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Covenant of Grace Eternal Life Eternity Past God’s Universal Gift to Humanity (Everlasting Gospel

Covenant of Grace Eternal Life Eternity Past God’s Universal Gift to Humanity (Everlasting Gospel Bridge from Paradise Lost to Paradise Restored) God’s Historical Old Covenant (Everlasting Gospel—OT Era) Gospel In Symbols God’s Historical New Covenant (Everlasting Gospel—NT Era) Noah Israel Abraham Post-Fall Adam Creation David JESUS

New Covenant DNA Jer. 31: 33, 34; Heb. 8: 10– 12 1. I will

New Covenant DNA Jer. 31: 33, 34; Heb. 8: 10– 12 1. I will write My laws in their minds/hearts • Sanctification 2. I will be their God; they will be My people • Reconciliation 3. Everyone will know Me; no one need teach people to know Me • Revelation/Mission 4. I will forgive their sins • Justification Grace-based Exod. 34: 7 Gospel-bearing Heb. 4: 2 Heb 4: 2 Mission-intended Faith-inducing Exod. 19: 5, 6; Ps. 67: 1, 2 Matt. 23: 23

Covenant of Grace Historical Orientation God’s Historical Old Covenant (Everlasting Gospel—OT Era) Gospel In

Covenant of Grace Historical Orientation God’s Historical Old Covenant (Everlasting Gospel—OT Era) Gospel In Symbols New Covenant DNA God’s Historical New Covenant (Everlasting Gospel—NT Era) Noah Israel Abraham Post-Fall Adam Creation David JESUS Humanity’s Response to God’s Gift (faith or unbelief) Experiential Orientation Sinful-Nature-Generated Old Covenant Experience – Gospel Rejected Outright or Perverted and Externalized Holy-Spirit-Generated New Covenant Experience – Gospel Accepted by Faith and Internalized Eternal Life Eternity Past God’s Universal Gift to Humanity (Everlasting Gospel Bridge from Paradise Lost to Paradise Restored)

New Covenant DNA at Sinai Jer. 31: 31– 34; Heb. 8: 10– 12 1.

New Covenant DNA at Sinai Jer. 31: 31– 34; Heb. 8: 10– 12 1. I will write My laws in their minds/hearts • Sanctification – Deut. 30: 6, 11– 14/Rom. 10: 6– 8; Deut. 6: 6; Ps. 37: 30, 31; 40: 8; Isa. 51: 7 2. I will be their God; they will be My people • Reconciliation – Lev. 26: 12 3. Everyone will know Me; no one need teach people to know Me • Revelation/Mission – Exod. 19: 5, 6/Gen. 28: 14; Ps. 67: 1, 2 4. I will forgive their sins • Justification– Exod. 34: 4– 7 Gospel Grace-based Gospel-bearing Heb. 4: 2 Exod. 34: 7 Heb. 4: 2 Mission-intended Exod. 19: 5, 6; Ps. 67: 1, 2 Faith-inducing Matt. 23: 23

Covenant of Grace New Covenant DNA Historical Orientation God’s Historical Old Covenant (Everlasting Gospel—OT

Covenant of Grace New Covenant DNA Historical Orientation God’s Historical Old Covenant (Everlasting Gospel—OT Era) Gospel In Symbols New Covenant DNA God’s Historical New Covenant (Everlasting Gospel—NT Era) Noah Israel Abraham Post-Fall Adam Creation David JESUS Humanity’s Response to God’s Gift (faith or unbelief) Experiential Orientation Sinful-Nature-Generated Old Covenant Experience – Gospel Rejected Outright or Perverted and Externalized Holy-Spirit-Generated New Covenant Experience – Gospel Accepted by Faith and Internalized Eternal Life Eternity Past God’s Universal Gift to Humanity (Everlasting Gospel Bridge from Paradise Lost to Paradise Restored)

