Tag: New Covenant Age
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Ratifying the New Covenant
(Galatians 3:15-18) A covenant is the same thing as a will. It is put in place to define what will happen after a certain condition or situation occurs. To ratify something is to bring it into effect. In the case of a will, the condition that ratifies the will is the death of the individual…
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Apollos
(Acts18:24-28) Apollos was a powerful teacher and preacher of the gospel. We don't know a lot about him but it is clear that he was held in high regard as a teacher of the gospel by the people and also by the disciples, especially Paul. In this section of scripture Apollos first comes to the…
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Peter First Speaks to the Gentiles
(Acts10:34-43) The time had come! The Gentiles were about to receive the word of The Lord for the first time from the mouth of Peter. The household and friends of Cornelius the Roman centurion had come together as directed by the angel of The Lord and Peter had come to them also as directed by…
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The Promise of the Holy Spirit
(Acts 2:14-21) When John the Baptist was working in his ministry he spoke of Jesus saying that He was the one who would baptise people with the Holy Spirit. John baptised with water, but Jesus came and died so that we could be baptised with the Holy Spirit. After the disciples received the Holy Spirit…
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I Am In The Father
(John 14:7-11) Jesus and the Father were inseparable. They thought alike, acted alike and worked together as one. In this scripture we see the depth of their relationship when Jesus says to Philip, “Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me?” (Verse 10) So close were they that…
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Two Flocks
(John 10:16 – Two Flocks) There is an interesting comment that The Lord made in this one verse of the bible. He alludes here to the fact there there are two flocks that in time will come together so that there will be just a single flock who will follow The Lord. Look at what…
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The Resurrection of the Lord
(Luke 24:1-12). The most fundamental teaching of the new covenant and the core principle of Christianity is the resurrection of the dead. Without the resurrection the rest of the christian covenant does not hold together. It is through the resurrection of Jesus that man receives release from his sins and the freedom from law so…
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Jesus Dies: Earth’s Darkest Hour
(Luke 23:44-49) The hour had come for the Lord to depart from this earth. All had been accomplished that he needed to do while he was here and it was now time for the next stage of the work to be done. He had trained his disciples to the point that they needed to be…
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Death Of Jesus
(Mark 15:33-39) The death of Jesus from a human perspective is one of the saddest and most unjust events of all time. He suffered and died the death of a criminal when in truth he had done no wrong. However there is another aspect to the death of Jesus which for mankind is the greatest…
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The Transfiguration
Where does the Christian stand in relation to the two covenants? As Christians are we meant to be under both the Old and the New Covenant? The transfiguration scripture provides us with part of the answer to these two questions. Many years ago while still at school I asked a religious education teacher what the…
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The Trial of Jesus before Caiaphas
(Matthew 26:57-68) The trial of Jesus before Caiaphas could only be described as a kangaroo court. They had already pronounced judgement before he was brought to trial. All they needed was for someone to provide a reason for taking their drastic action and give them reason to put the Lord to death. However this was…
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The Stone that the Builder Rejected
(Matthew 21:42-46) Jesus Christ is the stone that the builder rejected. But what does this analogy mean? Why did Jesus make that analogy of the stone that the builder rejected to the priests in Jerusalem? Jesus often talks about houses in his parables and analogies. He talks about the kingdom of God as a house,…
