Five Essentials of the Eternal Covenant in Jeremiah 32

 

Five Essentials of the Eternal Covenant in Jeremiah 32

Jer 32:39 "I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for their good and for their children after them."

Jer 32:40 "I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good."

Jer 32:40-41 "I will not turn away from doing them good... I will rejoice over them to do them good."

Jer 32:41 "I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and soul."

Heb 13:5 "I will never leave you nor forsake you."

 

Item	Content	Reason	Explanation	Examples	Application	Related Scripture
First Essential	Giving One Heart and One Way	To enable God's chosen people to love and seek God with one accord	1.      One Heart:  to love God, seek God, live God, be constituted with God 2.      One Way: the Triune God Himself as the inner law of life	Early church believers praying and meeting with one accord	1. Avoid pursuing anything outside of Christ 2. Prevent divisions 3. Maintain church unity	- Acts 1:14 "These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication." - Acts 2:46 "Continuing daily with one accord in the temple." - Acts 4:24 "They raised their voice to God with one accord." - Rom 15:6 "That you may with one mind and one mouth glorify God."
Second Essential	Will Not Turn Away	To ensure God's faithfulness and preservation of His elect	God's unwavering promise to never forsake His people	God's faithfulness despite Israel's rebellion	1. Trust in God's faithfulness 2. Hold hope in tribulation 3. Experience God's unchanging love
Third Essential	Will Do Good	To manifest God's lovingkindness and grace	God will treat His people with love and compassion	God's care for Israel after exile	1. Receive God's grace 2. Experience God's love 3. Show kindness to others	- Ps 23:6 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life."
Fourth Essential	Will Rejoice Over Them	To show God's satisfaction in His people	God rejoices in His people's growth and maturity	God's joy in Jerusalem's rebuilding	1. Please God 2. Live out God's glory 3. Become God's satisfaction	- Zeph 3:17 "The Lord your God in your midst... will rejoice over you with gladness."
Fifth Essential	Will Plant Them in This Land	To fulfill God's complete salvation plan	God will settle His people in Christ (the good land)	Rebuilding of temple after return from exile	1. Root in Christ 2. Experience Christ's riches 3. Pay the price to gain Christ	- Phil 3:8-14 "That I may gain Christ... I press toward the goal."

 

Key Conclusions:

1.      This eternal covenant is the new covenant centered on God's faithful promises to His people

2.      The covenant applies to both Israel and today's believers

3.      The ultimate purpose is to bring God's elect into the full experience of Christ

4.      The covenant requires believers' positive response: loving, seeking, and living God

5.      The realization of this covenant requires believers to pay a price in pursuing Christ

 

*Please refer to the July 2024 Anaheim, California, USA training Experiencing, Enjoying and Manifesting Christ (II) Week 14 Christ as the Liberator and the One Who Makes Us More Than a Victor