Most Christians are still confused by the "Old" Covenant (Laws)
and the "New" Covenant. I blame Religion and the lack of knowledge (not reading your Bible).  I was in the same boat growing up and it defeats the whole purpose of the saved by Grace through Faith principal that Jesus Christ died on the Cross for. 




I asked my daughter a few weeks ago if she understood the difference between the old Covenant (Mosaic laws) and the New Covenant? She says "Oh about how God is so mean to people?" WHAT??? Then after explaining it to her and noticing Apostle Paul had this same struggle for people to understand the difference over 2,000 years ago, it is still a problem. It needs to be simplified to all new believers and those renewing Faith.  So not only am I blogging about it today and sharing everywhere!!! I am adding it to this weeks teaching on our "Salvation Series" tomorrow night and you can listen HERE  

Here is an overview of the message that you can soak up and tell someone now!!

The new covenant is spoken about first in the book of Jeremiah. The old covenant that God had established with His people required obedience to the Old Testament Mosaic law. Because the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23), the law required that people perform rituals and sacrifices in order to please God and remain in His grace. The prophet Jeremiah predicted that there would be a time when God would make a new covenant with the nation of Israel.

"‘The day will come,’ says the Lord, ‘when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. . . . But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day,’ says the Lord. ‘I will put my law in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people’" (Jeremiah 31:31, 33). Jesus Christ came to fulfill the law of Moses (Matthew 5:17) and create a new covenant between God and His people. The old covenant was written in stone, but the new covenant is written on our hearts, made possible only by faith in Christ, who shed His own blood to atone for the sins of the world. Luke 22:20 (ESV) says, "And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, ‘This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.’"

Now that we are under the new covenant, we are not under the penalty of the law. We are now given the opportunity to receive salvation as a free gift (Ephesians 2:8-9). Through the life-giving Holy Spirit who lives in all believers (Romans 8:9-11), we can now share in the inheritance of Christ and enjoy a permanent, unbroken relationship with God. Hebrews 9:15 declares, “For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that He has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.”

I hope this short post clears up some of the "Christian Confusion".  Please like, share and listen to the entire message on Wednesday 10/7/2015 at 7pm CST. HERE God Bless and be a Blessing!!