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Please do take time to read this.God bless you as you do so.

We must be abreast with the facts of the scriptures,the scriptures teach concerning two covenants.The old and new covenants.Oftentimes we think it's a series.Series 1 is the old covenant,Series 2 the new.Hence in our imaginations we assume they are complements or even supplements.How our imaginations have failed us.The old is thus called because it is OUTDATED AND EXPIRED.

Jesus warned about putting new wine in old wineskins(mark 2:21-22).How we have done this too often.We often practice both covenants side by side!We must quickly know it's an error.These two covenants aren't the same.One has REPLACED the other.Thus everything has changed,from culture,worship,service,prayer etc!.Attempting to mix an expired practice with a new one will give a bad product.this is the norm today in many places!.

Let's patiently examine the following scriptures
2cor3:6-Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament;not of letter,but of the spirit of life:for the letter killeth,but the spirit giveth life.
7But if the ministration of death,written and engraven in stones,was glorious,so that the children of Isreal could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenace; which Glory was to be done away:
8How shall not the minstration of the spirit be rather glorious?
9For if the minstration of condemnation be glory,much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory
10For even that which made glorious had no glory in this respect,by reason of the glory that excelleth
11For if that which is done away was glorious,much more that which remaineth is glorious
12Seeing then that we have such hope,we use great plainess of speech:

Obviously,we have a clear distinction of the covenants.Death vs Life.Condemnation vs Righteousness.Spirit vs flesh.The old is DONE AWAY WITH.
Heb8:6-13
6)but now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry,by how much also is he the mediator of a better covenant,which was established upon better promises

7)For if tha first covenant had been faultless,then should no place have been sought for the second

For finding fault with them,he saith,Behold,the days come,saith the Lord,when i will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah

9)not according to the covenant that I made with their Fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt;because they continued not in my covenant,and i Regarded them not,saith the Lord

10)For this is the covenant that i will make with the house of Israel after those days,saith the Lord;I will put my laws into their mind,and write them in their hearts:and i will be to them a God,and they shall be to me a people;

11)And they shall not teach every man his neighbour,and every man his brother,saying,Know the Lord:for all shall know me,form the least to the greatest.

12)For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness,and their sins and thier iniquities will i remember no more

13)In that he saith,A new covenant,he hath made the first old,Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Again the old covenant is referred to as expired!
The New made the first old and oudated!
When we seek to merge both,we end up confused in our giving in church,faith towards God,attitude to sin,to fellow believers etc

A few salient facts
1)The Old is the shadow,the New is the substance(Heb10:1,Col2:16-17)
2)The Old justified no ONE,justification is only by the New covenant(refer to 2cor3 above and Gal3:10-14)
3)The old was for Israel and the New was for ALL NATIONS(including Israel)
The old covenant is/was the fore-runner of the new.Its pratices show this clearly.It was never given to bring salvation.Rather it was given to point to it(salvation).It never gave righteousness rather it showed the import of a right standing with God.Its blessing were conditional:if you obey,if you do all that is wirtten,if you follow the Lord your God,if you serve HIM,if you hearken diligently and so on and so forth.

Let's examine critically some of the above statements.

Healing under the Old covenant.
Exodus15:26-and said,If thou will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God,and will do that which is rigt in his sight,and will give ear to his commandments,and keep all his statues,I will put none of these diseases upon thee,which i have brought upon the Egyptians:for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
Exodus23:25-and ye shall serve the Lord your God,and he shall bless thy bread and thy water and i will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

Healing here is conditional upon your obedience of the laws.it was NEVER free.

Healing under the New covenant
Matt8:16-17-when the even was come,they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils:and he cast out the spirits with his word and healed all that were sick:
17)That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet,saying,Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses.
Jesus healing ANYONE was based ONLY on His substitutionary work.Men received unconditionally,Let's peruse Isaiah's prophecy concerning this-
Isaiah53:4-surely he hath borne out griefs and carried our sorrows;yet we did esteem him stricken,smitten of God and afflicted.
5)But he was wounded for our transgressions,he was bruised for our iniquities:the chastisement of our peace was upon him;and with his stripes we are healed.

