new covenant – Perspective

The Bible is one book, but does it constitute a single religion? Are we supposed to take everything from Genesis through Revelation and practice it whole? That’s what a lot of Christians are trying to do, and it isn’t working. It’s leading to a lot of confusion and frustration.

Learn to rightly divide the word of truth, including dividing the Bible into two distinct, mutually exclusive covenants, and discovering where one ended and the other began. It’s time to stop dragging elements of the old covenant into our new covenant relationship with God in Christ.

OUTLINE

The Bible is a single story that begins with God who is eternal, passes through the linear time of this age, then ends back in eternity with us living with God forever.

The storyline runs from Adam, the first man, to Jesus Christ, the last man. The rest of the Bible is about the characters and events that get us from Adam to Christ.

Many assume the Bible constitutes a single religion and attempt to practice it whole.

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Part 2 in the series “Knowing the Truth About Sin Will Set You Free”

Message delivered by Robert Peck to ZChurch (https://zchurch.life), February 24, 2024

Imagine yourself in a time of prayer in the presence of God. Now imagine that in the middle of fellowshipping with Him, you discover you’re currently committing a sin. Would you suddenly feel condemned? Would you cringe and turn away from His face? Would you fear being separated from your heavenly Father’s love? If so, then you don’t have a full revelation of what happened at the cross and have not thoroughly grasped the realities of the new covenant. It’s time to drive a stake through the heart of old testament, works-based thinking, and get a new covenant perspective.

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Introduction

People struggle to understand sin and forgiveness.

We seem to think that we got saved by grace, but stay saved by works and not sinning again.

My breakthrough began when I realized the difference between the Old Testament and the new.

My big breakthrough came when I realized I could sin while standing right in the presence of God, fellowshipping with him, and not be separated from his love for a single moment.

The primary point of this message is to break the stronghold of Old Testament, works-based thinking that brings into bondage and condemnation.

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