Front Cover
JESUS LOVES ME
JESUS AND HIS COVENANT
by
Odeal Pearcy
Illustrations by
Glenda Lee
Edith Pulley
i
JESUS AND HIS COVENANT
Book 8
Books of the Old Testament
GenesisExodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
I Samuel
II Samuel
I Kings
II Kings
I Chronicles
II Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalms
Proverbs / Ecclesiastes
Son of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah;
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Books of the New Testament
MatthewMark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
I Corinthians
II Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
I Thessalonians
II Thessalonians / I Timothy
II Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
I Peter
II Peter
I John
II John
III John
Jude
Revelation
1
JESUS AND HIS COVENANT
LESSON 1
The Covenant of Jesus
Memory Verse: Acts 7:36
“He [God] brought them out, after that he had showed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.”
To understand the covenant of Jesus, we need to review the covenant that God gave to the Israelites long ago, the Law of Moses.
The children of Israel or Jacob hand gone into Egypt to live. During the four hundred years they had been there, they had multiplied greatly. At first they were treated well; later a ruler, called Pharaoh, made them slaves and treated them cruelly.
Write the correct words in the blanks.
God Called Moses—Exodus 3:1–22
As Moses tended sheep, ______appeared to him in a ______bush that did not ______. When God called Moses, he answered, “______.” God told him to take off his ______for he was standing on ______ground. God had seen the troubles of his people living in ______and was ready to take them out of that land into the ______as he had promised Abraham hundreds of years before. ______was chosen to lead God’s people, the ______into the land God would show them.
Leaving Egypt—Exodus 12:30-33;
13:17–22; 14:19–31
After the Egyptians had suffered ten plagues that God had sent, ______, their ruler, consented to let the Israelites ______his country. But after they left, he was ______he had let them go, and he ______them.
2
The Lord went before the Israelites by day in a pillar of a ______to lead the way. By night it was a pillar of ______to give them ______. When the Egyptians chased the Israelites, the cloud came ______the two groups. The cloud gave ______to the Israelites, but ______for the Egyptians.
Moses stretched out his ______over the Red Sea and God caused the water to ______and form ______. The children of Israel safely crossed the sea on ______land, but when the Egyptians tried to ______the sea, God caused the ______to close again and they were ______.
God Gave His Law to Moses—Exodus 19:1–8
32:1–9, 15–20; 34:1–2, 27–31
Moses led his people to Mount ______. God promised they should be a peculiar ______unto Him, a kingdom of ______and a holy ______if they would ______Him. The people said, “All the Lord has ______, we will ______.”
God called ______up to Mount Sinai to give him the ______he was to give to the people. God wrote the ten ______on both sides of ______tables of ______.
As Moses carried them down from the ______, he saw that the Israelites were worshipping a ______they had made while he was gone. He became so ______he threw down the tables of stone and they were ______.
God told him to ______two tables of stone like the ______ones and come back up the mountain ______. He was in the mount with God ______days and ______nights as God again gave Moses the ______to give to the people.
3
The Ten Commandments—Exodus 20:1–17
Write the ten commandments (You do not need to write all of the second, third, fourth, and ten commandments, but only the first part of each.)
1.______
______
2.______
______
3.______
______
4.______
______
5.______
______
4
6.______
______
7.______
______
8.______
9.______
10.______
______
God loves you and gave His Son for you!
5
JESUS AND HIS COVENANT
LESSON 2
Other Parts of the Law of Moses
Memory Verse: Acts 7:46–47
“Who [David] found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. But Solomon built him ahouse.”
The law God gave to Moses to give to the Israelites contained much more than the ten commandments. God's instructions for making the tabernacle and its furnishings are given in Exodus and Leviticus, but we understand this better as it is written in Hebrews 9:1–7.
Write the correct words in the blanks as you read carefully.
God gave instructions for the making and setting up of a ______for worship. It could be ______with them as they traveled toward ______, the Promised Land. The tabernacle was divided into ______parts; the ______place and the ______place.
