THE PROMISE OF
ETERNAL LIFE
Jeremiah 31:31-37
Jeremiah 31:31-39
V:31. "The time is coming," declares the Lord,
"when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel Judah
A. This verse is one of the prophecies of the coming of
Jesus Christ and His blood shed
on the cross to
atone for the sins of man. (Luke 22:20)
1. The nation of Israel
2. God promised a
new dispensation of Grace.
B. Jesus' death on the cross fulfilled all the requirements
of the Law.
1. After Adam's
sin in the Garden of Eden, all mankind was born in sin. (I Cor. 15:22)
2. God promised a
seed (Jesus) that would be the atonement of all sin.
V:32. " It will not be like the covenant I made with
their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt
A. The law was a conditional covenant.
1. God promised Israel
the works of
their hands would be fruitful. Lev.
26:3-16
a.
Forgiveness for sins were accomplish through the sacrifice of animals by the
Levite
priests.
b. Animal
sacrifices were continuous because the
nation continued to sin.
c. It was the
intercessory prayers of the priest that brought peace between
God and Israel
2. God promised
that if Israel
a. Throughout
Biblical history, Israel
suffered
the consequences of their disobedience.
B. The new covenant of Grace sealed with blood of Jesus is
an unconditional covenant.
1. Jesus is the
once for all sacrifice for all sins past, present and future.
2. All who believe
in the death and resurrection of Jesus have eternal life.
a. Atonement of
sins is not conditional on the faithfulness of man.
b. Our
salvation is not conditional on our goodness.
c. Our
salvation is base on the love of God for His people.
C. Israel could not keep the Law, so they were in continuous need of a blood sacrifice.
1. The Lord was a
husband to Israel
a. Israel
2. Jesus is the
bridegroom under the dispensation of Grace.
b. The Church
is the bride of Jesus.
3. Under the Law,
the Levite priests were the intercessors between the people and God.
4. Under Grace,
Jesus is our intercessor, seated at the right hand of the Father.
D. The nation of Israel
1. God sent
Moses to be their deliverer from bondage.
2. All of us
were born in the bondage of sin.
a. Jesus is
our deliverer from sin.
b. His death
on the cross freed us from the bondage of the eternal Hell.
V:33 "This is the covenant I will make with the house
of Israel
A. The Law was given to control the attitude of the
Israelites.
1. The Law
was forced upon the Israelites to be
their school master.
B. The New Covenant
was established in the blood of Jesus Christ
1. The new covenant
is covenant of grace
a. The Grace
of Jesus Christ was given to control the hearts of man.
2. Any man in
Christ is a new creation.
3. The hearts of believers in Jesus Christ is
controlled by the Holy Spirit.
a. The Holy Spirit
was sent by Jesus after His resurrection to be our
comforter
to teach us the Word of God.
b. Anytime we
study the Word of God, the Holy Spirit guides our
understanding.
V:34. "No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a
man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' because they will all know me, from
the least of them to the greatest,"
declares the Lord. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will
remember their sins no more."
A. Once we accepted
Christ as our personal Savior, we are drawn to the Word.
1. We were
brought out of the darkness of the world and placed in the marvelous
light of
God's Word.
2. The new
creation in us is urged by the Holy Spirit to grow in the knowledge of
Christ through
an understanding of God's Word.
3. God will not
leave us ignorant of Himself.
B. This verse points
to the body of Christ in which all believers are included.
1. This verse is
also the prophecy of the millennium kingdom in which
a new Israel
2. The millennium
kingdom will occur after the second coming of Christ.
a. Christ will
come again and take up the whole Church
body to reign
with him
during the millennium. ( I Thes 4:16-17,
Rev 20:6)
b. The
millennium is the time when God will fulfill His promise that
all Israel 11:26 , Isa
45:17)
c. Satan will be
bound during the thousand year reign of Christ.
d. The only
voice Israel
V:35. " This is what the Lord says, he who appoints the
sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who
stirs up the sea so that its waves roar —
the Lord Almighty is his name."
A. God is the creator of all things in Heaven and on earth.
1.God is
authority over all creation.
a. He caused
the sun to shine by day and moon and the stars to shine
by night.
2. God is
omnipotent.
a. Not only does He have creative powers,
but He gives illumination to
the
planets and stars.
b. God
created man to see His creation billions of miles away.
c. God
created man so that he could see and appreciate His glory.
3. How much
creative thought did it take to plan the universe?
a. How much
power does it take to suspend objects in
a orbit
that they can't move out of?
b. When we look beyond ourselves we can see the
unimaginable glory
of God.
c. When we
look beyond ourselves we can see the unimaginable
power of
God.
d. When we
look beyond ourselves we can see the love of God for us
that we
cannot explain.
e. All that
we see in God's creation was done by Him for our benefit.
V:36 "Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,"
declares the Lord, "will the descendants of Israel
A. This a great promise that God made to an ungodly people.
1. The "if" is impossible because
God's sight is unlimited and hindered by nothing.
2. Jesus said it
Himself, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my Word will never
pass
away". Mat 24:35
B. This verse confirms God promise that a remnant of Israel
1. All believers
in Jesus Christ have been adopted into the nation of Israel
2. This is the
promise of eternal life for all believers. Rom 8:23 ,
Eph 1:5
V:37 This is what the Lord says: "Only if the heavens
above can be measured and the foundations of the earth below be searched out
will I reject all the descendants of Israel
A. This verse is the promise of God's unending grace and
mercy for His people.
1. Heaven can't be
measured. The foundation of the earth can't be understood.
a. Therefore,
this is the promise of eternal life for God's elect.
b. The
"if" in this verse is impossible for man, but possible for God.
c. God cannot
lie, therefore we can rely on His Word.
2. There is no sin
so bad that God can't forgive.
3. Once in Christ,
we are sealed to the day of redemption.
Eph 4:30
4. We can fall
away from fellowship with God, but never from a relationship
with Him.
B. Salvation is not based on our goodness, but the love of
God.
1. Our salvation
is not based on our ability to impress God.
2. We cannot
impress God because we cannot fully understand Him or His works.
C. God is infinite and we are finite.
1. God has limited
us to know only what is necessary to live in this short life time.
2. The good news
is, the infinite God we serve knows what is best for us and
does what is
best for us.
D. The God we serve predestined us as His adopted sons and
daughters before the
foundation of the
World. Eph 1:4
1. The good news is
that our salvation is not based on us.
2. The good news is
that God so loved the world that He sent His Son to die for our sins.
God has determined that we will be His people and He will be
our God.
God has so ordered our lives with trials and tribulations
that we will seek
Him out to be our God.
The problems we face in life are God's opportunity to draw
us to Himself.
LET US GIVE GOD PRAISE AND GLORY FOR HIS DIVINE LOVE
God's Prophecies For The Redemption Of Man
Exodus Law
Given The Cross Dispensation of Rapture Millennium
Eternity
Grace
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Church Age Church Taken
Up Israel
With
Christ Redeemed
Rev. M. Mitchell,
Asst Pastor of GMBC
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