 4.The Fall Of Man 5.Two Types Of Sins 6.Free Will And The Conscience 7.Grace And Faith 8.True Repentance 9.Repentance From All Sins 10.God's Two Fold Provision 11.God Is A God Of Love 12.The Power Of God's Word 13.How Satan Became Satan 14.Salvation From Sin 15.Jesus Is Our Forerunner 16.Why Satan Was Not Destroyed 17.Transformation 18.The Humanity Of Jesus 19.Likeness To Christ 20.Holiness Of Jesus 21.Jesus' Attitude To Money 22.Examples Of Humility 23.Satan Has Been Defeated 24.Faith Results In Praise 25.The New Covenant 26.Escaping Deception 27.The Right Way To Pray 28.God Centred Prayer

Summary

The speaker explains the difference between the Old Covenant and the New Covenant. The Old Covenant operated on a system of rewards and punishments based on adherence to commandments, which ultimately revealed humanity's inability to meet God's standards. The New Covenant, established through Christ's death and resurrection, is characterized by God's mercy, promising forgiveness of sins rather than conditional blessings or curses.

Outline

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What is the New Covenant?Jesus established what the Bible calls the New Covenant through his death and resurrection, replacing the old agreement.

The terms of the Old CovenantFor 1500 years, God dealt with Israel on the basis of the Old Covenant, where obedience brought material blessings and disobedience brought punishment.

The parental analogy of old and newThe old agreement treated people like children motivated by the threat of punishment or hope of reward, whereas the New Covenant is based on love and maturity.

Learning our inability through the lawThe purpose of the law during the Old Testament period was to reveal man's sin and absolute inability to live up to God's standards.

Circumcision as a symbol of cutting off self-confidencePhysical circumcision symbolized the cutting off of confidence in our own flesh and human ability so we would learn to depend entirely on God.

Falling short of God's gloryBecause every human being comes short of God's standard, salvation is needed freely through the death of Christ.Romans 3:23

Jesus as the mediator of a new agreementJesus arranged a new agreement between God and man that operates on entirely different terms than the Old Covenant.

The first provision: complete forgiveness of sinsGod promises to be merciful to our iniquities and remember our sins no more through the shed blood of Jesus.

The second provision: personal knowledge of GodIn the New Covenant, everyone knows God personally from the least to the greatest, enjoying a direct relationship like children to a father rather than servants to a master.

Direct access to God through ChristBelievers have direct access to the Father through Jesus Christ without needing human mediators, secretaries, or priests.1 Timothy 2:4–5

The third provision: God's laws written in mind and heartInstead of stone tablets outside of man, God puts His laws into our minds and writes them on our hearts, giving us both the desire and the ability to do His will.Hebrews 8:10

From 'I delight' to 'I come to do'God works in us to give us both the desire and the actual power to fulfill His good pleasure through the ministry of the Holy Spirit.Philippians 2:13

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