Posted by MKB on December 18, 2004, at 11:40:22
In reply to Re: Ancient Near Eastern Covenants, posted by rayww on December 18, 2004, at 11:23:46
The only "updating" that occurs is when a person accepts the covenant that Jesus initiated.
When an individual acknowledges they have failed to live up to God's law (sinned), they accept the fact that Jesus took the punishment for their sins and confess Him as Savior. In doing this, it is understood that Jesus was Son of God (deity), as well as Son of Man. At the moment of belief, the Holy Spirit comes to indwell the new believer. The Holy Spirit is God living within and He speaks, leads, comforts, corrects, and empowers for service. It is because we can have the Holy Spirit of God living within us that no further revelation is needed. The death of Christ and the completion of the New Testament canon about Him is it. "It is finished."
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