 Okay, I'll come back We just See if I can Share the notes so it gets easier for us to read the verses. We look at a couple of verses Going forward as well Hope this will help us even can see this So Yeah, let's go into Page 47 Let's go into how do we receive Christ's mediation of the New Covenant, right now? How do we receive? We looked at you know, how do we receive blessings? How do we receive everything that of the Abrahamic Covenant and The Messiah Covenant and we saw all of that. Now, how do we receive? Christ's mediation meaning what Christ is doing for us now in the New Covenant as a mediator How do we receive it to our lives? And how how is that going to impact our lives? Is it going to Be any different as believers? Is it enough for us to just accept the Lord as our personal savior and You know, just live that holy life live pleasing to God. Oh As Christ as our mediator in heaven How is it going to affect our lives? So we look at a few Examples here of how Jesus ministered under the previous covenant and How it impacted people's lives and how right now as a mediator in heaven how it's going to impact our lives as well Let's read Matthew chapter 8 and verse 16. Yes, any one of us go ahead Matthew 8 and verse 16 Matthew 8 was 16 to 17 when evening had come they brought to him many who were demon possessed And he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick that it might be fulfilled Which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet saying he himself took our informities and bore our sicknesses Evan, thank you Rosalind. So People came to the Lord Jesus in faith And those who came to him in faith he ministered to them. He healed them. He delivered them Based on what he would do in the future On the cross right What did the Lord Jesus say in his ministry? He knew right He knew about the suffering. So every time even the time when he chose the disciples, he said I'm not going to be long with you The only thing is well, he didn't give a time frame, but he knew you know That his end is going to be very dramatic it's going to cause a lot of Trouble and uproar. He knew That he was going to come and he came to die on the cross But he knew it. So the Lord Jesus he ministered to people Based on the cross based on what he was going to do ahead in the future. I remember when Lazarus was dead What did Jesus say that words so powerful Jesus said I am the resurrection and I am the life But he was just a regular man just walking around. I'm sure the people around would have wondered you are the resurrection. You are the life Maybe the disciples were thought okay. He's just saying that you know when we believe in him we will resurrect Now we will have Life and him So we don't know what they all thought but he he declared he knew he said I'm the resurrection. I'm the life. So I have the authority to bring this person Lazarus out of the tomb How did he do all that because he his mind he knew He based that whole work the healings the miracles on what he was going to do on the cross And the wonderful part is today the cross is completed the work is completed And christ mediates for us Based on the finished work of the cross right So when we are standing Uh, maybe the enemy is going to come and say, you know, I'm just putting this out like a you know, like an allegory, right? The enemy is going to come and say, okay See this person paul. He's done this this this this Right, these are the wrong things he's done Uh, and uh, this needs punishment Right, and so this is just a like I'm just painting a picture for you, right? And at that moment Lord Jesus says yes, this needs punishment because this is sin and this is not right before God But immediately as the enemy is trying to pass a judgment or try to bring destruction upon us Jesus says but wait hold on I am the going to be a mediator for him And How am I going to be the mediator through the through the work of the cross? And so in the cross I have defeated you I've defeated the uh the devil So he is standing Uh as a mediator Based on the cross so that we don't have to live in condemnation We don't have to live in Sickness or diseases in in bondage of the enemy Very important you and I must Uh, you know receive this this whole understanding this whole belief we must receive it in faith Right, uh, let's look at Luke 13 Uh 10 to 17. Let me just just go down So I think my Screen is stuck Can anyone of us read that Luke 13 10 to 17? Let's try him Luke 13 10 to 17 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath and behold there was a woman Who had a spirit of infirmity 18 years And was bent over and could in no way raise herself up But when Jesus saw her He called her to him and said to her Woman you are loosed from your infirmity And he laid his hands on her and immediately she was made straight and glorified god But the ruler of the synagogue and sit with indignation Because jesus had healed on the Sabbath and he said to the crowd There are six days on which men ought to work Therefore come and be healed on them and not on the Sabbath day The lord then answered him and said hypocrite Hypocrite does not teach Does not each one of you on the Sabbath lose his ox or donkey From the stall and lead it away to water it So ought not this woman being a daughter of Abraham whom satan has bound think of it for 18 years Be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath And when he said these things all his adversaries were put to shame And all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him Amen, thank you. Thank you Rosalind. So, uh, this this whole episode Shows a very good picture of jesus as a mediator jesus is there. He goes to the synagogue This woman has the spirit of infirmity. She's been bent over for the last 18 years Uh, so jesus goes into the synagogue and she says how much more so he brings healing upon her And