Deuteronomy 7:9 Day 2

Hebrews 8:6-12 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. For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second. For he finds fault with them when he says:
"Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not continue in my covenant, and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more. "

Hebrews 8 tells us that Jesus established a new and better covenant for the people of God. This was needed because there was a fault with the old covenant.

That fault was not in the covenant itself, but within the people of the covenant. The nation of Israel was not able to continue in the Mosaic covenant, and so God showed no concern for them. That is to say, God’s faithfulness to the covenant meant curses rather than blessings for the Israelites because they failed to obey Him.

Deuteronomy 7:9-10 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations, and repays to their face those who hate him, by destroying them. He will not be slack with one who hates him. He will repay him to his face.

Ironically, this meant that under the Mosaic Covenant, the faithfulness of God was bad news, rather than good.

The new covenant is superior to the old one because in it, God makes us better promises. These promises turn God’s faithfulness into a firm foundation of hope.

Jeremiah 31:33 I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts.

Deuteronomy 30:6 And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.

Ezekiel 36:25-28 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. 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. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

God promises, not only to bless the obedient (as in the old covenant), but also to make sure we are obedient. He will change us from the inside out so that we will love His law. By so doing, He will ‘cause us’ to obey Him. And as our memory verse teaches, the God who promises this is faithful.

Can you complete the verse from memory?

Deuteronomy 7:9 ____ therefore that the ____ your God is ___, the ________ God who _____ ________ and steadfast ____ with those who ____ ___ and ____ his ____________, to a ________ generations,