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January 28, 2016 | 
Author 1. The New Covenant is a new way of living with God based on Jeremiah 31:33 NIV
“This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people”. (Christians are grafted into Israel.)
Philippians 3:9 NIV
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.
2 Corinthians 3:6 NIV
He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
2. The New Covenant law is love,
Mark 12:28-31 NIV
One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” [29] “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. [30] Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ [31] The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
Romans 13:9 NIV
The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Galatians 6:2 NIV
Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
3. The NC is not about working to clean up our flesh and being righteous this is legalism. NC is about what we do in love.
4. We can’t learn how to love by reading scripture. We can learn about love, but not how to love, that should be in our heart becasue of number one above.
We are Holy because God’s Spirit is in us. Holiness is the fruit of truth. We no longer live according to commandments. We live according to the love which God will put into our heart. We cannot love as a duty.
Christianity is not about making me a better person by obedience to laws, it is about helping somrone else have a better life because God and you love them.
This is what is written on our heart and should be taught as the result of our belief in God which brought the Holy Spirit into our heart and became our new way of living with God. We cannot read Scripture and learn to love.
Romans 8:2 NIV
because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
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Wrong Prayer for the Week
This prayer, which was posted on a website and shared on Facebook, makes my point, many who consider themselves as born-again, still think of God as “out there” or needing to be sent to us. Understanding what born-again means in a New Covenant way, should change the attitude of the Heart to know that God the Holy Spirit lives in us. Should this understanding not change the way we pray and think?
“O Lord,
You have taught us that without love whatever we do is worth nothing:
Send your Holy Spirit and pour into our hearts your greatest gift, which is love, the true bond of peace and of all virtue, without which whoever lives is accounted dead before you.
Grant this for the sake of your only Son Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Amen.”
To Law or Not To Law
The Christian faith and practice of every believer is based on certain Scriptures and passages having dominance or more importance in their beliefs and in the application of the Christian message to their life. (Although some believer’s faith and practice is not really based on their personal study of scripture, but on a denominational teaching to which they have subjected themselves.)
Many Christians can express what they believe, but are not necessarily able to explain why they believe it. It may have simply been a catchy phrase in a sermon which they adopted into their belief system. Christian cliches may be relevant to mature Christians, but they may be offensive to non Christians and they should not be the basis for teaching new Christians.
I think 2 Tim 3:16 “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness”, may be the most misunderstood and therefore misapplied and taught Christian Scripture.
The typical teaching/application of this passage is that all Scripture is intended to be applied to the Christian life in the same way that it was intended for the Jewish people and/or Gentiles to whom it was first given. See: The Jew and the Gentile Background of the Jew in the Old Testament | Bible.org. For instance, even though it is in the New Testament, Jesus, the Jew was preaching the Sermon on the Mount to his people. There were no New Covenant believers at that time to which it was directed.
Of course, If Christians know anything they know that they are not under the Law. The distinction between the Law and Grace is a prevalent sermon in all of Christendom. So teachers will say it is not a law for Christians, but it is an “example for us to live by” and since we now have the power of the Holy Spirit we can do it. Thus many denominations are taught a form of “legalism” that says we should live by the law as an example.
The trouble is, I don’t see any people understanding how to live the Law by the power of the Holy Spirit. Once you look at the Sermon on the Mount and many other passages as being an example to live by, you have just made the whole Bible a rule book for Christians. That is an attitude which is not good for the New Covenant believer, who is trying to learn how to live by the Spirit and love. John 13:34,35 We need to understand that the Law (obedience, duty, expectations) always speaks to the Flesh.
So we don’t need to think that all scripture is intended as a rule book for Christians. Read the Scriptures given to the Jews and about the Jews as God preparing the way for His New Covenant. This will give a new understanding of scripture to you. Scripture is all relevant and instructive to understand God’s plan of redemption, but we should not try to do what God was telling the Jews to do. Because God says, in His plan, things are going to change.
Ezekiel 36:26 “And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.”
In the New Covenant, the Christian learns to live by love of God and love of others, not by obedience.
Romans 13:8
“Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.”
Romans 8:4-6
4 so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,
2 Corinthians 3:3-6
3 being manifested that you are a letter of Christ, cared for by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. 4 Such confidence we have through Christ toward God. 5 Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God, 6 who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
What we learn should not be what we are taught. “We learn something when we figure it out for our-self”. (Richard Feynman)
Copyright © 2014 Daniel R. Boliek www.gflstudy.org
New Covenant explained
It is not enough to understand the New Covenant as a distinction between Law and Grace. Rom 6:14
The real distinction is between Law and Life.
