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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The True Nature of the New Covenant, #10
Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. (I John 2:8)
There is a new commandment. The new commandment is that we be filled with all the fullness of God through the Lord Jesus Christ. The new commandment is not different from the old commandment; rather, it raises the old commandment into a greater realm of Divine Life and power. Christ is the Law, the Word, made flesh. When Christ is abiding in us we always keep the moral law of God.
This is why John states that if anyone claims to know Christ, and does not keep the commandments of Christ, he is a liar. There is no truth in him. There is no truth in the current teaching that leaves the believers with the impression they can walk in sin and still be found at peace in Christ in the Day of Judgment.
First John 3:3-10 reveals the error of the current false doctrine that teaches that the Christian salvation is not affected significantly by the behavior of those who are participating in it.
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. (I John 3:3)
If the Christian salvation, the new covenant, is an unconditional amnesty, we may do as we like with the above verse. If we feel like it we will purify ourselves. If we do not feel like purifying ourselves we will not do so. It is not necessary for us to purify ourselves since we are saved "by grace." This is the modern abomination. This is how we attempt to contradict the clear commandment of the Word of God
And ye know he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. (I John 3:5)
There are verses in the New Testament emphasizing the fact that we obtain the forgiveness of our sins through receiving the atonement made by the Lord Jesus.
However, the above verse stresses the taking away of our sins. The new covenant is superior to the old covenant in that the new covenant possesses the authority and power to remove our sins from us. Christ was manifested not only to forgive our sins but also (and especially) to take away our sins.
If Christ were unable to remove our lusts and self-will from us, He must continue forgiving our sins forever. This is to say that God is powerless to redeem us from the hand of the enemy: from Satan, from the spirit of the world, and from our fallen nature.
God indeed is able to redeem us from the hand of the enemy. God has made a covenant with us that includes the breaking of every chain Satan has placed on mankind. Through the new covenant there is victory over the authority and power of sin.
The new covenant is not our removal to a land where we are not tempted to sin or where we cannot sin. The new covenant is our transformation to the extent we will not sin no matter where God places us. Christ does not sin no matter where He is, and we are being changed into His image and filled with His Substance and Life.
To be continued.