then the Pharisees uh Sadducees or the people are saying hey, what are you doing on the Sabbath day? Don't work. Don't do this jesus Corrects them rebukes them and corrects them saying if you lose an ox on the Sabbath, would you go Would you go and search for it? Or would you wait for the next week? And so he ends that whole You know discussion jesus is saying So ought not this woman being a daughter of Abraham whom satan has bound Think of it for 18 years be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath And when he said these things all his adversaries were put to shame And the lord jesus stood as a mediator in that place Now when we extend our faith to To receive or to walk in the new covenant blessings Jesus is our mediator. He's our guarantor. He enforces these covenant blessings Now just as we looked in chapter one remember we looked at how god is a god who keeps his covenant He himself Is the one who is the proprietor of the covenant. He has made the covenant. He himself is the beneficiary of the covenant. He is the one who is going to Make sure that the covenant is fulfilled His part of the covenant is fulfilled so jesus And the covenant that he has made in the new covenant as a mediator Will he will not fail in enforcing The blessings of the new covenant upon us But he's not going to fail. So Second Corinthians 1 and verse 20 Let's read that second Corinthians 120 For all the promises of god in him are yes And in him amen to the glory of god through us Amen. Amen. Thank you john for all the promises of god in him are yes and amen now It's interesting to see that, you know There's one devil The devil is going to keep on keep on bringing accusations keep on trying to you know make us Falter trying to make us Deprived us of these new covenant provisions the new covenant blessings He's going to attempt us with you know erroneous teachings with ignorance Or he may say this is all You know, it doesn't make sense Or this is you know, how can it be? He brings doubt. He brings fear you know one of the Strongest lies right now the enemy is using Is that you know just be good to everyone? There is no god God is you know, we can just be good to everyone And humanity is more important Then you know all this god god is the one, you know because of religion. There's division and all these things So the enemy brings all these Deceptions And this is only going to increase when we read the book of revelations And the things that are going to happen later on it's going to be Uh seductive spirits. There's going to be uh, you know Adult spirits as well just trying to take us away from the true teaching of god But we must remember that all his promises All his words Are a yes and an amen In our lives the word amen. We know it. It's so let it be All his promises are yes in our lives So be it In our lives to the glory of god through us and so We must understand that the enemy does not want us to have You know the provisions of the new covenant The moment we walk in that he knows he's defeated The one we keep saying i'm just going to stop sharing now The moment we keep saying okay god is with us, you know, the lord jesus is going to teach me He's going to empower me Uh, you know, i'm going through this season. It's all right. I put my trust in him the moment we Declare and say these words and walk in this understanding We have rendered him defeated Right, we have rendered him defeated he he cannot do anything against us Uh, but but here's the thing I love what paul writes the romans in romans 12. He says Be not transformed to this world but be Be not conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind Why does he say that because He knows that the enemy is going to attack the mind He's going to bring accusations in our thoughts in our words in our actions He's going to bring accusations But paul is writing saying transform renew your mind Don't think like the world thinks Think as what the scriptures what i am saying of you The devil is going to make you feel like a failure a defeated person A sinner he will accuse you but i am calling you through the scriptures through the world I'm calling you a son and a daughter of christ And these are the promises that I have for you So don't listen to what the enemy is saying but listen to what i'm saying Go back to the world You know sometimes the enemy's voice can be so loud And we begin to amplify The enemy's voice And we begin to eliminate The voice of the holy spirit or the voice of god Or the word of god in our lives But this is so Important to understand that we like what paul what what jesus is doing here He's saying as a mediator i'm going to bring healing on this woman Whether it is the Sabbath day whether you like it or not i'm going to do this because satan has bound her And when we stand in that kind of understanding and say god I know that you're going to bring healing you're going to bring deliverance It doesn't matter what the enemy is doing but you are able to enforce the new covenant blessings on me because of the cross He the lord jesus wants us to enjoy the provisions and blessings of the new covenant. He wants us The lord is not pleased when we when he sees us walking in sin or walking in Fear and walking in intimidation with the enemy. He's not pleased He wants to just maybe come i can picture this shake us and say hey come on You're more than this you're a child. You're my child Shake off all these things that the enemy is bringing stand up and i'm with you He wants to he wants us to Receive by fate every provision available in the new testament Right and and so as a as a mediator He's there with us We have this assurance Right any questions, uh, if we can move to chapter 11, we'll start with chapter 11 Any questions any thoughts? Maybe there are times Some of us may you know fall in our lives Fall to failures Fall to the works of the enemy Let it not suppress us like let let not the enemy oppress us Try to bring all these accusations if he does as well you and I We that's why we need to Uh relate to jesus through all these aspects. He's our advocate. He's a mediator He's our alos paracletos Our comforter our strength in our Our peace so many things that he is to us Right, uh, all right any any any questions any thoughts you'd like to share? Uh Or should we go on our new covenant blessings now, I know that a lot of uh, uh a lot of this may be Something that we already know Uh But there's a difference between knowing There's a difference between living it Right and so the reason we are studying this is not just to know what jesus is doing But to actually relate to him that way and to And to walk in that, uh, you know new covenant promises and provisions that he has blessed us with so That's a good reminder. It's it's really, you know, every time I You know preparing this yesterday. It was so encouraging, you know, uh to to understand Everything that the lord jesus he's given us not only his life. He's given us more than that Right, he's gone to the extreme limit of doing all that he has to do and even now He's doing all he has to do just so that we may be a blessing Just so that we may you know, uh, enjoy the blessings of the new covenant Now I want to be careful here when I say blessings, it's not only, you know material. Yes material blessing is part of it But it's also being blessed In life the word blessed meaning is we may have little and be very blessed Satisfied content joyful peaceful Uh, you know a peaceful life But we can have more and then live a life full of fear doubt agony pain Causing destruction So it is it is a to what the new covenant brings to us is blessings Right, uh, and so we are to walk in these now Let's go to chapter 11 our new covenant blessings Now we looked at, uh, you know the abrahamic covenant mosaic covenant And we know a lot of the new covenant blessings. So when jesus died on the cross He established a new covenant the bible teaches us that he said I'll make all things new Right, he not only paid for forgiveness Of sins, but for everything we needed and we desired god made it available to us Through this new blood covenant So what are the privileges? provisions and blessings of our in the new covenant Remember in the old covenant the abrahamic mosaic covenant. There were certain privileges There were provisions. There were blessings Uh, and the same thing is there in the new covenant as well Uh, now we this chapter we're going to look at two cornerstones Of god's covenant with us Right, uh, we did look at this two cornerstones even in chapter two I looked at the nature of god But let's look at that again just to remind us, right? First thing is the nature of god He said I will bless you Means he means all who he is is made available to each of us. Uh, he's calling us God's all all of god's covenant names are made available to us The word of god is here with us now. This is very very very powerful picture this in the old covenant They had scriptures Uh, which was written inspired by the holy spirit And it all of that pointed to the lord jesus christ And now with the new covenant When we have this word of god the new covenant word that everything that the lord jesus has done You and I have a great privilege a great provisions for us So picture this the enemy comes He brings temptation. We have Hundreds of verses including in the old covenant, but when we look at the new covenant hundreds of verses Sometimes the enemy, you know, one of the verses I always use is you know, the enemy comes bring temptation. I says the enemy has Has been defeated. He has given me the authority to trample over snakes and scorpions a simple verse but packed with power Say god Right now the enemy is bringing confusion torment upon me bring temptation But I speak your word Which is you have given me the authority to trample over snakes and scorpions So I trample upon his work. I trample upon his thoughts. I I trample upon his ideas. I break it I another example the enemy is bringing temptation. Say, uh, he's bringing a stronghold in our life Say second Corinthians I think that's five where he says the weapons of our warfare not carnal, but a mighty in god We're to bring down strongholds Right, and so we have these wonderful, you know Verses the words of god that will you know, that has established us. It assures us of all his promises Wonderful the word of god is what keeps us Uh, it's truth. It's life Right, uh, let's read Galatians chapter 3 verse 13 and 14 and verse 29 Galatians 3 13 14 and verse 29. Sorry. I'm not projecting because uh, every time I project For some reason my laptop is hanging. So I'm trying to avoid that So let's read Galatians 3 13 and 14 verse 29 as well So let's read Galatians 3 13 and 14 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law having become a curse for us It for it is written Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree That the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus That we might receive the promise of the spirit through faith Verse 29 And if you are Christ, then you are Abraham's seed and hairs according to the promise. Yeah. Thank you, Rosalind So Paul is writing to the Galatians now. We know that the Galatians Paul is really upset. He's gone on his first missionary journey He's Preached the gospel many of them have accepted Christ. He's finished his first missionary journey. He's coming back to Jerusalem So he visits the churches in Galatia Five churches in Galatia. He visits them And he realizes that All of them or most of them Who accepted the gospel have gone back to the law and circumcision So he goes back and he writes this very stone letter And three was 13 and was 14. He says that the blessings of Abraham That is old covenant the