A Better Covenant

• 31Behold, the days come, saith the

LORD, that I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel, and
with the house of Judah:
• 32 Not according to the covenant that I
made with their fathers in the day [that]
I took them by the hand to bring them
out of the land of Egypt; …

Jeremiah 31:31,32
• …which my covenant they brake,
although I was an husband unto them,
saith the LORD:

Jeremiah 31:31,32
• Convenant:
• a written agreement or promise usually
under seal between two or more parties
especially for the performance of some
action.

Meriam Webster Dictionary

• 1In the third month, when the children
of Israel were gone forth out of the
land of Egypt, the same day came they
[into] the wilderness of Sinai.
• 2And Moses went up unto God, and the
LORD called unto him out of the
mountain, saying,…tell the children of
Israel;

Exodus 19:1,2
• 4Ye have seen what I did unto the
Egyptians, and [how] I bare you on
eagles' wings, and brought you unto
myself.
• 5Now therefore, if ye will obey my
voice indeed, and keep my covenant,
then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto
me above all people: for all the earth
[is] mine:

Exodus 19:4,5
• 7And Moses came and called for the
elders of the people, and laid before
their faces all these words which the
LORD commanded him.
• 8And all the people answered together,
and said, All that the LORD hath
spoken we will do. And Moses returned
the words of the people unto the
LORD.

Exodus 19:7,8
• 3And Moses came and told the people
all the words of the LORD, and all the
judgments: and all the people answered
with one voice, and said, All the words
which the LORD hath said will we do.

Exodus 24:3
• All were at liberty to choose whether
they would comply with the conditions
of the covenant. They had heard God’s
law proclaimed, and its principles had
been particularized, that they might
know how much this covenant
involved. Again the people answered
with one accord, “All that the Lord
hath said will we do, and be obedient.

From Eternity to Past 216.3

• 8And Moses took the blood, and
sprinkled [it] on the people, and said,
Behold the blood of the covenant,
which the LORD hath made with you
concerning all these words.

Exodus 24:8
• Thus by a most solemn service the
children of Israel were once more set
apart as a peculiar people. The
sprinkling of the blood represented the
shedding of the blood of Jesus, by
which human beings are cleansed from
sin

Foundamental Belief of Christian Education p. 507

• 31Behold, the days come, saith the
LORD, that I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel, and
with the house of Judah:
• 32 Not according to the covenant that I
made with their fathers in the day [that]
I took them by the hand to bring them
out of the land of Egypt; …

Jeremiah 31:31,32
• …which my covenant they brake,
although I was an husband unto them,
saith the LORD:

Jeremiah 31:31,32
• 11And I gave them my statutes, and
showed them my judgments, which [if]
a man do, he shall even live in them.
• 12Moreover also I gave them my
sabbaths, to be a sign between me and
them, that they might know that I [am]
the LORD that sanctify them.

Ezekiel 20:11,12
• 13But the house of Israel rebelled
against me in the wilderness: they
walked not in my statutes, and they
despised my judgments, which [if] a
man do, he shall even live in them; and
my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then
I said, I would pour out my fury upon
them in the wilderness, to consume
them.

Ezekiel 20:13
• 5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes,
and my judgments: which if a man do,
he shall live in them: I [am] the
LORD.

Leviticus 18:5
• 26Cursed [be] he that confirmeth not
[all] the words of this law to do them.
And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deuteronomy 27:26
• 10For as many as are of the works of the
law are under the curse: for it is
written, Cursed [is] every one that
continueth not in all things which are
written in the book of the law to do
them.

Galatians 3:10
• 31 Behold, the days come, saith the
LORD, that I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel, and
with the house of Judah:
• 32 Not according to the covenant that I
made with their fathers in the day [that]
I took them by the hand to bring them
out of the land of Egypt; …

Jeremiah 31:31,32
• 7For if that first [covenant] had been
faultless, then should no place have
been sought for the second.
• 8For finding fault with them, he saith,
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant with
the house of Israel and with the house
of Judah:

Hebrews 8:7,8
• 30 What shall we say then? That the
Gentiles, which followed not after
righteousness, have attained to
righteousness, even the righteousness
which is of faith.
• 31 But Israel, which followed after the
law of righteousness, hath not attained
to the law of righteousness.

Romans 9:30,31
• 32 Wherefore? Because [they sought it]
not by faith, but as it were by the works
of the law. For they stumbled at that
stumblingstone;

Romans 9:32
• 1 Then came to Jesus scribes and
Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem,
saying,
• 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the
tradition of the elders? for they wash
not their hands when they eat bread.

