September 14
Lesson 2
HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
DEVOTIONAL READING: Hebrews 8:1–7, 13
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 31
JEREMIAH 31:31–37
31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
35 Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
37 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
Photo: iStockphoto/Thinkstock
KEY VERSE
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah.
—Jeremiah 31:31
SUSTAINING HOPE
Unit 1: The Days Are Surely Coming
LESSONS 1–4
LESSON AIMS
After participating in this lesson, each learner will be able to:
1. Tell some ways the new covenant was to be different from the old covenant.
2. Explain the significance of the term covenant in the context of God’s relationship with His people.
3. Make plans to renew his or her personal covenant relationship with God.
LESSON OUTLINE
Introduction
A. The Newer, Better Covenant
B. Lesson Background
I. New Covenant Promised (JEREMIAH 31:31, 32)
A. The Future (v. 31)
When New Really Is Better
B. The Past (v. 32)
II. New Covenant Described (JEREMIAH 31:33, 34)
A. Hearts and Minds (v. 33)
B. Least and Greatest (v. 34a)
C. Forgive and Forget (v. 34b)
III. New Covenant’s Permanence (JEREMIAH 31:35–37)
A. Source (v. 35)
B. Promise (vv. 36, 37)
The Certainty of God’s Promises
Conclusion
A. Old and New Covenants Together
B. Prayer
C. Thought to Remember
HOW TO SAY IT
Abraham
Ay-bruh-ham.
Abram
Ay-brum.
Hebrews
Hee-brews.
Isaac
Eye-zuk.
Israel
Iz-ray-el.
Jacob
Jay-kub.
Jeremiah
Jair-uh-my-uh.
Judah
Joo-duh.
Laban
Lay-bun.
Noah
No-uh.
Sabaoth (Hebrew)
Sab-a-oth.
Krause, Mark S. et al. “Hope for the Future.” The KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2014–2015. Ed. Ronald L. Nickelson & Jonathan Underwood. Vol. 62. Cincinnati, OH: Standard Publishing, 2014. 18–19. Print.
Comments