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*EZEKIEL 36:16-31*
 
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*THE COVENANT *
*1.  **The Covenant *
The concept of covenant: “/I will make a new covenant/” [Jer.31:31].
§         בְּרִ֥ית - “/covenant/” [31:31], ‘legally binding agreement between two’;
§         Elements – stipulations; benefits; responsibilities.
§         בְּרִ֥ית - “/make/” [31:31], ‘to cut’; ‘to cut off~/down’;
§         Includes the presence of blood: Gen.15; Gen.17; Gen.22; Exo.24
*a.      **The Old Covenant *
The present condition: “/which covenant they broke/…” [31:32].
§         הֵפֵ֣רוּ - “/broke/” [31:32], ‘to violate with the result of disassociation’;
*2.  **The Pre-Salvation Condition *
The broken covenant and the pre-salvation condition: “/their doings/” [36:17].
§         ~~K'r>d;B - “/ways/” [36:17], ‘road’; ‘path’;
§         ~~t'Alyli[]b - “/doings/” [36:17], from ‘abuse’; ‘make a fool of someone’;
*a.      **Wrath   *
Under God’s wrath: “/I poured my fury on them/…” [36:18].
§         ytim'x - “/fury/” [36:18], ‘to be hot’; “/God is a consuming fire/” [Heb.]
§         Ephesians: “/by nature the children of wrath/” [Eph.2:3].
*b.      **Alienation  *
Alienated from God: “/I scattered them among the heathen/…” [36:19].
§         #ypia'w - “/scattered/” [36:19], ‘to disperse’; ‘spread out’;
§         Seed: “/Thou shalt fan…whirlwind shall scatter them/” [Isa.41:16].
§         Departure from Jerusalem: God says, “/This is my rest/…” [Ps.132].
§         Hosea: “/Call his name Lo-ammi: for you are not my people/” [Hos.1].
*c.       **Death *
A condition of death: “/valley full of dry bones/…” [37:1].
§         Long-term: “/in the open valley…very dry/” [37:2].
§         Hopeless: “/Can these bones live/?” [37:3].
§         Paul: “/quickened, who were dead in trespasses/…” [Eph.2:1].
*Summary*
 
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*THE NEW COVENANT INAUGURATED*
*1.  **The New Covenant *
Promise: “a new covenant…” [Jer.31:31].
§         חֲדָשָֽׁה - “/new/” [Jer.31:31],
‘fresh’; ‘renew or repair’;
§         “/I create new heavens and a new earth/…” [Isa.65:17].
*2.  **Covenant Redeemer *
Promise: “/I will make a new covenant/…” [31:31].
§         בְּרִ֥ית - “/make/” [31:31], ‘to cut’; ‘to cut off~/down’;
§         Jesus: “/This cup is the new covenant in my blood/” [Luk.22:20].
§         Hebrews: “/He is the mediator of the new covenant…death/” [Heb.9].
*Summary*
This is the gospel: “/Christ was once offered to bear sins of many/” [Heb.9].
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*THE NEW COVENANT APPLIED *
*1.  **Peace with God  *
The first step: “/sprinkle water upon you…clean/” [36:25].
§         Forgiveness: “/hearts sprinkled from evil conscience/” [Heb.10:22].
§         Justification: “/justified by faith, we have peace with God/” [Rom.5:1].
*2.  **New Heart *
The second step: “/a new heart also will give you/…” [36:26].
*a.      **New Life*
A new life: “/a new heart/…” [36:26].
§         Dead: “/I will take away your stony heart/…” [36:26].
§         Life: “/I will give you a heart of flesh/…” [36:26].
*b.      **New Family *
A new family: “/I will put my Spirit within you/…” [36:26].
§         End of alienation: “/Spirit of adoption…Abba, Father/” [Rom.8:15].
§         Evidence: “/we know we have passed from death to life/” [1Joh.3:14].
*c.       **New Will *
A new will: “/cause you to walk in my statutes/…” [36:27].
§         Promise: “/circumcise your heart…love the Lord your God/” [Deu.30].
§         Halyburton: ‘God change!’
>>> ‘I change!’
*3.  **Conviction of Sin*
The third step: “/then you shall remember/…” [36:31].
§         ~~T,r>k;z>W - “/remember/” [36:21], ‘recollect’; ‘mention or proclaim’;
§         God – ‘remember’ is a covenant word – “/God remembered his covenant/” [Exo.2:24].
§         Personal sin: “/your own evil ways/…” [36:31].
§         Conviction: “/you shall loathe yourselves/…” [36:31].
*Summary*
§         The past – wrath; alienation; death >>> interest; attraction; guilt
§         The time > transition – peace; life & emotions; will~/desire; the church
§         Particular – personal sin >>> order
§         Question - what is conviction of sin; where?
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