6
The ______, who were of the tribe of Levi, went into the ______place daily to offer ______. Only the ______priest, who was a descendant of Aaron, Moses’ brother, could go into the ______place. He went in ______time each ______to offer sacrifices for his own ______and the sins of the ______(Leviticus 1:10; 4:10). ______and ______were offered as sacrifices.
A ______or curtain separated the holy place from the ______holy place. In the most holy place was the ______of the covenant in which were the ______of stone on which were written the ten commandments. Also in the ark was the golden ______that had manna and Aaron’s ______that budded (Number 17:1-11).
In the holy place there were the ______of shewbread, the golden ______, and the altar of incense (Exodus 40:5). The dishes, spoons, and bowls were made of pure ______(Exodus 25:29). God warned that ______be made after the ______which was given to Moses in the mountain (Exodus 25:40).
Before the ______of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation was the ______of the burnt offering. Between the tent and the altar was placed the ______in which was ______. The priest offered a ______offering and ______their hands and feet before entering the tabernacle (Exodus 40:6-7, 29-31).
When the tabernacle was completed, a ______covered it. Moses was unable to ______for the ______of the Lord filled it. When the cloud was ______, the children of Israel went on their ______toward the Promised Land (Exodus 40:34-37).
God told the Israelites to observe ______feasts each ______. They were the ______, the feast of weeks later called ______(Acts 2:1) and the feast of ______. ______man was to give at these feasts as he was ______, according to the ______of the Lord their God had ______him (Deuteronomy 16:13, 16-17; Leviticus 23:4-6).
7
When God took the children of Israel out of Egypt and delivered them from their hard life there, he told them to observe a feast called the ______. After roasting a perfect ______with fire, they were to eat it with ______bread and ______herbs. This feast was to be observed each ______on the ______day of the ______month (Exodus 12:5-8; Leviticus 23:4-5).
They observed the Feast of Weeks or Pentecost which was ______days after the second day of the Passover. Pentecost means fiftieth and was always on the first day of the week (Leviticus 23:15-16).
The feast of Tabernacles lasted ______days during which the Israelites lived in ______made of tree ______. God wanted them to remember that he had made the children of Israel to live in booths when he brought them out of ______(Leviticus 23:40-44).
God told the Israelites that when he led them into the Promised Land and had given them ______, He would choose a certain ______for them to worship Him when they observed these ______(Deuteronomy 12:10-11).
King Solomon built a temple in Jerusalem because the Lord said, “In ______I will put my ______.” He had appeared to Solomon and said, “I have ______this place to myself for a house of ______.”
So, the Israelites traveled to ______three times each ______to observe these ______and to ______God (II Chronicles 7:12; II Kings 21:4; I Kings 8:29).
Jesus loves you.
He gave Himself for you!
8
JESUS AND HIS COVENANT
LESSON 3
Jesus' New Covenant
Memory Verse: Matthew 5:17
“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.”
After carefully reading the scriptures, write the correct words in the blanks.
1.Deuteronomy 18:15, Moses said, “The Lord your God will raise up a ______from the midst of your brethren, like unto me; unto him you shall ______.”
2.Matthew 5:17, Jesus lived under the law of Moses and was the only person who ever kept the law perfectly. He said, “Think not that I came to ______the ______or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to ______.” (Fulfill means to complete; to carry out that which is promised, foretold, or expected.)
3.Colossians 2:14, “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances [the law – see Ephesians 2:15] that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it ______of the ______, ______it to his ______.”
4.Matthew 17:1-7, Jesus was transfigured as he talked with ______and ______on a mountain. Peter said, “Let us make ______tabernacles; ______for Christ, one for ______and one for ______.” God spoke from heaven, “This is my beloved ______in whom I am well ______; ______.”
5.Hebrews 1:1-2, “God, who many times and in various ways spoke in times ______unto the fathers by the ______, has in these ______days spoken unto us by his ______. whom he has appointed heir of all things, by who he made the ______.”
9
6.Hebrews 7:19, “For the ______[of Moses] made ______, but the bringing in of a better hope did, by which we draw nigh to ______.”
7.Acts 13:39, “And by ______all that believe are ______[saved] from all things, from which you could ______be justified by the ______of ______.”
