For he finds fault with them when he says: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not continue in my covenant, and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.” In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. (Hebrews 8:8-13 ESV)
Two phrases that stand out to me:
"...declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. "
"For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more."
These phrases speak to me of God's love and tenderness toward those who are His people. It gives me a sense of security to know that I am one of His people, His possession, and that he is my God. Knowing that he is merciful and that He will not count my sins against me gives me a sense of freedom from the chains of guilt that Satan would like to bind me with. There are so many Christians who struggle with guilt from past sins. If only they could lay hold of this truth!
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