Jeremiah 31:27-40
Dear RTB’ers,
The new covenant… In my earlier “born again” years I was active in a church called the “New Covenant Fellowship”, so this section of Jeremiah is always special to me.
The new covenant paragraph (vv. 31-34) is quoted in its entirety in Hebrews 8:8-12. To me the essence of this new covenant is in two sentences: 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. (v. 33b) I see this promise from God played out at Pentecost, wherein we now have the Holy Spirit living within each of us, His law now on our hearts – collectively and individually.
It’s worth each of us re-reading that paragraph a few times, asking the Holy Spirit to indwell us in this New Covenant – day by day, hour by hour, in all of our relationships and our circumstances. Let God be our God and us His people!
For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. Thank you, Jesus.
Blessings.
Fred