Sunday School Notes for the Weekend

Crossroads Bible Church Sr. High Student Ministry
Sunday School Class Notes, September 19, 2010.
Knowing Christ, Week #4. Law & Grace/The New Covenant.

Discussion Starter: Read “The Preamble to the Declaration of Independence” (on the back of this sheet). What are they saying they are going to do? What are the reasons they intend to do this? What differences can you discern from the “old” government and what they’d like for the “new” one to be? How would this be taken by the “old” government? How would this be seen by those wanting “new” things?

Jeremiah 31: 31—34:

WHAT is coming? WHO is involved?
In v. 32, HOW did each party do with the “old covenant?”
HOW is this contrasted with the previous one, in vv. 33-34?


Matthew 26: 26—29, Luke 22: 19&20:

WHO is Jesus with? WHAT were they doing?
WHAT does Jesus give them to drink and WHAT does He say it symbolizes?

At this point, the demands of the law included…




Hebrews 8: 1—13:

HOW is Christ described in vv. 1&2?
According to vv. 4&5, how are the “gifts acoording to Law” serving mankind?
In v. 6, HOW is CHRIST’S PRIESTHOOD viewed?
What is the CAUSE/EFFECT seen in verse 7?

According to verses 8—13, what CONTRASTS do you find in these verse against the Mosaic Covenant?

In the first part of verse 10, where will the Law be?
According to the rest of verse 10, there will no longer be…
In verse 11, WHO gets access to God?
Look at Hebrews 10:1 (from 8:5) and 8:12, and WHAT is different?



Applications to our lives: