| Old Covenant |
New Covenant |
| God demands righteousness. |
God supplies righteousness through finished work of Jesus (Romands 4:5-7) |
| God will visit sins to third and fourth generation (Exodus 20:5) |
God wil by “no means” remember your sins (Heb. 8:12; 10:17) |
| Blessed only if they obeyed God perfectly (Deut. 28:13-14) |
Don’t have to depend on self-efforts to receive God’s favor…Jesus obeyed perfectly (Col. 2:13-14) |
| Cursed if they did not obey perfectly (Deut. 28:15-16, 18, 20) |
Can enjoy God’s blessings and favor because Christ became a curse for us on the cross (Gal. 3:13-14) |
| Depending on self-effort produces behavior modification without heart transformation |
Beholding Jesus and His finished work produces inner transformation (2 Cor. 3:18) |
| Blood sacrifices of animals covered the sins for only one year (Heb. 10:3) |
The blood of Jesus has removed sins (past, present, future) completely, forever (Heb. 10:10-14) |
| Obeying the law could not give them power to stop sin in lives nor make anyone holy, just or good |
Sin has no dominion over us (Rom. 6:14), as power of Jesus is reality because righteous in Christ (Rom. 4:6) |
Robbed of confidence in goodness of God because always focused on self (self-conscious)
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Possess confidence and security in Christ because looking to Jesus not self (Christ-conscious)
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No hope of intimacy because sins create a wall between them and God
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Enjoy close, intimate relationship with God as Father…righteous by faith (Rom. 5:7-9; 2 Cor. 5:17; Heb. 10:10)
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Could not enter Holy of Holies (where presence of God was…Lev. 16:2, 14)
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Can enter boldly into God’s presence to His throne of grace in time of need because of Jesus perfect work (Heb. 4:16)
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| Under ministry of condemnation and death (2 Cor. 3:7) |
Under ministry of Jesus’ abundant life (2 Cor. 3:6; John 10:10) |
