What it means to be under the New Covenant

1. W e l c o m e

2. Are you under the Old Covenant?
Are you under the New Covenant?
How will I know that you are under the New
Covenant?

3. “I will show you my faith by my works”
James 2:18

4. t h e N E W C O V E N A N T
What does it mean to be under

5. The Mosaic Covenant
Established by God
Ratified by animal blood
Marked by circumcision of flesh
Nullified by disobedience

6. The Mosaic Covenant
Unable to produce obedience
Continual sacrifice
Imperfect high priests
Covered only the Jews

7. N e w C o v e n a n t

8. And the LORD your God will
circumcise your heart and the heart of
your offspring, so that you will love the
LORD your God with all your heart
and with all your soul, that you may
live.
D e u t e r o n o m y 3 0 : 6

9. “Behold, the days are coming,
declares the LORD, when I will make
a new covenant with the house of
Israel and the house of Judah,
J e r e m i a h 3 1 : 3 1

10. not like the covenant that I made with
their fathers on the day when I took
them by the hand to bring them out of
the land of Egypt, my covenant that
they broke, though I was their
husband, declares the LORD.
J e r e m i a h 3 1 : 3 2

11. But this is the covenant that I will
make with the house of Israel after
those days, declares the LORD: I will
put my law within them, and I will write
it on their hearts. And I will be their
God, and they shall be my people.
J e r e m i a h 3 1 : 3 3

12. And no longer shall each one teach
his neighbor and each his brother,
saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they
shall all know me, from the least of
them to the greatest, declares the
LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity,
and I will remember their sin no more.”
J e r e m i a h 3 1 : 3 4

13. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and
you shall be clean from all your
uncleannesses, and from all your idols
I will cleanse you.
E z e k i e l 3 6 : 2 5

14. And I will give you a new heart, and a
new spirit I will put within you. And I
will remove the heart of stone from
your flesh and give you a heart of
flesh.
E z e k i e l 3 6 : 2 6

15. And I will put my Spirit within you, and
cause you to walk in my statutes and
be careful to obey my rules.
E z e k i e l 3 6 : 2 7

16. Mosaic vs. New Covenant
Established by God
Ratified by animal blood
Marked by circumcision of flesh
Nullified by disobedience
Established by God
Ratified by Christ’s blood
Marked by circumcision of heart
Nullified by renunciation

17. Mosaic vs. New Covenant
Unable to produce obedience
Continual sacrifice
Imperfect high priests
Covered only Jews
Able to produce obedience
Once for all
Perfect High Priest
Covers Jews and Gentiles

18. Y o u w i l l k n o w G o d .
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t

19. And no longer shall each one teach his
neighbor and each his brother, saying,
‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all
know me, from the least of them to the
greatest, declares the LORD.
Jer 31:34
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t

20. that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of glory, may give you a
spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the
knowledge of him,
Ephesians 1:17
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t

21. You will know God.
Y o u w i l l k n o w H i s l a w .
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t

22. But this is the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel after those
days, declares the LORD: I will put my
law within them, and I will write it on
their hearts. And I will be their God, and
they shall be my people.
Jeremiah 31:33
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t

23. For when Gentiles, who do not have
the law, by nature do what the law
requires, they …show that the work of
the law is written on their hearts, while
their conscience also bears witness
Romans 2:14-15
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t

24. You will know God.
You will know His law.
Y o u w i l l k e e p t h e l a w .
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t

25. And I will remove the heart of stone
from your flesh and give you a heart of
flesh.
And I will put my Spirit within you, and
cause you to walk in my statutes and
be careful to obey my rules.
Ezekiel 36:26-27
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t

26. My sheep hear my voice, and I know
them, and they follow me.
John 10:27
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t

27. You will know God.
You will know His law.
You will keep the law.
Y o u w i l l m a n i f e s t G R A C E
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t

28. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the
same Spirit;
and there are varieties of service, but
the same Lord;
and there are varieties of activities, but
it is the same God who empowers them
all in everyone.
To each is given the manifestation of
the Spirit for the common good.
1 Corinthians 12:4-7
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t

29. What then, brothers? When you come
together, each one has a hymn, a
lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an
interpretation. Let all things be done for
building up.
1 Corinthians 14:26
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t

30. You will know God.
You will know His law.
You will keep the law.
You will manifest GRACE
You will produce rivers of Living
Water
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t

31. Going on eastward with a measuring
line in his hand, the man measured a
thousand cubits, and then led me
through the water, and it was ankle-
deep…and it was waist-deep….a river
that could not be passed through.
Ezekiel 47:3-5
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t

32. As I went back, I saw on the bank of
the river very many trees on the one
side and on the other.
Ezekiel 47:7
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t

33. And he said to me, “This water flows
toward the eastern region and goes
down into the Arabah, and enters the
sea; when the water flows into the sea,
the water will become fresh.
Ezekiel 47:8
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t

34. And wherever the river goes, every
living creature that swarms will live, and
there will be very many fish. For this
water goes there, that the waters of the
sea may become fresh; so everything
will live where the river goes.
Ezekiel 47:9
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t

35. Whoever believes in me, as the
Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will
flow rivers of living water.’”
Now this he said about the Spirit, whom
those who believed in him were to
receive, for as yet the Spirit had not
been given, because Jesus was not yet
glorified.
John 7:38-39
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t

36. You will know God.
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t
You will know His law.
You will keep the law.
You will manifest GRACE
You will produce rivers of Living Water
Y o u w i l l h a v e P O W E R

37. But you will receive power when the
Holy Spirit has come upon you, and
you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem
and in all Judea and Samaria, and to
the end of the earth.”
Acts 1:8
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t

38. “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever
believes in me will also do the works
that I do; and greater works than these
will he do, because I am going to the
Father.
John 14:12
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t

39. You will know God.
What does it mean to be under the
N e w C o v e n a n t
You will know His law.
You will keep the law.
You will manifest GRACE
You will produce rivers of Living Water
You will have POWER

40. Are you are under the
New Covenant?

41. Now the Lord is that Spirit: and
where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty.
II Corinthians 3:17:

42. who has made us competent to be
ministers of a new covenant, not of
the letter but of the Spirit. For the
letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
II Corinthians 3:6