I. The New Covenant was ____________.
Genesis 12:3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
II. The New Covenant was _____________.
Galatians 3:19 Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made. . . .
1. To __________ Fallen Human Nature
2. To Make Wrongdoing a Legal Offense or ___________
Romans 7:7 Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”
Romans 3:20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
3. To Point Us to ____________in the Messiah as Our Only Hope.
III. The New Covenant is _____________.
Activities this week:
Memorize Jeremiah 31:33-34
Read Matthew 3 and Luke 4
Meditate on Luke 22:20; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Hebrews 9:14-15
Read the book of Hebrews, making a list of the advantages the new covenant offers Christians.