THE COVENANT THAT CHRIST PREACHED
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. The Priceless Covenant
a) This covenant is the constitution of the church of Christ. We see it as a uniting a reconciling covenant whose author and mediator is Christ.
Ephesians 2:14-17, 22
“For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us. He abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances. He did this to make in himself one new man out of two, so making peace so that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby. He came and preached peace to you who were afar off, and to them that were nigh... In whom you also are built together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.”
2. The Covenant That Christ Preached
Ephesians 2:17
"He came and preached peace to you who were afar off, and to them that were nigh..."
a) The priceless covenant which Jesus mediated is not called a "covenant" or "testament" in Ephesians. Paul instead uses the terms "the mystery of his will" and "the message of truth" and "the gospel of peace"(Ephesians 1:9,13, 6:15). Paul reminds us that Christ "came and preached peace" (Ephesians 2:17). What Jesus Christ preached (at first personally and later through his apostles and prophets) was a covenant of reconciliation and peace in his blood, capable of uniting Jew and Gentile to each other because it could unite them both with God. This gospel covenant was to take the place of the old covenant law abolished in Christ's sacrificed flesh (Ephesians 2:13-17).
The End ...
1. The Priceless Covenanta) This covenant is the constitution of the church of Christ. We see it as a uniting a reconciling covenant whose author and mediator is Christ.
Ephesians 2:14-17, 22
“For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us. He abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances. He did this to make in himself one new man out of two, so making peace so that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby. He came and preached peace to you who were afar off, and to them that were nigh... In whom you also are built together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.”
2. The Covenant That Christ Preached
Ephesians 2:17
"He came and preached peace to you who were afar off, and to them that were nigh..."
a) The priceless covenant which Jesus mediated is not called a "covenant" or "testament" in Ephesians. Paul instead uses the terms "the mystery of his will" and "the message of truth" and "the gospel of peace"(Ephesians 1:9,13, 6:15). Paul reminds us that Christ "came and preached peace" (Ephesians 2:17). What Jesus Christ preached (at first personally and later through his apostles and prophets) was a covenant of reconciliation and peace in his blood, capable of uniting Jew and Gentile to each other because it could unite them both with God. This gospel covenant was to take the place of the old covenant law abolished in Christ's sacrificed flesh (Ephesians 2:13-17).
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