God’s Grace has always been active, even in the Old Testament. Grace is simply the activity of God’s love. God is always active in His creation, especially in the Life given by the New Covenant.
The New Covenant Life is an altogether new way of living with God. Gal 2:20,21; 3:21 Rom 7:6
It is personal and Spiritual. 1 Cor 2:11-13; Tit 2:11-13; John 6:63; Rom 8:16
The New Covenant is actually unique because of Life not Grace. Heb 9:15 2 Cor 3:6 Rom 5:9-11
New life is by the Grace of God. Tit 3:7 Eph 2: 5 8
Ephesians 2:5 – Amplified Bible ClassicEven when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him, for] it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved ( delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation).
Romans 8:2 – Amplified Bible ClassicFor the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has freed me from the law of sin and of death.
Originally posted June 25, 2012
Copyright © 2012 Daniel R. Boliek www.gflstudy.org
Spiritual Truth
Biblical Truth, to believers, is what God reveals which sets us free from:
– our fears (emotions) Romans 8:1
– our old nature (pride) John 8:31-33 1 John 2:16-17
– and religious bondage. Matthew 23:26 Gal 3:23 5:18
Truth is revealed to us, by God’s Spirit to our spirit. 1 Corinthians 2:12-13
To receive Spiritual truth, we must be born again by believing Jesus Christ is who He says He is. John 3:6-8
We must have a teachable spirit. The attitude of our Heart should be that everything good comes from the teaching of God. 1 John 2:20 27; 2 Cor 4:6-12
To have a teachable spirit, we must be abiding in the Spirit of Christ and not in what the Bible calls the desires of our Flesh. Ephesians 4:17-24
Truth is understanding the fullness of the Grace of God in such a way that we want to pass it on to others. Rom 5:8-10 Eph 1:19-23 ; John 13:35 Rom 12:10
Learning this relationship allows us to live by Grace and the New Covenant, rather than the laws and motivations of religion. Gal 2:20 2 Cor 3:4 3:5-6 John 6:63 Rom 5:5 7:6 1 John 4:16
If we do not learn how God “speaks” to us and teaches us to walk in the Spirit which is an attitude of our Heart, we will be doing works by walking in the flesh, which is usually motivated by other people.
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Obadiah 1:1 NIV
The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Sovereign Lord says about Edom—We have heard a message from the Lord: An envoy was sent to the nations to say, “Rise, let us go against her for battle”—
Palestine source and history.
Obadiah 1:6 NIV
But how Esau will be ransacked, his hidden treasures pillaged!
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Galatians 5:1-2 NIV
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. [2] Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
This is good.
Romans 8:23 NIV
Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.
Fallen?
Fallen
What does it mean to fall from grace?
It means you are “walking”/living according to the “flesh”.
You are no longer free from the desires of the flesh.
You have not learned to follow the truth which sets you free.
Revelation 2:4-5 NIV
Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. [5] Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
Galatians 5:4 NIV
You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
Galatians 5:1, 5-6 NIV
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. [5] For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith the righteousness for which we hope. [6] For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
Galatians 5:16-17 NIV
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. [17] For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.
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Do you believe?
Do you believe? You have Life!
Do you believe? You have Life!
Do you believe? You have Life!
Do you believe? You have Life!
This is the New Covenant. If you believe Christ is who He claimed to be, you have a new spiritual life. Rom 1:16
The New Covenant should always be defined by “life” rather than forgiveness. Christ’s death on the cross was certainly the sacrifice needed to satisfy the penalty of sin, but it did not give us the “new” life and new way of relating to God. Rom 5:10,8
Romans 7:6
Hebrews 10:20
This life is not so much defined as power to overcome sin in our life or empower us to service as it is the power to receive truth from God.
This is indeed a new way of relating to God.
People are innately selfish and generally misanthropic without some influence from outside of themselves.
Experiencing Truth, over time, renews our natural tendencies and changes us to love others. Change is the fruit of Truth which we learn by studying the Word and praying.
This is the New Covenant way. Trusting is based on what we experience over time.
This is promise or foretelling of the…
This is promise or foretelling of the New Covenant.
Jeremiah 31:31-33 NASB
“Behold, days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, [32] not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD. [33] “But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the LORD, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
Ezekiel 36:27 NASB
“I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances.