Healing is by HIS STRIPES,HIS PAINS,HIS SUFFERINGS,it's never conditional.if any conditions at all,they are/were fulfilled by Jesus.
Peter re-echoes this
1pet2:24-Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree that we,being dead to sins,should live unto righteousness:by whose stripes we are healed.

John puts it this way
John1:16-And of his fullness have all we received,and grace for grace.
17)For the law was given by Moses,but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
The Law is a demand for performance.Grace is a supply of help,power,strength and support.They are not complements,They are OPPOSITES.
The promise of priesthood under the Old covenant.
Exodus19:5-6
Priesthood under the New covenant
1pet2:5-10.
Rev1:5-6.

We all qualify by the washing of Christ's blood!
CONCLUSION
Obviously,both covenants had many similar concepts and blessings,however the Old was based on conditions,the New is made UNCONDITONAL,because it has ALL been paid for by Christ's death!
To attempt to marry these two covenants,we will fail the test of rightly dividing the word of truth(2tim2:15)
Under the Old covenant blessings came based on obedience.with the New covenant,we are BLESSED to obey!As all things are feeely given to us in Christ!
Romans8:32-he that spared not his own Son,but delivered him up for us all,how shall he not with him also freely give us all?

Blessed?Say,I am a product of Grace.I am recipent of the benefits of Christ's sufferings and obedience!I am thankful for the New covenant!We win!.
SOURCE:Saints community church,Sunday 19th April 2015 bulletin.
378,Herbert Macaulay way,By Unilag junction,Yaba,Lagos.
Tel:08033023354.
Website:www.saintscommunity.net

Also visit www.livingwordmedia.org to download teachings for free.
Have a blessed week.AMEN

sportsmaster:
Please do take time to read this.God bless you as you do so.

We must be abreast with the facts of the scriptures,the scriptures teach concerning two covenants.The old and new covenants.Oftentimes we think it's a series.Series 1 is the old covenant,Series 2 the new.Hence in our imaginations we assume they are complements or even supplements.How our imaginations have failed us.The old is thus called because it is OUTDATED AND EXPIRED.

Jesus warned about putting new wine in old wineskins(mark 2:21-22).How we have done this too often.We often practice both covenants side by side!We must quickly know it's an error.These two covenants aren't the same.One has REPLACED the other.Thus everything has changed,from culture,worship,service,prayer etc!.Attempting to mix an expired practice with a new one will give a bad product.this is the norm today in many places!.

Let's patiently examine the following scriptures
2cor3:6-Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament;not of letter,but of the spirit of life:for the letter killeth,but the spirit giveth life.
7But if the ministration of death,written and engraven in stones,was glorious,so that the children of Isreal could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenace; which Glory was to be done away:
8How shall not the minstration of the spirit be rather glorious?
9For if the minstration of condemnation be glory,much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory
10For even that which made glorious had no glory in this respect,by reason of the glory that excelleth
11For if that which is done away was glorious,much more that which remaineth is glorious
12Seeing then that we have such hope,we use great plainess of speech:

Obviously,we have a clear distinction of the covenants.Death vs Life.Condemnation vs Righteousness.Spirit vs flesh.The old is DONE AWAY WITH.
Heb8:6-13
6)but now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry,by how much also is he the mediator of a better covenant,which was established upon better promises

7)For if tha first covenant had been faultless,then should no place have been sought for the second

For finding fault with them,he saith,Behold,the days come,saith the Lord,when i will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah

9)not according to the covenant that I made with their Fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt;because they continued not in my covenant,and i Regarded them not,saith the Lord

10)For this is the covenant that i will make with the house of Israel after those days,saith the Lord;I will put my laws into their mind,and write them in their hearts:and i will be to them a God,and they shall be to me a people;

11)And they shall not teach every man his neighbour,and every man his brother,saying,Know the Lord:for all shall know me,form the least to the greatest.

