God wants us to come to a place where we trust more in His grace than we do in self-effort. Ask yourself if you really trust the way of grace, or do you always fall back on self-effort? We must trust in the grace of God 100 percent. Through understanding the new covenant, grace is defined in precise terms.
The Old Covenant was Jewish law that God gave to Israel. The Law of Moses was not given to Gentiles and it did not consist of only ten commandments, but 613 laws.
The Bible tells us that this Jewish law never gave life to anybody, or made anybody righteous (Romans 3:20; Galatians 2:16; Galatians 3:21).
The Law was intended only as a shadow, or picture of the Christ to come (Colossians 2:16, 17; Hebrews 10:1).
Many looked to the Law of Moses for the hope of salvation, but the only thing they found was that the Law brought condemnation and death.
The Law was the “ministration of death” (2 Corinthians 3:7).
Today, the Law serves as a “schoolmaster” for unbelievers.
The Law was not made for righteous people, but for the ungodly, lawless, and disobedient (1 Timothy 1:8-11).
The Law is still tutoring unsaved people to get them to a point of understanding, through their guilt and shame, that they need a Savior.
The Law makes humans aware of our problem (Romans 3:19, 20).
Within ourselves we have no adequate response to heaven’s perfect standard; the Law’s strict demands make it quite clear that we fall short (Galatians 3:21, 22).
The Law doesn’t encourage or praise us. If you break one aspect of it, you break the whole thing (James 2:10).
Living under the Law is like living under the curse (Galatians 3:10).
The Law is an all-or-nothing proposition, and if anyone invests in the old way of the Law, he or she is obligated to obey the whole Law (Galatians 5:3).
Israel continued to break the Law time and time again; it was not designed to bring success (Exodus 24:7).
We cannot achieve righteousness through self-effort (Romans 5:20, 21).
Sin expands through the Law.
Under the old covenant, man couldn’t be faithful to God. But under the new covenant, God puts His faithfulness on display (Hebrews 6:13-18).
Abraham did not get blessed because he was faithful; He got blessed because He trusted God’s faithfulness.
There are four areas God swore to us:
God swore by Himself to make sure that we would always have a perfect Priest who would be a guarantor of a better covenant (Hebrews 7:21, 22).
God promised to never leave or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5).
God promised to be faithful to Himself.
God became a guarantor of a better covenant.
God will never again make a covenant like the old covenant. The new covenant is completely based on His faithfulness (Hebrews 8:6-10).
The new covenant is heaven’s solution to man’s faithlessness.
God rigged the system by downloading His thoughts and guidelines into our hearts when we accept Christ.
God’s commitment to be our God is for all eternity.
There are only two ways to respond to the new covenant: belief and thanksgiving.
God cannot deny Himself. Even if we are faithless, He remains faithful to us (2 Timothy 2:13).
Scripture References
Romans 3:19-21
Galatians 2:16
Galatians 3:10; 21,22
Colossians 2:16, 17
Hebrews 10:1
2 Corinthians 3:7
1Timothy 1:8-11
James 2:10
Galatians 5:3
Exodus 24:7
Hebrews 6:13-18
Hebrews 7:21, 22
Hebrews 13:5
Hebrews 8:6-10
2 Timothy 2:13
The Law was never intended to make us righteous. In fact, sin finds opportunity in the commandments. Under the dispensation of grace, we are to live a life that is led by the Holy Spirit, not the Law of Moses.
Sin increases when you try to live under the Law.
Sin finds opportunity in the commandments (Romans 7:8).
The Law of Moses gives sin an opportunity to thrive.
The Law is referred to as the “ministration of death,” but the new covenant of grace is more glorious than the old (2 Corinthians 3:7-9).
The Law of Moses strengthens sin (Romans 7:5; 1 Corinthians 15:56).
Under the dispensation of grace, we are supposed to live by the Spirit of God leading us, not the Law.
The Holy Spirit can take you places that the Law could never take you.
Trust your life to be governed by the Holy Spirit.
Under the Law, man does his part and God does His part, based on whether man keeps his end of the bargain. Under the Law, if you do good you get good; if you do bad, you reap negative consequences.
The new covenant is completely based on what Jesus has done, which takes the burden of responsibility off of you.
You simply must trust in what Jesus has already accomplished.
When you start trying to get God to do something that He has already done, you are not operating in faith.
Nobody can outperform Jesus.
The works of Christ are simply to believe in what He has already done.
Six Reasons we should not be operating under the Law now:
We are dead to the Law (Romans 7:4-6).
We are no longer under the Law (Romans 6:14; Galatians 5:18).
We are now to be led by the Spirit.
We are not supervised by the Law (Galatians 3:25).
The requirements of the Law have been fully met in us through Jesus Christ (Romans 8:3).
The flesh cannot keep the Law, but by walking in the Spirit it is already fulfilled in us.
The Law has already been set aside (Hebrews 7:18).
Christ is the end of the Law for those who are born again.
You don’t need the Law because you have the fruit of the Spirit imparted to you now (Galatians 5:22).
The fruit of the Spirit is greater than the Law to love because when you try to love through self-effort you will fail. There are some people and situations that require the Spirit of God to love through you. They are beyond your human ability to love.
God motivates us to live upright lives through the Holy Spirit in us, not through trying to adhere to the Law (Colossians 2:20-23).
We are to esteem, or uphold, the Law (Romans 3:29-31), but esteeming is not the same as “adhering to.”
We esteem the Law by acknowledging that it is so perfect that we cannot keep it.
The Holy Spirit will never lead you into lawless behavior.