Jeremiah 31:31-33 NASB
Jeremiah 31:31-33 NASB
“Behold, days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, [32] not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD. [33] “But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the LORD, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
Ezekiel 36:27 NASB
“I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances.
Many Christians are taught and
Many Christians are taught and motivated to have a personal relationship with their local church rather than with Jesus. People who are usually very trusting, or immature in their faith, can be easily taught to fulfill their Christian “duty” by service (works) in their local church. In Revelation, Jesus had that against the church at Ephesus and then He said this; Revelation 2:4-5 KJV Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. [5] Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. Every person’s ministry will be different, based on the development of their faith and their perceived spiritual gifts, but, every Christian’s “works” should be based on the same thing; the attitude of their heart and a God given desire for the work. It is important to learn how God works in your life in a New Covenant way, in order to learn how faith works by love. Galatians 5:6 KJV For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. This is the new way of relating to God based on the Life promised in the New Covenant. [Www.gflstudy.org](http://www.gflstudy.org)
“Born Of Woman” vs. “Born Of God”
“Born Of Woman” vs. “Born Of God”
This leads us to the third of our opening bible passages – Matthew 11:11-13. John the Baptist who was the greatest of those “born of women” and the last of the prophets. Yet Jesus said that “the least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he.” At first sight the proposition that some of the more annoying Christians we have met could be greater than John the Baptist is, to say the least, astonishing (your editor has a cynical streak).
But consider… those “born of women” can have the Spirit upon them, worship God and be prophets but they are not “new creations”.There is a huge qualitative difference between a “born again believer” and John the Baptist. The born again believer is “born of God” (not merely “born of women”) and has a God-conceived nature that is eternal. They are not necessarily “better than” John the Baptist as viewed from outside. But when viewed from inside or from above they are “greater” inasmuch as the nature conceived within the Christian is far greater and can be said to dwell in the heavenly realms (Ephesians 2:6.7). This nature is Christ in us…
(Colossians 1:26-29 NKJV) The mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. {27} To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. {28} Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. {29} To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.
http://aibi.ph/articles/innermn2.htm
Lord – Scofield from Bible Discovery
Gen 2:4
Lord
Lord God
Lord
LORD (Heb. Jehovah)
(1) The primary meaning of the name LORD (Jehovah) is the “self-existent One.” Literally (as in Exodus 3:14), “He that is who He is, therefore the eternal I AM:”
But Havah, from which Jehovah, or Yahwe, is formed, signifies also “to become,” that is, to become known, thus pointing to a continuous and increasing self-revelation. Combining these meanings of Havah, we arrive at the meaning of the name Jehovah. He is “the self- existent One who reveals Himself.” The name is, in itself, an advance upon the name “God” (El, Elah, Elohim), which suggests certain attributes of Deity, as strength, etc., rather than His essential being.
(2) It is significant that the first appearance of the name Jehovah in Scripture follows the creation of man. It was God (Elohim) who said, “Let us make man in our image” (Genesis 1:26); but when man, as in the second chapter of Genesis, is to fill the scene and become dominant over creation, it is the Lord God (Jehovah Elohim) who acts. This clearly indicates a special relation of Deity, in His Jehovah character, to man, and all Scripture emphasizes this.
(3) Jehovah is distinctly the redemption name of Deity. When sin entered and redemption became necessary, it was Jehovah Elohim who sought the sinning ones Genesis 3:9-13 and clothed them with “coats of skins” Genesis 3:21 a beautiful type of righteousness provided by the Lord God through sacrifice Romans 3:21,22. The first distinct revelation of Himself by His name Jehovah was in connection with the redemption of the covenant people out of Egypt Exodus 3:13-17. As Redeemer, emphasis is laid upon those attributes of Jehovah which the sin and salvation of man bring into exercise. These are:
(a) His holiness Leviticus 11:44,45; 19:1,220:26; Habakkuk 1:12,13 (b) His hatred and judgment of sin ; Deuteronomy 32:35-42; Genesis 6:5-7; Psalms 11:4-6; 66:18; Exodus 34:6,7 (c) His love for and redemption of sinners, but always righteously ; Genesis 3:21; 8:20,21; Exodus 12:12,13; Leviticus 16:2,3; Isaiah 53:5,6,10 Salvation by Jehovah apart from sacrifice is unknown to Scripture.