blessings of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus So he's reminding them That if you're going to circumcision Only to be get the blessings of Abraham You don't have to do that The blessings of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus That we might receive the promise of the spirit through faith Right. I hope you're getting what I'm trying to say the Galatians are going back to the law going back to Circumcision because they said oh, how can I not be circumcised? Then how will I receive the blessings? God promised Abraham Paul is writing and saying Now if that is the case The blessings of Abraham might will come upon the Gentiles In Christ Jesus as well. So if we believe in Christ Jesus We not only receive the blessings of the new covenant, but we also receive the blessings of the old covenant Right and verse 29 and if you are Christ, then you are Abraham seed Now this is big deal for those who are Jews And listening to this Okay, so if I'm Christ, then I'm also Abraham seed Yes, because before Abraham was I am Right. So Jesus Paul is trying to make the Galatians understand That you're going for something which is smaller when there's you know, there's there's a there's a Say for example, there's You know a gift here a small gift And here there's a gift which is 10 times bigger Right. Now we have access to both But as Galatians, you're going to the smaller one When you have option to go to the bigger one To receive the one the bigger gift, which is 10 times more than the smaller one Why are you running behind the small gift? Go for the bigger one Because when you go for the bigger one, it includes all of that which is there in the small one So, you know, I hope you're understanding. That's what Paul is writing and he's saying Don't be worried that if you're not circumcised, Abraham's blessing will not come upon you. No If you believe in Christ Jesus, you will receive the Abraham's blessings And you will also be called Abraham seed as heirs according to the promise What is those blessings? We looked at all those blessings, right? Blessed in all things Blessed to be a blessing to all nations Righteousness by faith Friendship with God Victory over our enemies Blessings over our family and children So in the new covenant We have everything of the Abrahamic covenant And more so So that is why Paul was very upset with the Galatians. They did not understand Now you can't blame the Galatians because I mean, you can't put the entire blame on them because they were so used to the law They were so used to, you know, hey, I need to be Circumcised to be part of God, the Abrahamic covenant So Paul is clarifying and saying you don't have to circumcise yourself You'll get all of it by believing in the Lord Jesus Christ So the old covenant promises are our minimum Right, this is the minimum Once you accept the Lord Jesus Christ, these are just the minimum meaning The initial you will get this And then the new covenant blessings are so much more and we all can walk in that Let's read Okay, there's a big passage here Deuteronomy 28 I'm sure we have read this many times. So, you know, he's saying that Blessed you shall be your basket your netting bowl Blessed shall be when you go in come out The Lord will establish you as a people to himself He will grant you the plenty of the barns fruit of your womb He'll increase your livestock The Lord will give you good treasure of heavens He'll make you the head and not the tail So he goes on and on saying all these blessings You know, one of the verses I always like to use is You are I'm the head and not the tail Right, it's such a powerful verse and God is calling us to be the head and not the tail Meaning we are not something that is, you know, some, you know, leftovers No, God is calling us to be leaders, to be the head, to stand in authority You know, the head signifies authority The head of the house is the one who has authority over the house So God is saying you are the head, you have authority With all these blessings then, you know, we can call forth all these blessings He will cause you to rise against the enemy He will command your storehouses to increase He will bless you wherever you go You'll have plenty So all of this we can call forth to ourselves Hebrews 722 says, by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant Was the old covenant good? Wonderful Is the new covenant good? It's better So you're not only Paul is writing into the Galatians He's saying you're not only getting the Abrahamic blessings But you're also getting the blessings of the new covenant Now, why is this important? Because we know that in the old, the Abrahamic covenant The people, yes, they were circumcised They were, they would receive all this But they didn't have forgiveness of sins They didn't have, you know, this whole relationship with God They only had the high priest who would do prayers for them Intercede for them But in the new covenant, we have a relationship We have forgiveness So what we can apply from the new covenant We apply it into our life What we have in the new covenant We apply those also into our lives Into our lives Let's read Matthew chapter 15 24 to 26 This is a nice example here Matthew 15, 24 to 26 But he answered and said I was not sent except to the lost sheep Of the house of Israel Then she came and worshiped him saying Lord help me But he answered and said it is not good The children's bread and throw it to the little dogs And she said Yes Lord, yet even the little dogs Eat the crumbs which fall from their master's table Then Jesus answered and said to her Her woman, great is your faith Let it be to you as you desire And her daughter was healed from that video Amen, thank you John So this is a powerful example of faith This woman was not part of the covenant She was not part of the covenant So Jesus is trying to