What is the New Covenant? Grace, Forgiveness, and a New Heart
On the night before his death, Jesus took a cup and said: \ This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood\ (Luke 22:20). He was invoking a promise made six centuries earlier by Jeremiah -- a covenant so different from what preceded it that it would permanently redefine the relationship between God and his people. Understanding the new covenant is essential to understanding what Christianity actually is."
Key Verses
- Jeremiah 31:33 — I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
- Ezekiel 36:26 — And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
- Luke 22:20 — This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.
- Hebrews 8:6 — But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.
- 耶利米书 31:33 — 我要将我的律法放在他们里面，写在他们心上；我要作他们的神，他们要作我的子民。'
- 希伯来书 8:6" — 如今耶稣所得的职任是更美的，正如他作更美之约的中保；这约原是凭更美之应许立的。'