Scripture References
Romans 7:4-8, 18
2 Corinthians 3:7-9
1 Corinthians 15:56
Romans 6:14
Galatians 5:18, 22
Galatians 3:25
Romans 3:29-31
Colossians 2:20-23
Romans 8:3
Hebrews 7:18
The Old Covenant was Jewish law that God gave to Israel. The Law of Moses was not given to Gentiles and it did not consist of only ten commandments, but 613 laws.
The Bible tells us that this Jewish law never gave life to anybody, or made anybody righteous (Romans 3:20; Galatians 2:16; Galatians 3:21).
The Law was intended only as a shadow, or picture of the Christ to come (Colossians 2:16, 17; Hebrews 10:1).
Many looked to the Law of Moses for the hope of salvation, but the only thing they found was that the Law brought condemnation and death.
The Law was the “ministration of death” (2 Corinthians 3:7).
Today, the Law serves as a “schoolmaster” for unbelievers.
The Law was not made for righteous people, but for the ungodly, lawless, and disobedient (1 Timothy 1:8-11).
The Law is still tutoring unsaved people to get them to a point of understanding, through their guilt and shame, that they need a Savior.
The Law makes humans aware of our problem (Romans 3:19, 20).
Within ourselves we have no adequate response to heaven’s perfect standard; the Law’s strict demands make it quite clear that we fall short (Galatians 3:21, 22).
The Law doesn’t encourage or praise us. If you break one aspect of it, you break the whole thing (James 2:10).
Living under the Law is like living under the curse (Galatians 3:10).
The Law is an all-or-nothing proposition, and if anyone invests in the old way of the Law, he or she is obligated to obey the whole Law (Galatians 5:3).
Israel continued to break the Law time and time again; it was not designed to bring success (Exodus 24:7).
We cannot achieve righteousness through self-effort (Romans 5:20, 21).
Sin expands through the Law.
Under the old covenant, man couldn’t be faithful to God. But under the new covenant, God puts His faithfulness on display (Hebrews 6:13-18).
Abraham did not get blessed because he was faithful; He got blessed because He trusted God’s faithfulness.
There are four areas God swore to us:
God swore by Himself to make sure that we would always have a perfect Priest who would be a guarantor of a better covenant (Hebrews 7:21, 22).
God promised to never leave or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5).
God promised to be faithful to Himself.
God became a guarantor of a better covenant.
God will never again make a covenant like the old covenant. The new covenant is completely based on His faithfulness (Hebrews 8:6-10).
The new covenant is heaven’s solution to man’s faithlessness.
God rigged the system by downloading His thoughts and guidelines into our hearts when we accept Christ.
God’s commitment to be our God is for all eternity.
There are only two ways to respond to the new covenant: belief and thanksgiving.
God cannot deny Himself. Even if we are faithless, He remains faithful to us (2 Timothy 2:13).
Scripture References
Romans 3:19-21
Galatians 2:16
Galatians 3:10; 21,22
Colossians 2:16, 17
Hebrews 10:1
2 Corinthians 3:7
1Timothy 1:8-11
James 2:10
Galatians 5:3
Exodus 24:7
Hebrews 6:13-18
Hebrews 7:21, 22
Hebrews 13:5
Hebrews 8:6-10
2 Timothy 2:13
The Law was never intended to make us righteous. In fact, sin finds opportunity in the commandments. Under the dispensation of grace, we are to live a life that is led by the Holy Spirit, not the Law of Moses.
Sin increases when you try to live under the Law.
Sin finds opportunity in the commandments (Romans 7:8).
The Law of Moses gives sin an opportunity to thrive.
The Law is referred to as the “ministration of death,” but the new covenant of grace is more glorious than the old (2 Corinthians 3:7-9).
The Law of Moses strengthens sin (Romans 7:5; 1 Corinthians 15:56).
Under the dispensation of grace, we are supposed to live by the Spirit of God leading us, not the Law.
The Holy Spirit can take you places that the Law could never take you.
Trust your life to be governed by the Holy Spirit.
Under the Law, man does his part and God does His part, based on whether man keeps his end of the bargain. Under the Law, if you do good you get good; if you do bad, you reap negative consequences.
The new covenant is completely based on what Jesus has done, which takes the burden of responsibility off of you.
You simply must trust in what Jesus has already accomplished.
When you start trying to get God to do something that He has already done, you are not operating in faith.
Nobody can outperform Jesus.
The works of Christ are simply to believe in what He has already done.
Six Reasons we should not be operating under the Law now:
We are dead to the Law (Romans 7:4-6).
We are no longer under the Law (Romans 6:14; Galatians 5:18).
We are now to be led by the Spirit.
We are not supervised by the Law (Galatians 3:25).
The requirements of the Law have been fully met in us through Jesus Christ (Romans 8:3).
The flesh cannot keep the Law, but by walking in the Spirit it is already fulfilled in us.
The Law has already been set aside (Hebrews 7:18).
Christ is the end of the Law for those who are born again.
You don’t need the Law because you have the fruit of the Spirit imparted to you now (Galatians 5:22).
The fruit of the Spirit is greater than the Law to love because when you try to love through self-effort you will fail. There are some people and situations that require the Spirit of God to love through you. They are beyond your human ability to love.
God motivates us to live upright lives through the Holy Spirit in us, not through trying to adhere to the Law (Colossians 2:20-23).
We are to esteem, or uphold, the Law (Romans 3:29-31), but esteeming is not the same as “adhering to.”
We esteem the Law by acknowledging that it is so perfect that we cannot keep it.
The Holy Spirit will never lead you into lawless behavior.
Scripture References
Romans 7:4-8, 18
2 Corinthians 3:7-9
1 Corinthians 15:56
Romans 6:14
Galatians 5:18, 22
Galatians 3:25
Romans 3:29-31
Colossians 2:20-23
Romans 8:3
Hebrews 7:18
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