What are the "better promises" upon which the new covenant was established?
Answer
"This shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says the
Lord, I will put My law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; . . . I will forgive their iniquity,
and I will remember their sin no more!' Jer. 31: 33, 34. See Heb. 8: 8-12.
NOTE - These are simply the blessings of the gospel through Christ. They are promised upon
condition of repentance, confession, faith, and acceptance of Christ, the Mediator of the new covenant,
which means salvation and obedience. In the old covenant there was no provision for pardon and power to
obey. It is true there was pardon during the time of the old covenant, but not by virtue of it. Pardon then, as
now, was through the provisions of the new covenant, the terms of which are older than the old covenant.
What estimate did Job place upon the words of God?
Did God's chosen people receive Christ when He came?
5. What previous instruction connected with the vision of Daniel 8 was thus being more fully carried out?
How complete is to be the fall of modern Babylon?
What were these stones to commemorate?
What is the chief occupation of Satan and his angels?
How much do the dead know of what is going on among men?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle