The New Covenant
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. Hebrews 8:10
He who becomes a partaker of the divine nature will be in harmony with God's great standard of righteousness, His holy law. This is the rule by which God measures the actions of men. This will be the test of character in the judgment.
There are many who claim that by the death of Christ the law was abrogated; but in this they contradict Christ's own words, "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets....Till heaven and earth pass, not one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law" (Matthew 5:17, 18). It was to atone for man's transgression of the law that Christ laid down His life. Could the law have been changed or set aside, then Christ need not have died. By His life on earth He honored the law of God. By His death He established it. He gave His life as a sacrifice, not to destroy God's law, not to create a lower standard, but that justice might be maintained, that the law might be shown to be immutable, that it might stand fast forever. (Christ Object Lessons, 314)
Reflection: "As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name" (John 1:22). Under the new covenant the conditions by which eternal life may be gained are the same as under the old--perfect obedience.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. Hebrews 8:10
He who becomes a partaker of the divine nature will be in harmony with God's great standard of righteousness, His holy law. This is the rule by which God measures the actions of men. This will be the test of character in the judgment.
There are many who claim that by the death of Christ the law was abrogated; but in this they contradict Christ's own words, "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets....Till heaven and earth pass, not one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law" (Matthew 5:17, 18). It was to atone for man's transgression of the law that Christ laid down His life. Could the law have been changed or set aside, then Christ need not have died. By His life on earth He honored the law of God. By His death He established it. He gave His life as a sacrifice, not to destroy God's law, not to create a lower standard, but that justice might be maintained, that the law might be shown to be immutable, that it might stand fast forever. (Christ Object Lessons, 314)
Reflection: "As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name" (John 1:22). Under the new covenant the conditions by which eternal life may be gained are the same as under the old--perfect obedience.
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