1. Jeremiah 31:31-34

2. “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah—not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I

3. Jeremiah 31:31-34 “was a husband to them, says the LORD. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man

4. Jeremiah 31:31-34 “his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more”

6. Ark of Covenant - in Babylon

7. 1.Heart written covenant 2.Personal relationship with God 3.For those who know the Lord 4.Provide absolute remission of sins

8. I. A Heart Written Covenant “But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” Jeremiah 31:33

9. OLD NEW Book Externally Outward Physical Visible Hearts Internally Within Spiritual Unseen

10. This is not the New Covenant, although it teaches us what the New Covenant is...

11. The New Covenant began On Pentecost A.D. 33  Peter preached  3,000 had something written on their hearts  Baptized into New Covenant  Received Word preached  15 years before 1 st of N.T. written

12. 3,000 New Covenants  Commitment to follow Christ  Jesus had written something on their hearts through Word  3,000 personal covenants or contracts

13. “Forasmuch as you are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.” II Cor. 3:3

14. Example 1Example 2

15. II. A Personal Relationship “But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.” Jeremiah 31:33

16. God always wanted a personal relationship Eden Enoch Samuel Joseph David Daniel

17. In the New Covenant we have a personal relationship “I will be their God” “The Lord is at Hand” Phil.4:5 “Peace that passes all understanding” – Phil. 4:6-7 “I will be their God” II Cor.6:16

18. III. Knowers of the Lord “for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD” Jer. 31:34

19. Old Covenant  Samuel born to Hebrew Parents  Did not know the Lord  Was part of the covenant  Had to be taught who the Lord was

20. New Covenant  “gladly received the Word” - Acts 2:41  They knew who the Lord was - Acts 2:36  It is an Individual Covenant between you and God, through Jesus

21. IV. Absolute Remission “for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” Jer. 31:34 Pardon

22. Impossible before the Cross “and without shedding of blood is no remission.” Heb. 9:22 “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.” Heb. 10:4

23. Reality after the Cross “And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.” Heb. 10:17 Quote from Jeremiah

24. The New is Superior to the Old 1.Heart written covenant 2.Personal relationship with God 3.For those who know the Lord 4.Provide absolute remission of sins

25. Jeremiah 31:31-34 Quoted in Heb. 8:8-13 We are living in the days of this Covenant God made with us

26. IN CHRIST “ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS” (EPH. 1:3) SALVATION (2 TIM. 2:10) “NO CONDEMNATION” (ROM. 8:1) “NEW CREATION” (2 COR. 5:17) BAPTISM ROM. 6:3-4