Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: reaganaut; restornu; SZonian; greyfoxx39
Resty, maybe you need to hear some wonderful news: we are released from the Old Covenant that God made with His people.

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.

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 says, "After supper, [Jesus] took another cup of wine and said, 'This wine is the token of God's new covenant to save you – an agreement sealed with the blood I will pour out for you.'"

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.

325 posted on 06/05/2010 11:19:58 AM PDT by T Minus Four (Abortion: one dead, one wounded.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 311 | View Replies ]


To: T Minus Four

Fork tongues can not speak truth so go away!


330 posted on 06/05/2010 11:22:56 AM PDT by restornu
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 325 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson