Jeremiah 31:31-37
"The time is coming," declares the Lord, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them.
I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God and they will be my people.
For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.
This is what the Lord says, the Lord Almighty is his name.
This new covenant and decrees will stand forever.
God promises his people a future. They will be saved and restored. And a new covenant will replace the old one made at Sinai which they have broken. This time God will remake them from within, giving them the power to do his will.
The writers of the New Testament(which means 'new covenant') see in Jesus Christ the full realization of Jeremiah's prophecy. It is the Holy spirit's work, through Christ, to 'write God's laws' on 'the hearts' of all believers.
Why?
For God loves his people, the decree made to their forefather, but they have broken the old covenant so God make a new covenant, which is write in their minds and on their hearts.
The salvation is coming, turn to the Lord and believe the Jesus Christ, all our sins will be forgiven and God will remember no more. This is the greatest mercy and grace.
How?
How to express my appreciation to the Lord for his love? Love the Lord with all my heart, all my mind and all my strength, love my neighbors as myself.
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