LAW | GRACE |
1. Elementary and Preparatory. | 1. More advanced and fulfilled. |
2. Promised Life but could not give. | 2. Gives Life. |
3. Bondage. | 3. Freedom or Liberty. |
4. By works. | 4. By Grace. |
5. Blessing by keeping the law. | 5. Blessed without the law. |
6. The Law was breakable. | 6. New Covenant is everlasting. |
7. Was in man’s keeping. | 7. Is in God’s keeping. |
8. Old Covenant was in obedience to the law. |
8. Not obedience - but by faith. (obedience is a byproduct of faith) |
9. Demanded Righteousness. | 9. Gives Righteousness. |
10. Servants, slaves. | 10. Sons & Daughters. |
11. Condemnation. | 11. Peace. |
Greek word DIATHEKE (covenant) gives one meaning as “an unequal covenant;” God assumes the responsibility to keep both sides of the covenant.
(A covenant where One does all the giving and the other does all the taking.)
God provided:
Remedy for sin ===========> Righteousness.
Remedy for Death =========> Life.
Remedy for sickness =======> Health.
Remedy for poverty ========> Prosperity.
Power over ALL the enemy.
His Substitution |
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A. Jesus died... | to make us alive |
B. He was made sin with our sinfulness... | to make us righteous with His Righteousness. |
C. He became weak... | to make us strong. |
D. He suffered shame... | to give us glory. |
E. He went to hell... | to take us to heaven. |
F. He was condemned... | in order to justify us and set us free. |
G. He was made sick with our sickness... | in order that we be healed and live in divine health. |
H. He was cast out of the presence of God... | in order to make us welcome there. |
John 10:10... To identify with Adam is to identify with destruction and death. To identify with Jesus is to identify with Life.