12)For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness,and their sins and thier iniquities will i remember no more

13)In that he saith,A new covenant,he hath made the first old,Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Again the old covenant is referred to as expired!
The New made the first old and oudated!
When we seek to merge both,we end up confused in our giving in church,faith towards God,attitude to sin,to fellow believers etc

A few salient facts
1)The Old is the shadow,the New is the substance(Heb10:1,Col2:16-17)
2)The Old justified no ONE,justification is only by the New covenant(refer to 2cor3 above and Gal3:10-14)
3)The old was for Israel and the New was for ALL NATIONS(including Israel)
The old covenant is/was the fore-runner of the new.Its pratices show this clearly.It was never given to bring salvation.Rather it was given to point to it(salvation).It never gave righteousness rather it showed the import of a right standing with God.Its blessing were conditional:if you obey,if you do all that is wirtten,if you follow the Lord your God,if you serve HIM,if you hearken diligently and so on and so forth.

Let's examine critically some of the above statements.

Healing under the Old covenant.
Exodus15:26-and said,If thou will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God,and will do that which is rigt in his sight,and will give ear to his commandments,and keep all his statues,I will put none of these diseases upon thee,which i have brought upon the Egyptians:for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
Exodus23:25-and ye shall serve the Lord your God,and he shall bless thy bread and thy water and i will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

Healing here is conditional upon your obedience of the laws.it was NEVER free.

Healing under the New covenant
Matt8:16-17-when the even was come,they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils:and he cast out the spirits with his word and healed all that were sick:
17)That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet,saying,Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses.
Jesus healing ANYONE was based ONLY on His substitutionary work.Men received unconditionally,Let's peruse Isaiah's prophecy concerning this-
Isaiah53:4-surely he hath borne out griefs and carried our sorrows;yet we did esteem him stricken,smitten of God and afflicted.
5)But he was wounded for our transgressions,he was bruised for our iniquities:the chastisement of our peace was upon him;and with his stripes we are healed.

Healing is by HIS STRIPES,HIS PAINS,HIS SUFFERINGS,it's never conditional.if any conditions at all,they are/were fulfilled by Jesus.
Peter re-echoes this
1pet2:24-Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree that we,being dead to sins,should live unto righteousness:by whose stripes we are healed.

John puts it this way
John1:16-And of his fullness have all we received,and grace for grace.
17)For the law was given by Moses,but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
The Law is a demand for performance.Grace is a supply of help,power,strength and support.They are not complements,They are OPPOSITES.
The promise of priesthood under the Old covenant.
Exodus19:5-6
Priesthood under the New covenant
1pet2:5-10.
Rev1:5-6.

We all qualify by the washing of Christ's blood!
CONCLUSION
Obviously,both covenants had many similar concepts and blessings,however the Old was based on conditions,the New is made UNCONDITONAL,because it has ALL been paid for by Christ's death!
To attempt to marry these two covenants,we will fail the test of rightly dividing the word of truth(2tim2:15)
Under the Old covenant blessings came based on obedience.with the New covenant,we are BLESSED to obey!As all things are feeely given to us in Christ!
Romans8:32-he that spared not his own Son,but delivered him up for us all,how shall he not with him also freely give us all?

Blessed?Say,I am a product of Grace.I am recipent of the benefits of Christ's sufferings and obedience!I am thankful for the New covenant!We win!.
SOURCE:Saints community church,Sunday 19th April 2015 bulletin.
378,Herbert Macaulay way,By Unilag junction,Yaba,Lagos.
Tel:08033023354.
Website:www.saintscommunity.net

Also visit www.livingwordmedia.org to download teachings for free.
Have a blessed week.AMEN

But Jesus gave the sermon on the mount and concluded with the call to obedience- Why call ye Me Lord , Lord and do not the things which I say? Luke 6:46! The New Covenant is a covenant of grace hence the righteous standards are higher.

Luke 1:70-75"... to remember His holy covenant, the oath which He sware to our father Abraham (Galatians 3:16-18), that He would grant unto us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve Him without fear in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life" This expresses the New covenant reality I know and Hebrews 12:14,"follow peace with all men and[b] holiness without which no man shall see the Lord"[/b] Indeed, there are conditions and these conditions are made possible in our lives by the Spirit through our faith, in a word-Grace Titus 2;11-14 ..." the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously and godly in this present world.

And Peter warns 2Peter 2:20," ... if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein,and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning" This shows that we need to take heed to ourselves , like Christ warned, and He would not have warned if there was no danger.

If you read the message of Christ to the Churches in Revelations 2 and 3, except we forge another 'Jesus', you will see that the better covenant implies that to whom much is given more (not less)shall be required and grace is available.