Message Notes

YOUNG PEOPLE’S GROUP I

Text: Hebrews 8

26 September 2015 

THE ESTABLISHING OF THE NEW COVENANT

1. It was prophesied by the prophets

a) Isaiah (References to the Messiah and His ministry)

b) Jeremiah (Jeremiah 31-33)

2. It is established by the Lord Jesus Christ

a) The High Priest of the New Covenant Hebrews 8:1

b) He is seated at the right hand of the Throne of Majesty in the heavens Hebrews 8:1

c) Mediator of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle Hebrews 8:2

d) “This is the blood of the new covenant” Matthew 26:28

3. Names

a) A better covenant Hebrews 8:6

b) A new covenant Hebrews 8:8,12

i) Based on better promises Hebrews 8:6

ii) New practices (Baptism, The Lord’s Supper)

iii) New focus: The Church

iv) New Ministry

4. Special features of the New Covenant

a) It involves Israel

Judah and Israel would no longer be separate kingdoms                               Hebrews 8:8

b) Not old Covenant terms

i) Not based on the old terms Hebrews 8:9

ii) Israel did not keep the Old Covenant Hebrews 8:9

iii) God disregarded them Hebrews 8:9

c) New Covenant Terms

i) The laws will be written on the heart and mind Hebrews 8:10

ii) He will be the Lord God Hebrews 8:10

iii) Believers will be His people Hebrews 8:10

iv) All may know God significantly Hebrews 8:11

v) God will be merciful to His people and not remember their sins Hebrews 8:12c

BIBLE MEMORY VERSE

Hebrews 8:10

 

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.”