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[Shelly Duffy]

WASN’T THE OLD COVENANT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? PART 3
May 26, 2021 

Average reading time is about 5 minutes


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The Bible says, “If that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second” (Hebrews 8:7). So let me ask you: Has any man been able to find a flaw in the handwriting of God? The psalmist declared, “The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul” (Psalm 19:7). 

Romans 7:12 adds, “The law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.” Does that sound like something weak and imperfect? No law could be perfect and faulty at the same time. It becomes quite apparent that the old covenant could not have been the Ten Commandments themselves; instead, the Commandments were the terms of the covenant, not the actual covenant. 

The word “covenant” means agreement—at fault with this first agreement was the promise of the people, “All the Lord has said we will do.” The new covenant is the same law, but written by the Lord on the human heart. “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” (Jeremiah 31:33). Notice, it is the same law you find in the Ten Commandments, but now it’s written in the heart. Indeed, the new covenant goes even deeper than the letter of the law—it goes to the spirit of the law. 

Jesus illustrated this when He said, “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’ But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment” (Matthew 5:21, 22). 

Jesus taught us that the new covenant is not based on merely obeying the Ten Commandments, but also the attitude behind our deeds. The change of heart will lead to the change of life. 



KEY BIBLE TEXTS 
"And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone."
Deuteronomy 4:13





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Shelley Duffy