“The Flesh” Vs. “The Spirit” “That…born of the flesh is flesh” John 3: 6

“The Flesh” Vs. “The Spirit” “That…born of the flesh is flesh” John 3: 6 “That…born of the Spirit is spirit” Can’t fulfill Law’s requirements Rom. 8: 3, 4 Fulfills the Law’s requirements Mind set on what flesh desires Rom. 8: 5 Mind set on what the Spirit desires “Death”; “will die” Rom. 8: 6, 13 “Life and peace”; “will live” “Enmity against God”; “Not subject to the law of God” Rom. 8: 7 [Love God; “subject to the law of God”] “Cannot please God” Rom. 8: 8 [Can “please God”] Does not belong to Christ Rom. 8: 9, 14 Does belong to Christ “Sons of God” Unrighteous works; “Won’t inherit kingdom of God” Gal. 5: 19– 24 Righteous fruit “crucified the flesh” “The works of the law” Gal 3: 2– 6 “Believing/faith”

Two Covenants Galatians 4: 21 – 5: 1 • Abraham’s son “by a bondwoman”

Two Covenants Galatians 4: 21 – 5: 1 • Abraham’s son “by a bondwoman” • Abraham’s son “by a freewoman” (4: 22) • “Born according to the flesh” (4: 23, • Born “through promise, ” “born 30) according to the Spirit” (4: 23, 30) • “Hagar… Mount Sinai… [present] Jerusalem… bondage” (4: 25) • “Jerusalem above”… our “mother”… “free” (4: 26) • “persecuted” the free son (4: 29) • “Persecuted” by the slave son (4: 29) • “Slave. . . will never share in the inheritance” (4: 30, NIV) • “Free woman’s son”. . . “share[s] in the inheritance” (4: 30, NIV) • “entangled…with a yoke of bondage” (5: 1) • “Liberty…Christ has made us free” (5: 1)

2 Corinthians 3: 3– 18 “Written…with ink” (3: 3) “Written…by the Spirit of…God” (3:

2 Corinthians 3: 3– 18 “Written…with ink” (3: 3) “Written…by the Spirit of…God” (3: 3, “On tablets of stone” (3: 3, 7) “On tablets…of the heart” (3: 3) Self-“sufficient” (3: 5) “sufficiency…from God” (3: 5) “The letter [that] kills” (3: 6) “The Spirit [that] gives life… liberty” “Condemnation”/“death” (3: 7, 9) “Righteousness” (3: 9) “Moses…glory…passing away” ( 3: 7– “Glory [that] remains is much more glorious” (3: 7– 10) “A veil lies on their heart”/“their minds were blinded” (3: 14, 15) “Turns to the Lord”/“veil taken away in Christ ”/“unveiled face”/“transformed… by the Spirit” into His “image” (3: 14– 18) 10) 8) (3: 6, 17)

Romans 6: 11– 14 • “Sin shall have dominion over you” • “Sin shall

Romans 6: 11– 14 • “Sin shall have dominion over you” • “Sin shall no longer be your (v. 14) master” (v. 14) • You are “alive” to “sin” (v. 11) • “Count yourself dead to sin… alive to God” (v. 11) • Sin “reigns in your body… [you] obey its evil desires” (v. 12) • “Do not let sin reign in your body [or] obey its desires” (v. 12) • “Offer… yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness” (v. 13) • “Offer yourself to God… as an instrument of righteousness” (v. 13)

Died to the Law – Married to Christ Romans 7: 1– 6 Who died?

Died to the Law – Married to Christ Romans 7: 1– 6 Who died? “You” (v. 4) What did “you” die to? Died “to the law” (v. 4) Why is it necessary to die? “That you may be married to Christ, ” and “bear fruit to God” (v. 4) “We were in…the flesh, ” “sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in [us] to bear fruit to death” (v. 5) “We [are] delivered from the law” by which “we were held” captive, now “serve in newness of the Spirit, not in oldness of the letter” (vs. 6) What is our condition before we die? What is our condition after we die?