8.Galatians 3:24-27, “Wherefore, the ______[of Moses] was our ______to bring us to ______that we might be ______by faith. But after ______is come, we are no longer under a ______. For we are all the children of God by ______in ______. For as many of you as have been ______into Christ have put on ______.”
9.Hebrews 8:6-13, “But now He [Christ] has obtained a more excellent ______, by how much also he is the ______of a ______covenant which was established on better ______.”
God promised a ______covenant, not according to the ______covenant [law]. Then He said, “For I will be ______to their unrighteousness and their ______and their iniquities will I ______.
10
Let's think about what we have learned from these scriptures. Match these phrases to make true statements.
1.Moses said they should hear ____2.Jesus came ____
3.Jesus took away the Law of Moses ____
4.God spoke from heaven and said ____
5.In these last days, God has spoken ____
6.The Law of Moses ____
7.No one could be saved ____
8.The Law of Moses was a schoolmaster ____
9.No one is any longer ____
10.The law was given ____ / a.on his cross.
b.through His Son.
c.to fulfill the law of Moses.
d.the Prophet that God would raise up.
e.by the Law of Moses.
f.it was time to hear Christ.
g.to bring us to Christ.
h.made nothing perfect.
i.under the Law of Moses.
j.by Moses.
k.of a new covenant.
Write the correct words in the blanks.
1.John 1:17, “For the ______was given by ______but ______and ______came by ______.”
The covenant of Jesus Christ is a law of love and grace. Grace is mercy and kindness shown to persons that did not deserve it. No one can do anything to earn that mercy. Jesus died for us because He loves us and has give the way for us to be saved. We cannot earn that salvation. We must submit in love to his will.
2.Ephesians 2:8-9, “For by ______are you ______through ______, and that not of yourselves. It is the ______of ______. Not of ______lest any man should ______.”
3.Hebrews 2:9, “But we see ______who was made a little lower than the ______for the suffering of ______, crowned with ______and ______; that he by
11
the ______of ______should taste ______for ______man.”
4.John 3:16, “For ______so ______the ______that he ______his only begotten _____ that ______believes in him should not ______but have ______life.”
5.Ephesians 5:2, “And walk in love as ______has also ______us, and has ______himself for ______an offering and a ______to ______for a sweetsmelling savour.”
6.John 1:17, “Grace and ______came by Jesus Christ.”
7.John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the ______, the ______and the ______.”
8.John 8:32, “You shall know the ______and the ______shall make you ______[from sin].
9.John 17:17, Jesus prayed to God, “Sanctify them through your ______. Your ______is ______.”
10.Ephesians 1:13a, “In Christ you also trusted, after that you heard the ______of ______, the ______of your ______.”
11.So the ______that came by Christ is the ______of God and the ______of Christ.
12.Romans 1:16, “For I am not ashamed of the ______of ______, for it is the ______of ______unto ______to everyone who believes.”
13.I Peter 1:22a, “Seeing you have ______your souls in ______the ______through the Spirit.”
14.Both Romans 10:16 and I Peter 4:17 speak of ______the ______.
12
15.Romans 6:17-18, “But thanks be to God, though you were ______of ______, you have ______from the ______that form of ______[teaching] which was delivered to you. Being then made ______from ______, you became the ______of righteousness.”
So the truth, the gospel, the doctrine or teachings of Jesus Christ are the same and we are to observe them.
16.Jesus’ covenant is for everyone. Titus 2:11, “For the ______of ______that brings ______has appeared to ______men.”
17.I Timothy 2:4, “Christ will have ______men to be ______and come to a ______of the ______.”
18.James 1:25, Jesus’ teachings, His gospel, His truth, His covenant is the ______of ______. If we continue in it, and are not a ______but a ______of the work, we will be ______.
Let us think about what we have learned from these scriptures. Match the phrases to make true statements.
