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.

31. What scripture shows that the righteousness which is received by grace through faith must not be made an excuse for continuing in sin?
What will be the fate of those who do not obey the gospel of Christ?
Could such a help be found among the creatures which God had already made?
Who was the last Babylonian king?
How does David speak of Christ's coming?
Is there danger of believers losing their hold on Christ?
What precious promise has God made to His children?

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