What Do the Words 'New Covenant" Mean? | Classic DT

[00:00:00] Daily Truths. This is Daily Truths with Dave Ahlman. Hi, everybody. Listen to what it says here in the book of Matthew, chapter 26, verse 28. Remember, we're talking about the Lord's Supper. We've been talking about that for a couple days. This is what it says in verse 28. For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many

[00:00:24] for the forgiveness of sins. I want you to think about that word covenant. The word covenant means arrangement or agreement or pact. Okay. And you think about the word covenant. The same word means testament. Now we have the old covenant, the Old Testament and the new covenant or the New Testament. Well, what's the difference? And why did Jesus say this is the new covenant? You know that in the Old

[00:00:51] Testament, there are many different covenants that God made with his people. All of them were based on man's obedience, their willingness to obey the truths of God's word, to obey the commandments and to do what God said. Well, you know that covenant was broken over and over and over again by the rebelliousness of the people. So God had to establish a new covenant, not based on mankind's obedience,

[00:01:20] on the willingness of God's people to obey his commands, but rather based on someone who would win salvation totally free from anything we could do. And that someone was Jesus Christ. So when Jesus says, behold, this is the new covenant based on the forgiveness of sins, this covenant is solely based on Christ finished work. Jesus Christ came to save us. Jesus Christ came to live the life we couldn't live.

[00:01:50] Jesus Christ came to sacrifice himself on the cross and Christ came to defeat death. And as a result of what he has done, forgiveness, salvation, and eternal life is ours. What Jesus was saying is this covenant, this new covenant is not based on your obedience, but based on my obedience, not based on what you can do, but what I will do when I go to the cross, suffer and bleed and die for your sins and defeat death

[00:02:19] three days later. Thanks be to God for this new covenant. And now you know the difference between the old covenant or old covenants and the new covenant that Jesus established through his life, death, and resurrection. How cool it is that he said these words. Let me read them again. For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. The bottom line of this covenant is forgiveness of sins. And we have that through faith in Jesus.

[00:02:49] So just think about that today. And remember, as we talked about yesterday, when you go to the Lord's Supper, if you feel guilty about your sin, you've repented your sin, you trust in Jesus, the Savior, then you know you can go and know that it's based on the new covenant established by Jesus Christ, our Lord. And that is today's Daily Truth. Have a great day in the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you for tuning in to Daily Truths with Dave Ahlman. Pastor Dave Ahlman is the pastor of

[00:03:19] Mount Hope Church in Boulder, Colorado. If this ministry is blessing you, please consider supporting us by sharing this channel with a friend. You can also like, comment, subscribe, or leave a review. This helps us tremendously. Come back tomorrow for your next Daily Truth.