Help QuickNav Adv. Options
KJV

KJV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Prior Book Prior Section Back to Commentaries Author Bio & Contents Next Section Next Book
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible
← Back to Chuck Smith's Bio & Resources

Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Jeremiah 31:33, 34

Choose a new font size and typeface
← Back to Chuck Smith's Bio & Resources
"THE NEW COVENANT"
Intro: Jeremiah was shut up in prison - the nation had failed to keep covenant with God and as a consequence was falling. God promised to establish a new covenant. The covenant establishes the basis of relationship with God.
I. GOD WOULD REVEAL HIS WILL TO THE HEART OF EVERY MAN. "I WILL PUT MY LAW IN THEIR INWARD PARTS AND WRITE IT UPON THEIR HEARTS."
A. The old covenant written on parchment and tables of stone.
1. They then needed scribes to teach it in order to apply it to teach it in variety of human circumstances.
a. Thus the Talmud comprises some 60 volumes.
2. The purpose of the law was to express the will of God for an individual's life.
a. The question asked most often today is, "How can I know the will of God?"
B. God said He would write it upon our hearts.
1. Man is always seeking an external set of rules.
2. I am to wait upon God in each situation, to receive guidance by the Holy Spirit.
II. "FOR THEY SHALL ALL KNOW ME."
A. The knowledge of the will of God is the outcome of knowing God.
1. This is always God's order.
a. God is never revealed to man through the law.
2. "From the least to the greatest."
a. Not from greatest to least.
"I thank thee, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, that Thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding and did reveal them unto babes."
b. The knowledge of God not dependent upon vast intellectual genius.
3. If we fear the will of God, it is because we do not know God.
B. This knowledge of God comes to us through His Word.
1. Jesus Christ came to reveal God to man.
III. "I WILL FORGIVE THEIR INIQUITY AND REMEMBER THEIR SIN NO MORE."
A. The cleansing of my sin is what allows me to know God.
1. "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God."
2. As I know God and walk in fellowship with Him, He guides my life day by day in the varied situations.
B. The old covenant failed because it depended upon man's faithfulness to God. The new covenant cannot fail because it depends upon God's faithfulness to man.
Sermon Notes for Jeremiah 31:29, 30 ← Prior Section
Sermon Notes for Jeremiah 32:6-8 Next Section →
Sermon Notes for Isaiah 1:18 ← Prior Book
Sermon Notes for Lamentations 3:21 Next Book →
← Back to Chuck Smith's Bio & Resources
← Back to all Commentaries
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
KJV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
KJV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

CONTENT DISCLAIMER:

The Blue Letter Bible ministry and the BLB Institute hold to the historical, conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy of Scripture. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry.