Jesus kept the covenant of the Law perfectly when we could not. God replaced the covenant of the Law with the New Covenant of the Gospel. We have the Holy Spirit to teach and remind us of everything Jesus said. You and I have been given the immense blessing of Jesus’ New Testament teachings and knowing that His sacrifice was once and for all. It is now out of date and will soon disappear. When God speaks of a “new” covenant, it means he has made the first one obsolete. the Holy Spirit reminds us of Christ’s words, activates our conscience, influences our motives and desires, and makes us want to obey.īecause of His great love, God made the Old Covenant obsolete by fulfilling His promise to send a Savior. Under God’s New Covenant, God’s law is inside us. I will be their God, and they will be my people. I will put my laws in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. God gave His laws, commands, and sacrifices to be followed and promised His blessings if they were. The Old Covenant was a contract of God’s Law. If the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second covenant to replace it. So much so that they questioned Jewish Christians who were talking about going back to the Old Testament, Old Covenant system. I’d imagine our pastors are glad that’s not part of the job too.

I’m guessing most of us are glad we don’t have to take sheep or goats or doves to church as our weekly sacrifice. Rev often smiles and says, “I sure am glad I was born in New Testament times.”

Blessing of the old god