...To worship God the Hebrews had to say no to the old covenant and its ceremonies, sacrifices, symbols, pictures and types. The old was gone - it was set aside. A new and better covenant had come, and they had to be willing to come to God in full confidence of the revealed faith of the New Testament. The New Covenant, in contrast to the Old, is not a system based on ceremonies, sacrifices, and external obedience to the law. Its truth is not veiled in types and figures.
John Macarthur
Showing posts with label New Covenant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Covenant. Show all posts
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Quote of the Day
In other
words, Jesus came not only to fulfill the law in his own work, he came to take
his people to a radical understanding of the law and a radical obedience to the
law that is not based on law but on himself, and therefore reflects the
fullness of what God wills for us - and especially reflects the gospel, the
covenant-keeping work of Christ at Calvary for his church. Marriage among Christians is mainly meant to
tell the truth about the gospel - that Christ died for his church who loves him
and never breaks his covenant with his bride.
In essence, Jesus
says, 'You have heard that it was said, 'You are permitted to divorce.' But I say to you, 'I have come to conquer the
hardness of your heart. I have come to die
for your sins. I have come to count you
as righteous. I have come to show you
the drama that marriage was meant to represent in my sacrificial,
covenant-keeping love for my sinful bride.
I have come to give you the power to stay married, or to stay single, so
that either way you keep your promises and show what my covenant is like and
how sacred is the covenant bond of marriage.
John Piper
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Quote of the Day
On Divorce: …Clearly Jesus
sees a tension between Deuteronomy 24 and Genesis 1-2. The but
at the beginning of verse 6 ('But from the beginning of Creation…') means:
God's will about divorce in Genesis 1-2 is not the same as his will expressed
in Deuteronomy 24. So the question is: Which way will Jesus go? Will he say, 'Well, there is still hardness
of heart today, even in my disciples, and so Deuteronomy expresses God's will
for my followers today'? Or will he say,
"I am the Messiah, the Christ. The
Son of Man has come into the world to gather a people who by faith in him and
union with him display the true meaning of marriage in the way they keep their
marriage covenant'? Will the emphasis
fall on the fact that in the church there is still hardness of heart, or will
the emphasis fall on the fact that the old has passed away and the new has come
(2 Cor. 5:17)?
John Piper
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