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Jesus is the One When sin entered the world of humanity through Adam, the relationship between God and man was broken. In order for restoration to occur, it became necessary to substitute the lifeblood of another. Because love is at the core of God’s character, he granted mercy and forgiveness to all of humankind by providing the perfect sacrifice for the redemption of his creation. Romans 3:23-24 says, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus” (New International Version). John 3:16 provides love as the reason God did this. This paper seeks to unfold and apply God’s plan of salvation through his son, Jesus, by discussing the meaning of the Old and New Testament covenants found in the Holy Bible.
Abraham’s Old Testament Covenant Lord God initiated his salvation plan through Abraham, his faithful …show more content…
While Jesus prays to the Father for all believers, he says, “I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and I myself may be in them” (John 17:26). Jesus teaches about the proper interpretation of God’s law when he says the greatest command is to “love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind” along with, “love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:37-38). The only way the believer is able to do this is with the help of the Holy Spirit, whom God sent after Jesus ascended into heaven (Galatians 4:6). In Christ, the believer is reborn. The apostle Peter states, “you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God” (1Peter 1:23). Jesus is the word of God, and his word is written on the heart of the born again
Jesus is the One When sin entered the world of humanity through Adam, the relationship between God and man was broken. In order for restoration to occur, it became necessary to substitute the lifeblood of another. Because love is at the core of God’s character, he granted mercy and forgiveness to all of humankind by providing the perfect sacrifice for the redemption of his creation. Romans 3:23-24 says, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus” (New International Version). John 3:16 provides love as the reason God did this. This paper seeks to unfold and apply God’s plan of salvation through his son, Jesus, by discussing the meaning of the Old and New Testament covenants found in the Holy Bible.
Abraham’s Old Testament Covenant Lord God initiated his salvation plan through Abraham, his faithful …show more content…
While Jesus prays to the Father for all believers, he says, “I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and I myself may be in them” (John 17:26). Jesus teaches about the proper interpretation of God’s law when he says the greatest command is to “love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind” along with, “love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:37-38). The only way the believer is able to do this is with the help of the Holy Spirit, whom God sent after Jesus ascended into heaven (Galatians 4:6). In Christ, the believer is reborn. The apostle Peter states, “you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God” (1Peter 1:23). Jesus is the word of God, and his word is written on the heart of the born again