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The Better Priest and the Better Covenant
Read Hebrews 8:1-13
But the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, and it is founded on better promises. Hebrews 8:6
The priests offered sacrifices because it was prescribed by the old covenant. But that covenant was not good enough for salvation. With a new high priest it follows there needs to be a New Covenant. Jesus does not just take over doing what the former priests did. The terms of the relationship between God and us have been changed.
This new relationship was foretold 600 years before by Jeremiah when the Jews had broken their covenant with God again and again. They had stood at the edge of destruction. Jeremiah’s prophecy in Jeremiah 31:31-34 is quoted here in the epistle of the Hebrews.
In essence, God said that it would no longer be necessary for people to be taught to keep a set of rules. He will write His law in human hearts. You can never make people good by telling them to follow rules. You have to make people good first before they can change their ways from evil to good. There are many religions in Asia, but none has this cure for sin.
Only Jesus saves.
Even as God forgets our sin, have we truly left our sinful ways so far that we have also ‘forgotten’ how to sin?
Read Hebrews 8:1-13
But the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, and it is founded on better promises. Hebrews 8:6
The priests offered sacrifices because it was prescribed by the old covenant. But that covenant was not good enough for salvation. With a new high priest it follows there needs to be a New Covenant. Jesus does not just take over doing what the former priests did. The terms of the relationship between God and us have been changed.
This new relationship was foretold 600 years before by Jeremiah when the Jews had broken their covenant with God again and again. They had stood at the edge of destruction. Jeremiah’s prophecy in Jeremiah 31:31-34 is quoted here in the epistle of the Hebrews.
In essence, God said that it would no longer be necessary for people to be taught to keep a set of rules. He will write His law in human hearts. You can never make people good by telling them to follow rules. You have to make people good first before they can change their ways from evil to good. There are many religions in Asia, but none has this cure for sin.
Only Jesus saves.
Even as God forgets our sin, have we truly left our sinful ways so far that we have also ‘forgotten’ how to sin?
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Scripture Union Peninsular Malaysia's Bible reflections are devotional readings from the thoughts and insights of Asian writers. Consisting of 8 volumes, they cover the whole Bible in four years. Each volume contains books from the Old and New Testaments, and has a mix of historical, poetic and prophetic books, the gospels and epistles. Using this you can cultivate the discipline of a regular, systematic engagement with Scripture and gain an understanding of its magnificent story.
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