Song # 1081.1 from Our Gospel In Song Collection by Col Johnston. We read in the Book of Hebrews in chapter 8: God found fault with the people and said “The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah” (Hebrews 8:8). “It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant and I turned away from them, declares the Lord” (Hebrews 8:9). “This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people” (Hebrews 8:10). “No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest” (Hebrews 8:11). “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more” (Hebrews 8:12).
Thought for today: by calling this covenant “new”, the Lord has made previous covenants obsolete.
Thought for the future: there’s only one way to heaven, but that’s all we need. Where will you spend your eternity?