(4) In his redemptive relation to man, Jehovah has seven compound names which reveal Him as meeting every need of man from his lost state to the end. These compound names are:
(a) Jehovah-jireh, “the Lord will provide” Genesis 22:13,14 i.e., will provide a sacrifice; (b) Jehovah-rapha, “the Lord that healeth” Exodus 15:26. That this refers to physical healing the context shows, but the deeper healing of soul malady is implied. (c) Jehovah-nissi, “the Lord our banner” Exodus 17:8-15. The name is interpreted by the context. The enemy was Amalek, a type of the flesh, and the conflict that day stands for the conflict of Galatians 5:17 the war of the Spirit against the flesh. Victory was wholly due to divine help. (d) Jehovah-Shalom, “the Lord our peace,” or “the Lord send peace” Judges 6:24. Almost the whole ministry of Jehovah finds expression and illustration in that chapter. Jehovah hates and judges sin Genesis 2:1-5. Jehovah loves and saves sinners Genesis 2:7-18 but only through sacrifice Genesis 2:19-21 see also ; Romans 5:1; Ephesians 2:14; Colossians 1:20. (e) Jehovah-ra-ah, “the Lord my shepherd” (Psa 23.). In Ps. 22 Jehovah makes peace by the blood of the cross; in Ps 23. Jehovah is shepherding His own who are in the world. (See Scofield “John 10:7”) (f) Jehovah-tsidkenu, “the Lord our righteousness” Jeremiah 23:6. This name of Jehovah occurs in a prophecy concerning the future restoration and conversion of Israel. Then Israel will hail him as Jehovah-tsidkenu–“the Lord our righteousness.” (g) Jehovah-shammah, “the Lord is present” Ezekiel 48:35. This name signifies Jehovah’s abiding presence with His people ; Exodus 33:14,15; 1 Chronicles 16:27,33; Psalms 16:11; 97:5; Matthew 28:20; Hebrews 13:5
(5) Lord (Jehovah) is also the distinctive name of Deity as in covenant with Israel Exodus 19:3; 20:1,2; Jeremiah 31:31-34.
(6) Lord God (Heb. Jehovah Elohim) is the first of the compound names of Deity. Lord God is used distinctly:
(1) of the relation of Deity to man (a) as Creator Genesis 2:7-15 (b) as morally in authority over man Genesis 2:16,17 (c) as creating and governing the earthly relationships of man ; Genesis 2:18-24; 3:16-19,22-24 and (d) as redeeming man Genesis 3:8-15,21
(2) of the relation of Deity to Israel Genesis 24:7; 28:13; Exodus 3:15,18; 4:5; 5:1; 7:6; Deuteronomy 1:11,21; 4:1; 6:3; 12:1; Joshua 7:13,19,20; 10:40,42; Judges 2:12; 1 Samuel 2:30; 1 Kings 1:48; 2 Kings 9:6; 2 Kings 10:31; 1 Chronicles 22:19; 2 Chronicles 1:9; Ezra 1:3; Isaiah 21:17 See other names of Deity,
(See Scofield “Genesis 1:1”) See Scofield “Genesis 14:18” See Scofield “Genesis 15:2” See Scofield “Genesis 17:1” See Scofield “Genesis 21:33” See Scofield “1 Samuel 1:3”
Lord God Deity (names of God) (See Scofield “Malachi 3:18”)
(Scofield)
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31. The Conversion of Paul. Εὐδόκησεν ὁ θεος … ἀποκαλύψαι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐμοὶ, ἱνα εὐαγγελίζωμαι αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσινGal. 1:15, 16. The conversion of Paul marks not only a turning-point in his personal history, but also an important epoch in the history of the apostolic church, and consequently in the history of mankind. It was the most fruitful event since the miracle of Pentecost, and secured the universal victory of Christianity. The transformation of the most dangerous persecutor into the most successful promoter of Christianity is nothing less than a miracle of divine grace. It rests on the greater miracle of the resurrection of Christ. Both are inseparably connected; without the resurrection the conversion would have been impossible, and on the other hand the conversion of such a man and with such results is one of the strongest proofs of the resurrection. The bold attack of Stephen—the forerunner of Paul—upon the hard, stiff-necked Judaism which had crucified the Messiah, provoked a determined and systematic attempt on the part of the Sanhedrin to crucify Jesus again by destroying his church. In this struggle for life and death Saul the Pharisee, the bravest and strongest of the rising rabbis, was the willing and accepted leader. After the martyrdom of Stephen and the dispersion of the congregation of Jerusalem, he proceeded to Damascus in suit of the fugitive disciples of Jesus, as a commissioner of the Sanhedrin, a sort of inquisitor-general, with full authority and determination to stamp out the Christian rebellion, and to bring all the apostates he could find, whether they were men or women, in chains to the holy city to be condemned by the chief priests. Damascus is one of the oldest cities in the world, known in the