Jesus and A New Covenant

Jesus: The Shadows Substance - Message 15 - Jesus and A New Covenant - Heb. 8:1-13

Outline

I. A Perfect Priest – vs. 1-3

A. A High Priest Seated
B. A Minister of the Sanctuary – Heb 11:10, 16; 12:28
C. An Offering and Sacrifice – Heb 7:27; 9:14

II. A Perfect Pattern – vs. 4-6

A. A New Priesthood – Aaron to Melchizedek – Heb 7:11-12
B. A New Sanctuary – Earthly to Heavenly – Col 2:16-17; Heb 9
C. A New Ministry – Law to Grace – John 1:17

III. A Perfect Pact – vs. 7-13 (Covenant = the Terms of a Relationship)

A. The First and Second

1. Finding Fault – Rom 8:3; 2 Cor 3:6
2. Remade vs. Recently Made (renewed?)
3. Covenants of Scripture

B. The New Covenant Secured

1. A New, Better Covenant with My People (vs. 8)
2. Not Like the Old where Disobedience brought Disregard (vs. 9)
3. The New Covenant (vs. 10-12)

a. God’s Law
b. I Will Be Their God and They Will be My People
c. All Will Know God – Judges 2:10; Hos 4:1, 6; John 17:3
d. God Will Be Merciful and Forgive Their Sins – Matt 26:28; Luke 22:20; Heb 9:22

C. The Old Covenant Subsiding (vs. 13)

1. Obsolete and Vanishing Away
2. Does the Law Equal the Covenant?
3. Does the Law Pass Away with the Covenant?

 
a. Christ is the Realization of the Symbols (Ritual and Judicial Aspects) of the Law
b. Christ Represents the Standards of the Law (based on the character of God, who never changes)
c. Christ Repeats and Reinforces the Law (Internal vs. External) by Putting it in our Mind and Writing it on Our Heart.