Jeremiah 31:31-34
“Behold, the days are coming, says
the LORD, when I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah—not
according to the covenant that I
made with their fathers in the day
that I took them by the hand to lead
them out of the land of Egypt, My
covenant which they broke, though I
Jeremiah 31:31-34
“was a husband to them, says the
LORD. But this is the covenant that I
will make with the house of Israel
after those days, says the LORD: I
will put My law in their minds, and
write it on their hearts; and I will be
their God, and they shall be My
people. No more shall every man
teach his neighbor, and every man
Jeremiah 31:31-34
“his brother, saying, 'Know the
LORD,' for they all shall know Me,
from the least of them to the greatest
of them, says the LORD. For I will
forgive their iniquity, and their sin I
will remember no more”
Jeremiah 31:31-34
Ark of Covenant - in Babylon
1. Heart written covenant
2. Personal relationship with God
3. For those who know the Lord
4. Provide absolute remission of sins
I. A Heart Written Covenant
“But this is the covenant that I
will make with the house of Israel
after those days, says the LORD:
I will put My law in their minds,
and write it on their hearts; and I
will be their God, and they shall
be My people.”
Jeremiah 31:33
OLD
Book
Externally
NEW
Hearts
Internally
Outward
Within
Physical
Spiritual
Visible
Unseen
This is not the
New Covenant,
although it
teaches us what
the New Covenant
is...
The New Covenant began
On Pentecost A.D. 33
 Peter preached
 3,000 had something
written on their hearts
 Baptized into New
Covenant
 Received Word preached
 15 years before 1st of N.T.
written
3,000 New Covenants
Commitment to follow
Christ
Jesus had written
something on their
hearts through Word
3,000 personal
covenants or contracts
“Forasmuch as you are
manifestly declared to be
the epistle of Christ
ministered by us, written not
with ink, but with the Spirit
of the living God; not in
tables of stone, but in fleshy
tables of the heart.”
II Cor. 3:3
Example 1
Example 2
II. A Personal Relationship
“But this shall be the covenant
that I will make with the house of
Israel; After those days, saith the
LORD, I will put my law in their
inward parts, and write it in their
hearts; and will be their God, and
they shall be my people.”
Jeremiah 31:33
God always wanted a
personal relationship
Eden
Joseph
Enoch
David
Samuel
Daniel
In the New Covenant we
have a personal relationship
• “I will be their God”
• “The Lord is at Hand” Phil.4:5
• “Peace that passes all
understanding” – Phil. 4:6-7
• “I will be their God” II Cor.6:16
III. Knowers of the Lord
“for they all shall know Me,
from the least of them to the
greatest of them, says the
LORD”
Jer. 31:34
Old Covenant
Samuel born to Hebrew
Parents
Did not know the Lord
Was part of the covenant
Had to be taught who the
Lord was
New Covenant
“gladly received the
Word” - Acts 2:41
They knew who the Lord
was - Acts 2:36
It is an Individual
Covenant between you
and God, through Jesus
IV. Absolute Remission
Pardon
“for I will forgive their iniquity,
and I will remember their sin
no more.”
Jer. 31:34
Impossible before the Cross
“and without shedding of blood
is no remission.” Heb. 9:22
“For it is not possible that the
blood of bulls and of goats
should take away sins.”
Heb. 10:4
Reality after the Cross
“And their sins and
iniquities will I
remember no more.”
Heb. 10:17
Quote from Jeremiah
The New is Superior to the Old
1. Heart written covenant
2. Personal relationship with God
3. For those who know the Lord
4. Provide absolute remission of sins
Jeremiah 31:31-34
Quoted in
Heb. 8:8-13
We are living in the days of this
Covenant God made with us
“ALL
SPIRITUAL
BLESSINGS”
(EPH. 1:3)
ROM. 6:3-4
BAPTISM
“NO
CONDEMNATION”
(ROM. 8:1)
SALVATION
(2 TIM. 2:10)
IN
CHRIST
“NEW CREATION”
(2 COR. 5:17)