Matthew 15:1,2
• 3 But he answered and said unto them,
Why do ye also transgress the
commandment of God by your
tradition?
• 4…thus have ye made the
commandment of God of none effect
by your tradition.

Matthew 15:3,4
• 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the
provocation, in the day of temptation in
the wilderness:
• 9 When your fathers tempted me,
proved me, and saw my works forty
years.

Hebrews 3:8,9
• 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in
any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in
departing from the living God.
• 13 But exhort one another daily, while
it is called To day; lest any of you be
hardened through the deceitfulness of
sin.

Hebrews 3:12,13
• 11And I gave them my statutes, and
showed them my judgments, which [if]
a man do, he shall even live in them.
• 12Moreover also I gave them my
sabbaths, to be a sign between me and
them, that they might know that I [am]
the LORD that sanctify them.

Ezekiel 20:11,12
• 13But the house of Israel rebelled
against me in the wilderness: they
walked not in my statutes, and they
despised my judgments, which [if] a
man do, he shall even live in them; and
my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then
I said, I would pour out my fury upon
them in the wilderness, to consume
them.

Ezekiel 20:13
•The New Covenant
• 31Behold, the days come, saith the
LORD, that I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel, and
with the house of Judah:
• 32 Not according to the covenant that I
made with their fathers in the day [that]
I took them by the hand to bring them
out of the land of Egypt; …

Jeremiah 31:31,32
• …which my covenant they brake,
although I was an husband unto them,
saith the LORD:

Jeremiah 31:31,32
• 33 But this [shall be] the covenant that I
will make with the house of Israel;
After those days, saith the LORD, I
will put my law in their inward parts,
and write it in their hearts; and will be
their God, and they shall be my people.

Jeremiah 31:33
• 34 And they shall teach no more every
man his neighbour, and every man his
brother, saying, Know the LORD: for
they shall all know me, from the least
of them unto the greatest of them, saith
the LORD: for I will forgive their
iniquity, and I will remember their sin
no more.

Jeremiah 31:34
• 13 In that he saith, A new [covenant], he
hath made the first old. Now that which
decayeth and waxeth old [is] ready to
vanish away.

Hebrews 8:13
• 1 Now of the things which we have
spoken [this is] the sum: We have such
an high priest, who is set on the right
hand of the throne of the Majesty in the
heavens; In that he saith, A new
[covenant], he hath made the first old.
Now that which decayeth and waxeth
old [is] ready to vanish away.

Hebrews 8:1
• 6 But now hath he obtained a more
excellent ministry, by how much also
he is the mediator of a better covenant,
which was established upon better
promises.

Hebrews 8:6
• The same law that was engraved upon
the tables of stone is written by the
Holy Spirit upon the tables of the heart.
Instead of going about to establish our
own righteousness we accept the
righteousness of Christ. His blood
atones for our sins. His obedience is
accepted for us.

Patriarchs and Prophets 372

• Then the heart renewed by the Holy
Spirit will bring forth “the fruits of the
Spirit.” Through the grace of Christ we
shall live in obedience to the law of
God written upon our hearts. Having
the Spirit of Christ, we shall walk even
as He walked.

Patriarchs and Prophets 372

• Through the prophet He declared of
Himself, “I delight to do Thy will, O
My God: yea, Thy law is within My
heart.” Psalm 40:8. And when among
men He said, “The Father hath not left
Me alone; for I do always those things
that please Him.” John 8:29.

Patriarchs and Prophets 372

• The apostle Paul clearly presents the
relation between faith and the law
under the new covenant. He says:
“Being justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ.” “Do we then make void the
law through faith? God forbid: yea, we
establish the law.”

Patriarchs and Prophets 373

• “For what the law could not do, in that
it was weak through the flesh”—it
could not justify man, because in his
sinful nature he could not keep the law
—“God sending His own Son in the
likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin,
condemned sin in the flesh:…

Patriarchs and Prophets 373

• …that the righteousness of the law
might be fulfilled in us, who walk not
after the flesh, but after the
Spirit.”Romans 5:1; 3:31; 8:3, 4.

Patriarchs and Prophets 373

• 20 Now the God of peace, that brought
again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that
great shepherd of the sheep, through the
blood of the everlasting covenant,
• 21 Make you perfect in every good work
to do his will, working in you that which
is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus
Christ; to whom [be] glory for ever and
ever. Amen.

Hebrews 13:20,21