What reason is given for making the new covenant?

Answer

"For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. For
finding fault with them, He says, Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant."
Heb. 8:7,8.
NOTE - The chief fault in connection with the old covenant lay with the People. They were not
able, in themselves, to fulfil their part of it, and it provided them no help for so doing. There was no Christ
in it. It was of works and not of grace. It was valuable only as a means of impressing upon them their
sinfulness and their need of divine aid.

What testimony did the chief priests and Pharisees bear concerning Christ's work?
13. To the woman who had been healed by touching His garment, what did Christ say made her whole?
After His resurrection, what effect had this prediction upon His disciples?
Who has borne our sins, and stands ready to help us?
How did Christ's death on the cross affect the whole sacrificial system?
What was one principal object in calling this council?
How had Moses spoken of another and greater dispersion?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle