Mesa Valley Church of Christ Grand Junction, Colorado
Canyon walls at Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction

Lesson 6

The New Testament Comes And The Old Testament Is Abolished

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Heb 8:1–13 · ESV for Scripture quotes

In this lesson

A covenant is a contract. The Old Covenant was made with Israel in Moses’ day—not with the whole world. It included religious and civil laws, including the Ten Commandments as part of that covenant with Israel.

Jeremiah promised a new covenant. Hebrews 8 teaches that the old has become obsolete. Worship laws for today are found in the New Covenant—not by importing Old Covenant priesthood, incense, tithing, or Sabbath as binding patterns for the church.

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Check your understanding

Fill in the blanks and choose the best answers. Answers are checked against the handout. You need at least 80% to mark this lesson complete.

Question 1. A “covenant,” as the handout defines it, is a ________.
Question 2. With whom did God make the Old Covenant (Deuteronomy 5)?
Question 3. Were the Ten Commandments part of God’s Old Covenant with Israel, according to the handout?
Question 4. Hebrews 8 teaches that the Old Covenant has become ________ (obsolete).
Question 5. Since the Old Covenant is obsolete, is it therefore OK to steal and murder?
Question 6. Where does the handout point us for laws about worshiping God today?

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