Message Notes

YOUNG PEOPLE’S GROUP I

Text: Hebrews 8

19 September 2015

AN APPRECIATION OF THE COVENANTS OF GOD

INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION

1. The Concept of a Covenant

a) Two types of Covenant mentioned in the Scriptures

i) Parity Covenant (Between Equals)

ii) Suzerainty Covenant (Between God and man; King and subjects)

b) Covenants are like “treaties”

c) Features of Covenants given by God

i) Preamble
To tell us who God is and what He has done

ii) Laws Stated
These laws govern relationships between God and man

iii) Promises of blessings are attached

iv) Penalty is also described if the laws are broken

2. Many Covenants mentioned

a) Noahic Covenant Genesis 8

b) Abrahamic Covenant

c) Mosaic Covenant/ Sinaitic Covenant (Different terms have been used)

d) The New Covenant (Jeremiah 31-33)

THE MOSAIC COVENANT

1. It is called “the first covenant” Hebrews 8:9,13

2. It is another term for the Mosaic Covenant

a) It included the Tabernacle/ Temple Worship

b) The Levitical Priesthood

c) The Law

d) Civil

e) Ceremonial

f) Dietary

3. The significance of the First Covenant

a) It symbolized the relationship between God and the nation of Israel

b) The laws taught Israel how to fear the Lord and to relate to Him

4. The sad and grim reality

a) Israel had failed to keep the laws of God

b) It had broken the covenant of God

c) The penalty of the law would have to be exacted

5. Comments about the First Covenant

a) It had its limitations

i) Limited to Israel

ii) It was temporary

b) It has been made obsolete Hebrews 8:13

c) It was ready to vanish away Hebrews 8:13

BIBLE MEMORY VERSE

Hebrews 8:13

 

In that he says, “A new covenant, He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.”