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so say we alli. The new covenant does not do away with or renounce the law. It makes the law closer and more important by setting it in the mind and heart
That's why the NC is Old Testament and there is only ONE Gospel
so say we all, instead of on a stone tablet or page. “It would no longer be like the external one made with the fathers, but spiritual and internal, and based on an intimate knowledge of Jehovah.” (Morgan)
That's why the NC is Old Testament and there is only ONE Gospel
so say we allii. “Obedience to the Law is not a prior condition for entering the New Covenant. Rather, it is one of the promised blessings of the New Covenant.” (Ryken)
That's why the NC is Old Testament and there is only ONE Gospel
so say we alliii. “Things required by the law are bestowed by the gospel. God demands obedience under the law: God works obedience under the gospel. Holiness is asked of us by the law: holiness is wrought in us by the gospel.” (Spurgeon)
That's why the NC is Old Testament and there is only ONE Gospel
so say we alliv. Here, the heart is written upon in a good, positive sense. “The heart as a writing material is spoken of in Jeremiah 17:1 in relation to sin.” (Thompson)
e. I will be their God, and they shall be My people: The new covenant brings new relationship with God. Those connected to God by the new covenant have personal, close relationship with God that they did not have before: they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.
i. Notably, this relationship with God had a personal aspect (they all show know Me). “Probably the most significant contribution which Jeremiah made to religious thought was inherent in his insistence that the new covenant involved a one-to-one relationship of the spirit.
That's why the NC is Old Testament and there is only ONE Gospel
All of the OT saints in Heb 11 were made so - by the one any only Gospel found in both OT and NT.
Gal 3:8 the "Gospel was preached to Abraham"
Heb 4:2 "The Gospel was preached to us just as it was to them also"
There is no record of taking a bath before the time of Moses in the Nile... but it does not mean it did not happen.There is no record of a sabbath being observed before the children of Israel leaving Egypt.
There IS THE SABBATH sanctified and made a holy day of observance in Gen 2:2-3 as Ex 20:11 demands that the reader admit.
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