say Jesus is not making fun of her Trying to mock her But he is just trying to put a point saying This bread is for those who are part of the covenant The blessings that I am giving Is for those who are part of the covenant But you are not part of the covenant So how can I give you this? And the woman's reply was amazing Yes, but even when you throw the bread to the dog The crumbs that have fallen down Is something that we can take And Jesus was amazed by that response And she says, you know This sentence that you said Has not only, you know Forget about the old covenant I am giving you something better I am giving you the blessings Of the new covenant I am giving you the blessings Of the new covenant I am giving you the blessings Of the new covenant And later on the blessings of the old covenant Will automatically come in He says, so be it And from that moment Her daughter lived The blessing of her new covenant And we receive that By faith God The Lord Jesus in Ephesians He writes In Ephesians and he says Where the Lord Jesus Has positioned us As new covenant people Ephesians 1-3 Blessed be to God And the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Who has blessed us With every spiritual blessing In the heavenly places in Christ Jesus He goes on later to say He has seated us in heavenly places as well First, He has blessed us With every spiritual blessing In the heavenly places Every spiritual blessing Is ours When we are in Christ We can pray And ask God This is what you have promised This is your covenant And I am standing by this You have blessed us With every spiritual blessing 2 Corinthians 1-20 Again, of God, our yeses and name Some of these Are forgiveness, justification Sanctification Healing, redemption The list goes on Peace, joy So much is being offered To us And here is the best part As believers All of us are Qualified to partake of it all We can be Bible college students We can be people working in the Corporate sector We can be people who are Very famous Rich, poor Tall, short Nothing matters We may have been murderers in the past Live the most horrendous life In the past But once we accept Christ We are all partakers Of these blessings The Lord is not going to say You are a murderer before So for you Wait for some time, only then After a year, let me see how you are And only then I will bless you No, no, no The moment we accept Him as our personal Saviour We can all partake of these blessings Colossians 1-12 Giving thanks to the Father Who has Qualified us We can be partakers Of the inheritance Of the saints in the light I am reminded of this During Sports days in school We have something called as the Qualifiers, we used to call it heats You have qualifiers For example, you have a 200 meter Race There will be about 50 students Who says, even I want to run I want to run for the sports day I also want to So they will be qualifiers So out of the 50 Finally It will land up with the last Maybe 5 or 6 people 6 people will be qualified Now as qualified people They have the authority To come on the sports day Stand and run They have to just go in And run You are qualified to get in For that race The same way This may not be A proper appropriate example But what I am trying to say is The same way You and I, as believers Once we have accepted We are qualified We don't need Certificates The Lord Jesus does not need Any kind of letter of recommendation From our pastor Or from anybody Nothing The moment we believe The giving Thanks to the Father Who has qualified us To be partakers Of the inheritance of the saints Not by Our own works He has qualified us So when we are qualified There is a sense of Acceptance There is a sense of joy There is a sense of Hope And The Lord Jesus Has qualified each one of us What a joy that is If you think about it Sit and think about it He has qualified us To be partakers of his inheritance You can say, Lord, I am not qualified I am a worm I don't know anything Now what are we doing? We are speaking words that are going to cause problems To our own lives And we should not We should not speak that way Death and life are in the power of our tongue And the Lord Jesus is saying You are qualified We don't have to pray I am a worm Help me to become something better than a worm No You are not a worm We are the children of the living God And we are partakers Of his inheritance So We will stop here We will pick up from chapter 12 from next week I don't know if there is a lot Of material But it looks like we are getting good ground What we will do is we will quickly Finish with the covenants We will get into the cross Looking at the centrality of the cross And the power of the blood Of Jesus as well Any questions before we close? What I would also like to do Is Maybe I will Put up the midterm assignment Sometimes this week So the midterm assignment will be 50 marks And then It will be put up on the class tab And also on the stream So I just want to encourage all of us To Give it before the due date to post the Assignments before the due date Because after that there is nothing more That I will not be able to make changes On the due date once it is already set I will Will give the instructions as well It will be a simple 50 mark Exam just to understand what we have learned And then the end of April will be another 50 mark Exam which will be a final exam And then both of marks will be collated Together The final grades So this week Sometimes I will post And put up the assignment On the classwork tab And also on the Stream It will be an open book exam So don't worry you can Refer your notes as well As you write the exam Alright let's bring this session To a close Could one of us please close in prayer Would you mind closing in prayer Sure doctor Thank you Thank you Thank you everyone Have a great week ahead I will catch up next week God bless you all See you soon