Jesus Came to Die to Bring Us to Faith and to Keep Us Faithful

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Jesus Came to Die to Bring Us to Faith and to Keep Us Faithful

6 November 2009 No Comment

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2 Corinthians 3:6

He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Chapter 14 of John Piper’s book, “50 Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die” talks about the old and new covenant. God initiated both covenants for his purposes. Galatians 3 states that the law was a tutor to lead us to Christ (Galatians 3:24). The old covenant law points to our sin, while the new covenant points to Christ.

Hebrews 9:15 says, “For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.”

John Piper writes, “the blood of Jesus purchased the power and the promises of the new covenant”. And what are the promises that are established by the new covenant? Jeremiah 31 says that God will forgive our iniquity and remember our sin no more. Ezekiel 36 says that God will give us a new heart and put a new spirit within us. We will be transformed on the inside because the Spirit gives life.

When we were dead in our trespasses and sin, God made us alive (Ephesians 2:5). The new covenant brings us to righteousness through faith in what Jesus did for us on the cross. We are made alive and given the Spirit.

Piper writes, “And the miracle is not only the creation of our faith, but the securing of our faithfulness.” Jeremiah 32:40 says “I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me”. He will keep those who are his and he will not let his own turn away from him.