Died to the Law – Married to Christ Romans 7: 1 -6 / (a)

Died to the Law – Married to Christ Romans 7: 1 -6 / (a) Not (a) “Married…to…Christ” (v. 4) (b-c) Not “married” to “Christ” (v. 4) Lived “in the flesh, ” serve in “the oldness of the letter” (vv. 5, 6) (d) Bore “fruit to death” (v. 5) “Held” captive “by…the law” that “aroused…sinful passions” in us (vv. 5, 6) (e) Live and “serve in the newness of the Spirit” (v. 6) (d) Bore “fruit to God” (v. 4) (e) “Have become dead to the law” (vv. 4, 6)

Galatians 3: 22– 25 This is true… until This is true • “Scripture…confined all

Galatians 3: 22– 25 This is true… until This is true • “Scripture…confined all under sin” • “The promise by faith in Jesus [“Locked up everything under the Christ might be given to those who control of sin, ” NIV] (v. 22) believe” (v. 22) • “We were Kept in custody under • “…faith came… the faith which the law” (NASB) [“kept under would afterward be revealed” (v. guard, held captive/locked up/shut 23) up/imprisoned by”] (v. 23) • “The law could not give life” (v. 21); it was our “tutor” (guardian) (v. 24) • We are “under a tutor” (guardian) (v. 25) • “…to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith” (v. 24) • “After faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor” (guardian) v. (25)

Hebrews 7– 10 Historical Old Covenant OT Ritual System Type Historical New Covenant Jesus

Hebrews 7– 10 Historical Old Covenant OT Ritual System Type Historical New Covenant Jesus New High Priest Antitype • The OT priesthood system relied on human genealogy—imperfect, weak, mortal descendants—a system that could make nothing perfect and has been changed/set aside (7: 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 23, 28). • Jesus, “the Son” of God, “holy” and “perfect, ” became “a great high priest forever, ” “by the call and oath of God [and] the power of an indestructible life. ” He is “able to save completely…because he always lives to intercede for [us]” (4: 14; 6: 20; 7: 12– 28; 8: 1, NIV).

Hebrews 7– 10 Historical Old Covenant OT Sanctuary Type Historical New Covenant Sanctuary in

Hebrews 7– 10 Historical Old Covenant OT Sanctuary Type Historical New Covenant Sanctuary in Heaven Antitype • Officiated in “an earthly sanctuary” • “Christ did not enter a sanctuary made “by man, ” “a copy and made with human hands” “but the shadow of what is in heaven” (8: 2, true tabernacle set up by the Lord” 5; 9: 1– 5, NIV). (8: 1– 2; 9: 11, 24, NIV).

Hebrews 7– 10 Historical Old Covenant Animal Sacrifices Type Historical New Covenant Jesus’ Sacrifice

Hebrews 7– 10 Historical Old Covenant Animal Sacrifices Type Historical New Covenant Jesus’ Sacrifice Antitype • The high priest needed “to offer • Being “without sin, ” Jesus did “not sacrifices day after day, first for his need to offer sacrifices…for his own sins, and then for the sins of own sins…” the people. ” • “…without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. ” “The first there is no forgiveness. ” covenant was not put into effect [ratified] without [the] blood” of animal “sacrifices. ” • But these animal “sacrifices…were • “The blood of Christ [will]…cleanse not able to clear the conscience of our consciences from acts that the worshiper. ” lead to death, so that we may serve the living God. ”

Hebrews 7– 10 Historical Old Covenant Animal Sacrifices Type Historical New Covenant Jesus’ Sacrifice

Hebrews 7– 10 Historical Old Covenant Animal Sacrifices Type Historical New Covenant Jesus’ Sacrifice Antitype • “It is impossible for the blood of • Christ “has appeared once for all bulls and goats to take away sins. ” …to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. ” “…there is no longer any sacrifice for sin. ” • “…Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant. ” • (5: 3; 7: 27; 9: 7, 9, 13, 10, 16– 23; • (Heb 4: 15; 7: 26– 27; 9: 10, 12, 14– 10: 4, 11, NIV). 15, 23, 26; 10: 10, 14, 18, NIV).