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The Law and the Covenants

I am reading this Sabbath afternoon in the book, Patriarchs and Prophets, chapter 32, “The Law and the Covenants”.

I hope that all who have a heart for obedience to God would study this chapter for the wonderful overview it gives of the plan of salvation in relation to God’s law, the Old and New covenants, and the gospel of Christ.

It is essential reading if you’re interested in seeing the relationship of the New and Old covenants to one another.

In the clearest expressions, Ellen White, surveys the purposes of God in making these two great covenants with and for His people. And she wonderfully shows how Christ in both the giving and the fulfillment of the covenants is at the center of everything.

Have you wondered about the relationship of the law the gospel for Christ? Have you been confused about understanding the difference between the old and new covenants? Many believe that the New covenant means the law of God has been done away with, yet this is not the teaching of scripture.

Do you want to have a better grasp of these things? Then I recommend this chapter for a very clear exposition of the law and the covenants from the time of Adam down to ours.

You can read this chapter online here

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Hi…Thanks for checking in. I live in rural Kentucky, moving from Louisville in 2016. I have a small degree in pastoral theology, studying and pastoring in the U.K., from 2000 to 2009, then in the U.S. until 2012. I am now a part-time driver for the local Amish community. I’m making an honest effort to write more, to write out some thoughts on the spiritual life, occasional comment on current events (I’m apolitical, so not much there), and with some emphasis on my life in recovery from addiction. And then there are those marriages and divorces, not for the sake of raking dirt, but for support for others and perhaps a little for myself. In living, like gardening, I tend to follow the seasons of life.

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A Christian, thinking, vlogging, and writing online. I live elsewhere as well. I follow the theology of the cross in the faith and practice of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Formerly a pastor in Europe and America, now living semi-retired in Kentucky (U.S.), driving for the Amish and in-home carer.

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