days of Abraham, and bursts upon the traveller like a vision of paradise amidst a burning and barren wilderness of sand; it is watered by the never-failing rivers Abana and Pharpar (which Naaman of old preferred to all the waters of Israel), and embosomed in luxuriant gardens of flowers and groves of tropical fruit trees; hence glorified by Eastern poets as “the Eye of the Desert.” But a far higher vision than this earthly paradise was in store for Saul as he approached the city. A supernatural light from heaven, brighter than the Syrian sun, suddenly flashed around him at midday, and Jesus of Nazareth, whom he persecuted in his humble disciples, appeared to him in his glory as the exalted Messiah, asking him in the Hebrew tongue: “Shaûl, Shaûl, why persecutest thou Me?364It was a question both of rebuke and of love, and it melted his heart. He fell prostrate to the ground. He saw and heard, he trembled and obeyed, he believed and rejoiced. As he rose from the earth he saw no man. Like a helpless child, blinded by the dazzling light, he was led to Damascus, and after three days of blindness and fasting he was cured and baptized—not by Peter or James or John, but—by 364 Acts 9:4, the Hebrew form Σαούλ, Σαούλ, is used instead of the usual GreekΣαῦλος, 9:8, 11, 22, 24, etc
Dispensation – Scofield from Bible Discovery by copy
Gen 1:28
DISPENSATION
A dispensation is a period of time during which man is tested in respect of obedience to some specific revelation of the will of God. Seven such dispensations are distinguished in Scripture. (See Scofield “Genesis 1:28”) , note 5.
And God blessed them
The First Dispensation: Innocency. Man was created in innocency, placed in a perfect environment, subjected to an absolutely simple test, and warned of the consequence of disobedience. The woman fell through pride; the man deliberately. 1 Timothy 2:14 God restored His sinning creatures, but the dispensation of innocency ended in the judgment of the Expulsion Genesis 3:24 See, for the other dispensations;
Conscience (See Scofield “Genesis 3:23”)
Human Government (See Scofield “Genesis 8:21”)
Promise (See Scofield “Genesis 12:1”)
Law (See Scofield “Exodus 19:8”)
Grace (See Scofield “John 1:17”)
Kingdom (See Scofield “Ephesians 1:10”)
Be fruitful
The Edenic Covenant, the first of the eight great covenants of Scripture which condition life and salvation, and about which all Scripture crystallizes, has seven elements. The man and woman in Eden were responsible:
(1) To replenish the earth with a new order–man;
(2) to subdue the earth to human uses;
(3) to have dominion over the animal creation;
(4) to eat herbs and fruits;
(5) to till and keep the garden;
(6) to abstain from eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil;
(7) the penalty–death. See, for the other seven covenants:
ADAMIC (See Scofield “Genesis 3:14”)
NOAHIC (See Scofield “Genesis 9:1”)
ABRAHAMIC (See Scofield “Genesis 15:18”)
MOSAIC (See Scofield “Exodus 19:25”)
PALESTINIAN (See Scofield “Deuteronomy 30:3”)
DAVIDIC (See Scofield “2 Samuel 7:16”)
NEW (See Scofield “Hebrews 8:8”)
(Scofield)
From Olive Tree Commentary
Joh 1:14.
grace for grace– that is, grace upon grace (so all the best interpreters), in successive communications and larger measures, as each was able to take it in. Observe, the word “truth” is here dropped. “Grace” being the chosen New Testament word for the whole fulness of the new covenant, all that dwells in Christ for men. (JFB)
Many Christians are taught and motivated to have a personal relationship with their local church rather than with Jesus.
Many Christians are taught and motivated to have a personal relationship with their local church rather than with Jesus.
People who are usually very trusting, or immature in their faith, can be easily taught to fulfill their Christian “duty” by service (works) in their local church.
In Revelation, Jesus had that against the church at Ephesus and then He said this;
Revelation 2:4-5 KJV
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. [5] Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Every person’s ministry will be different, based on the development of their faith and their perceived spiritual gifts, but, every Christian’s “works” should be based on the same thing; the attitude of their heart and a God given desire for the work.
It is important to learn how God works in your life in a New Covenant way, in order to learn how faith works by love.
Galatians 5:6 KJV
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
This is the new way of relating to God based on the Life promised in the New Covenant.
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