For the last couple of weeks, our Sunday sermons have been on the “new covenant” that both Ezekiel and Jeremiah preached and wrote about as instructed and inspired by the Lord.

This is the final and ultimate covenant that God has made with sinners. The “new covenant” is the one that brings the promise that God had made long ago to Abraham to its most glorious consummation in our Lord Jesus Christ.

You will remember that this amazing covenant, like that one made by God to king David, is unilateral, unfailing, and unconditional. The promise of the permanent possession of the land of Canaan made to Abraham, and the promise of an eternal kingdom overseen by a new Davidic king made to David, were Old Testament types and shadows of something much, much greater!  The New Testament makes it abundantly clear that these promises were given in anticipation of all that God the Father would do for sinners through His Only-Begotten Son!

We have identified six blessings of the “new covenant” which Ezekiel has set forth in Ezekiel 36:24-38.  Last Sunday we examined the first of these, and this coming Lord’s Day we will address the second and third blessings that we find in verses 25-26.

To whet your spiritual appetites, we might suggest that these next two blessings have to do with an antiseptic and a heart transplant.  I look forward eagerly to opening the Word of our Father together with each of you on Sunday!