Hebrews 8 3) We have access Matthew 27:50-51 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up Study Guide – Reference Verses His spirit. Then, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, Old Covenant 4) We have forgiveness Exodus 19:5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My Hebrews 10:1-4 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same the earth is Mine. sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach Exodus 34:27 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write these words, for according perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the to the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. But Deuteronomy 4:13 So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is not possible you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins. of stone. No more shadows John 8:12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” Discussion Questions: New Covenant 1) I WILL vs. you shall 1) Compare the old and new covenants. In what ways is the new Jeremiah 31:31-34 “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will covenant superior? make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My 2) What new covenant promise is mentioned in Hebrews 8:10? What does covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says it mean to have God’s laws written in our mind and heart? How does the Lord. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after this affect the way a believer knows the truth? those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. No more shall 3) What new covenant promise is mentioned in Hebrews 8:12? How is this every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of superior to the old covenant? them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.” 4) In what ways does the new covenant render the old covenant Ezekiel 36:26-27 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I obsolete? will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. 1. 2) We will be led from the inside out Hebrews 8:10 (The Living Bible) But this is the new agreement I will make with the people of Israel, says the Lord: I will write my laws in their minds so that they will know what I want them to do without my even telling them, and these laws will be in their hearts so that they will want to obey them, and I will be their God and they shall be my people.