Lesson 6 · August 10, 1907
Letter and Spirit of the New Covenant
Questions
- 1.Of what are we made ministers? .
- 2.What two things of the new covenant may be ministered? What is the result of each ministration? Same reference.
- 3.Upon what was this ministration of death, or the letter, written? .
- 4.What, then, is the letter of the new covenant? . Note 1.
- 5.As co-laborers with Christ in the new covenant, are we then to minister life or death to the children of men? .
- 6.What is the primary object of the law? , first part; 10:5.
- 7.But what is the law found to be to us? Why? . Note 2.
- 8.If we are not to minister condemnation and death, which come by the law, of what use is the law in preaching the Gospel to sinners? ; .
- 9.When men acknowledge themselves sinners, what can we then minister to them and with what results? .
- 10.What law is this? ; . Note 3.
- 11.What will then pass away? .
- 12.What will be fulfilled in them if they walk after the spirit? .
- 13.What will be condemned in them? .
- 14.Where will that now be written which before was written on the tables of stone? .
- 15.In what covenant will they then be? .
Notes
1. The letter of any covenant is that which defines the terms of the covenant. The letter of a covenant for the building of a house is the plans and specifications of the house, together with the reward or penalty for the compliance or failure. The letter sets forth that which the contracting parties are to perform. To one who has failed to comply, the letter points out that failure and can only bring condemnation, and under God's covenant, death. Hence the letter ministers only death to the sinner.
2. The object of the law is life; but life can only result from perfect obedience to it. . Hence the law describes a perfect righteousness. But we have all sinned, so that the law which was ordained to life, we find to be unto death. A perfect law can only condemn imperfection.
3. Christ was baptized with God's Spirit (), by whose power He kept for us God's law while here with us in human sinful flesh. And it is through His obedience we are enabled by God's Holy Spirit to also keep the same law that Jesus kept. Then this same law which before ministered death, becomes the law of life—"the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus." .
Bible texts in this lesson
2 Corinthians 3:6 · 2 Corinthians 3:7 · Deuteronomy 4:13 · Deuteronomy 10:4 · Luke 9:56 · Romans 7:10 · Romans 3:19 · Matthew 9:12 · Matthew 9:13 · Romans 8:2 · Romans 8:7 · John 15:10 · Romans 8:1 · Romans 8:4 · Romans 8:3 · 2 Corinthians 3:3 · Hebrews 8:10 · Proverbs 12:28 · Matthew 3:16
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