Friday, December 28, 2007

New Covenant 202


NEW COVENANT 202
Genesis 9:13, Hebrews 10:5-10, 11:1
Hebrews 10:7: “Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about Me in the scroll—I have come to do Your will, O God.’”


This New Covenant, just like every covenant between God and His children is everlasting. Jesus said of the Father: “’Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You (Father God) did not desire, nor were you pleased with them. The law required them. Here I have come to do Your will.’ He sets aside the first to establish the second.” And we were made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all.

Our promise is everlasting life. Our sacrifice is to obey and follow Jesus, who died for us. Our problems are living in a sinful world obeying God’s commands. The meal is the sacrament of Holy Communion. We eat this meal in remembrance of Jesus’ sacrificial death on the cross. We live in hopeful expectation. One day we will claim our promise of live everlasting. God will provide us every single thing we need to reach His promise. “Faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we do not see.” (Hebrews 11:1).

Whenever we partake of Holy Communion, we are to remember Jesus’ death for our sins. Whenever we see a rainbow in the sky, we are to remember God’s promise of never destroying the Earth with water again.

We are secure that God’s promises never expire! They are good yesterday, today and tomorrow. We’ll live His promise of life everlasting with Him in Heaven forever.

Sometimes kids say that the Old Testament in the Bible is too ancient to be relevant today. When you hear words like these, it would be good to remind people that the people in the Old Testament paved the way for Jesus to come into the world. God gave us covenants so that we could hold fast to His Word. This is how God’s people claim their country in the land of Canaan, which today is Israel. This flags the way for us to claim our inheritance of life everlasting through belief in King Jesus.

Take Home Nugget
Promise, problems, provision, sacrifice, meal. That’s our lives in a nutshell. This includes the remembrances of Jesus’ sacrificial death that made the provision real every time we partake of Holy Communion. This also includes remembering God’s never going to destroy the earth by water again every time we see a rainbow.

This gives us security that God’s covenants are everlasting. Rainbows have been around for thousands of years!!

For as long as I can remember,
Rainbows have been a delight.
Pointing skywards as ribbons of color
Assuring us that everything is right.
J.D. Griffith
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