Through the Deep Waters -- March 8th

Jeremiah 31:31-37

Oh’ the depths of the wisdom of God, in relating to his people. He states in our passage way back then that the days were coming when he would establish a new way of walking with his covenant people. Well those days have come. The Gospel has arrived. The Good News of no longer using the Law and the types and shadows of the former days when sacrifices of animals stood between God and man which could only point to (not fulfill) the real forgiveness offered in this new day in the person and sacrificial work of Jesus Christ on behalf of his people. The old covenant had an external law that was constantly broken by the people who then would make sacrifice unto God, as a means of atonement. But those sacrifices as (Hebrews 10:1-4), says could never take away sins. It only foreshadowed that the death of another was the only means of forgiveness of sins for the sinner.

But in this new covenant established solely by God without any assistance from us
would be based on a person: Jesus Christ the Lamb of God, who was sent as the true sacrifice for sin. The old system presented us types, shadows, and symbols, but the new is the reality, the fulfillment in Christ who is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of those who believe worldwide. The new covenant shall usher in a season of no longer looking to external laws and rules, which we could never perfectly keep. And this covenant based on God's love would be written internally in the heart whereby we are made to know that in Christ, we are His people and He is our God. We now look to Christ as the means of being right with God, no longer trying to bring a sacrifice to God; God has brought the sacrifice to us (John 3:16).

And lastly, this new arrangement of communion with God, which is based on the merits of Christ alone and our faith in him, is so certain, so sure, so settled that there is no potential of it coming up empty. It's Impossible. God says just as sure as the sun and the moon have never ceased to be and do what he has decreed, so shall Christ be for all who come to him for refuge. He will always be a Savior. Whosoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Faithful is He who promised, He has and will continue to do it, for the sake of Christ and his people!!!

Prayer: Father, help us lean the entire weight of our souls upon Christ. May the redemption that is found in his sacrifice for us, be our hope, our joy, our peace and our only boast. May we as fallen sinners, stand in Him, forever accepted by You…Amen!!!