| 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) |
Possess confidence and security in Christ because looking to Jesus not self (Christ-conscious) |
| No hope of intimacy because sins create a wall between them and God |
Enjoy close, intimate relationship with God as Father…righteous by faith (Rom. 5:7-9; 2 Cor. 5:17; Heb. 10:10) |
| Could not enter Holy of Holies (where presence of God was…Lev. 16:2, 14) |
Can enter boldly into God’s presence to His throne of grace in time of need because of Jesus perfect work (Heb. 4:16) |
| Under ministry of condemnation and death (2 Cor. 3:7) | Under ministry of Jesus’ abundant life (2 Cor. 3:6; John 10:10) |
Old Covenant vs. New Covenant
January 17th, 2012Healing? Why Not?
November 9th, 2011Romans 8:32 (NKJV) — 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
As Christians, why is it we can believe God saves us from Hell through Jesus Christ (the ultimate blessing because we get God Himself), yet He is not willing to bless us with secondary benefits like healing, deliverance, financial prosperity, etc through our relationship with Christ. Watch the following video as Pastor Bryan expounds on this topic: Healing? Why Not?
Confessing God’s Word
November 9th, 2011> > > Click here to download the Confessions PDF < < <
The Effect of Righteousness
September 28th, 2011Isaiah 32:17
17 The work of righteousness will be peace, And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.
Check out this video by Pastor Bryan as he expounds on the effects of true righteousness: The Effect of Righteousness
Exceedingly Abundantly
September 22nd, 2011Ephesians 3:20 (NKJV) — 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
It is amazing to think that even in our most clarion moments, what we ask of God or what we think of God is exceedingly abundantly far below what He is able to do or Who is actually is! What we understand as His ability to answer our prayers is far below His actual ability. Our perception is birthed from our finite imaginations. Although formed in the image of God we are stuck seeing Him in as in a mirror “dimly lit.” (1 Cor. 13:12) Approach the throne of God with boldness and ask away, knowing that He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all you ask or think! We serve a supernatural God. Check out the following video as Pastor Bryan speaks of this great mystery: Exceedingly Abundantly
