New Covenant!

August 11, 2025, Monday Message:

Hebrews 8:8 NLT: “When God found fault with the people, he said: ‘The day is coming when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.’”

Let’s be clear about this. The fault wasn’t God’s. Mankind was the problem. If God erred in any way, it would be underestimating the sinful propensity of mankind.

The Old Covenant was like a pass/fail system. Do everything correctly and you advance to the eternal Kingdom. Disobey and it’s the lake of fire. There was no middle ground. This resulted in very few joining the Creator in the hereafter.

But God’s desire is that none would perish. So he decided it was time for a new deal, a New Covenant. With the New Covenant, no one can say they didn’t know the rules, because God will “put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts.” In other words, we now instinctively know right from wrong. With the New Covenant, God gave everyone a conscience! He added, “I will be their God, and they will be my people. They will no longer need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their relatives, saying, ‘You should know the Lord.’ For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will know me already.”

Our reconciliation with the Lord didn’t happen because mankind became perfect. We’re still flawed sinners. What changed is that God expanded his forgiveness. He sent Jesus to earth as the propitiation for the sins of the world. Those who repent and believe in Jesus, the Son of God, will be forgiven. That’s what the Bible says!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus In the City Fellowship