The New Covenant “By calling this covenant new, he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.” – Hebrews 8:13 On January 14, 1639, The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were adopted. The orders describe the colonial government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers. It has the features of a written constitution, and is considered by some as the first written Constitution in the United States, and thus earned Connecticut its nickname of The Constitution State. Historian John Taylor wrote: The men of the three towns were a law unto themselves. It is known that they were in earnest for the establishment of a government on broad lines; and it is certain that the ministers and captains, the magistrates and men of affairs, forceful in the settlements from the beginning, were the men who took the lead, guided the discussions, and found the root of the whole matter in the first written declaration of independence in these historical orders. Eventually the Fundamental Orders were replaced by a British Royal Charter in 1662, but the major outline of the charter was written in Connecticut and embodied the Orders rights and mechanics. Today, the individual rights in the Orders, with others added over the years, are still included as a Declaration of Rights in the first article of the current Connecticut Constitution, adopted in 1965. In a similar way, we have a “new” living and eternal constitution, that is fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Today in prayer, praise the Lord that the old covenant has faded and we have a vibrant new life found in Jesus. “It is a new heart-righteousness which the prophets foresaw as one of the blessings of the Messianic age. ‘I will put my law within them, and I will write it upon their hearts.’ God promised to Jeremiah. How would he do it? He told Ezekiel ‘I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes.’” – John Stott God’s Word: “In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.’” – 1 Corinthians 11:25
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 02:45:26 +0000
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