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Lesson 7 · February 13, 1892

The New Covenant.—Jer. 31:27-37

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(Memory Verses, 33, 34.)

Golden Text.—"I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more." .

  1. 1.What promise does the Lord make to Israel and Judah? .
  2. 2.On what conditions does God plant and build up? .
  3. 3.What shows that the blessing promised will be based on individual character and knowledge of God? .
  4. 4.Through what will these promised blessings come to the people of God? .
  5. 5.Why did the Lord make a new covenant? .

Notes

The covenant made with man after he had fallen, renewed to Noah and confirmed by oath to Abraham and Isaac, was called the "new covenant," because its confirmation by the death of Christ was subsequent to the national covenant with Israel, recorded in . All who are saved are saved by "the blood of the everlasting covenant." ; .

  1. 6.In what respect was the new covenant better than the old? .
  2. 7.In what respect do the promises differ? Ans. The old covenant was no stronger than the promises of Israel, one of the essential parties to the covenant, while the new covenant rests on the promise and oath of God. See .
  3. 8.What express statement shows that the covenants were radically different? .
  4. 9.Under the old or national covenant where did Israel have God's law? .
  5. 10.Where does God promise to put this same law, under the new covenant? .
  6. 11.With whom was the first covenant made? Ans. With Israel as a nation. .
  7. 12.For what purpose was it made? ; .
  8. 13.What is the purpose of the new covenant? .
  9. 14.How only, then, can men partake of the new covenant blessings, as individuals or as a nation? .

Notes

We can know God only by personal acquaintance. See .

  1. 15.How many of Israel, according to the new covenant, will know God? Same verse.
  2. 16.Through whom alone do we come into this covenant relation? .
  3. 17.What is necessary on our part that we may enter this relationship? ; .
  4. 18.In accepting Christ by faith what relationship does it establish between us and God? ; , last part.
  5. 19.To those who trust to the end () what promises are given? Verse 34, last clause; .
  6. 20.What surety has God given that the new covenant will be confirmed, and that true Israel will be saved by it? ; .
  7. 21.Who in Christ compose the true Israel of God? and for what purpose? ; .

Bible texts in this lesson

Jeremiah 31:34 · Jeremiah 31:27 · Jeremiah 31:28 · Jeremiah 18:7-10 · Jeremiah 31:29 · Jeremiah 31:30 · Jeremiah 31:31 · Hebrews 8:7 · Exodus 19:5-8 · Exodus 24:3-8 · Hebrews 13:20 · Acts 4:12 · Hebrews 8:6 · Hebrews 6:17 · Hebrews 6:18 · Jeremiah 31:32 · Deuteronomy 10:1-5 · Jeremiah 31:33 · Exodus 19:7 · Exodus 19:8 · Jeremiah 11:5 · Deuteronomy 7:6-8 · Acts 26:18 · John 10:14 · John 17:3 · Ephesians 2:12 · Ephesians 2:13 · Mark 1:15 · Acts 20:21 · Ephesians 2:18 · Ephesians 2:19 · Hebrews 3:14 · Micah 7:19 · Jeremiah 31:35-37 · Romans 9:24 · 1 Peter 2:9 · 1 Peter 2:10

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