1.Grace and truth ____2.Grace cannot ____
3.We are saved____
4.God gave his only son ____
5.Christ gave himself for us as ____
6.The truth ____
7.We purify our souls____
8.The truth is ____
9.We must ____
10.God’s word ____
11.The gospel is the ____
12.We are to obey from the heart ____
13.The Grace of God that brings salvation has ___ / a.to die for us all.
b.a sacrifice to God
c.came by Christ.
d.by the grace of God through Christ.
e.be earned.
f.the gospel of your salvation.
g.when we obey the truth.
h.will make us free from sins.
i.obey the gospel.
j.is truth.
k.come to all people.
l.perfect law of liberty.
m.power of God to save.
n.to be blessed.
13
14.Christ wants everyone ____15.Jesus’ covenant is the ____
16.We must ____
17.And we must be a doer of the work ____ / o.the doctrine (teachings) of Christ.
p.continue in the perfect law of liberty.
q.to be saved.
Jesus loves you!
He gave his life for you!
14
JESUS AND HIS COVENANT
LESSON 4
Comparison and Contrast of the Old Covenant and the New Covenant
Memory Verse: Matthew 28:18
“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is give unto me in heaven and in earth.”
After reading the listed scriptures, write the correct words in the blanks.
1.God is the author ______covenants (Exodus 20:1- 17; John 6:38).
2.The giver of each covenant was chosen by God. They are ______(Exodus 24:1-4) and ______(Hebrews 1:1-2).
3.Both covenants were ______(Exodus 34:1; John 20:30-31).
4.Under each covenant God had a special people (Exodus 19:1-6) ______and (Acts 11:26) ______.
5.Each covenant has ______and a ______(Numbers 3:5-8; I Peter 2:9; Hebrews 5:5).
Old Covenant: priests from the tribe of ______. The high priest was ______and his descendants (Exodus 28:1; Hebrews 5:1, 4; Hebrews 7:9-11).
New Covenant: Christians are ______and their high priest is ______(I Peter 2:9; Revelation 1:6; Hebrews 9:11).
6.Each covenant calls for ______(Hebrews 5:1).
Old Covenant: The priests offered ______sacrifices
15
New Covenant: Jesus sacrificed ______(Ephesians 5:2). Christians as priests are to offer their ______as ______sacrifices (Romans 12:1).
7.Old Covenant: The priests offered sacrifices ______in the ______place (Numbers 28:24; Hebrews 9:6).
New Covenant: A Christian is to take up his cross ______and ______Jesus (Luke 9:23).
8.Old Covenant: The high priest entered the ______place ______a year to offer animal sacrifices for his own ______and those of the ______(Hebrews 9:7).
New Covenant: Jesus Christ sacrificed ______on the cross ______for ______people and then entered ______to appear before God for us (Hebrews 9:24-28).
9.Old Covenant: Animals that were sacrificed were to be without ______(Leviticus 22:19-20).
16
New Covenant: Christ, who had ______sins, was the ______sacrifice for our sins (Hebrews 9:14). Through the grace of God, the church (Christians) will be presented to God without ______(Ephesians 5:27; Hebrews 5:9).
10.Old Covenant: The priest worshipped God in the ______and in later years in the ______in ______(Hebrews 9:6; I Kings 2:29; II Kings 21:4).
New Covenant: Jesus followers worshipped God in the ______that Jesus died for (not a building) Ephesians 3:21) any ______in the world (John 4:21-23).
11.In both places of worship God said what was to be there.
Old Covenant: In the holy place there were the ______of shewbread, altar of incense, and the ______(Exodus 37:10-29; Hebrews 9:2).
New Covenant: Christians are to ______, ______, observe the ______, ______of their money, and ______in the name of Jesus through love (Ephesians 5:19; 6:18; I Corinthians 11:23-26; 16:2; Acts 20:7).
12.Each covenant gives a certain ______of the week for worship.
17
Old Covenant: The ______[the seventh day of the week] was a day of ______for the Israelites (Exodus 20:8- 11).
New Covenant: God has given the ______day of the week, the day Christ ______from the dead, for Christians to come together to ______God (Acts 20:7); Hebrews 10:25).
13.God’s presence was in the ______(Exodus 40:34-38) and is in the ______(Matthew 18:20).
14.Old Covenant: The Israelites had ______feasts to observe once each ______. They were the ______, Feast of Tabernacles, and Pentecost (Exodus 23:4-21).
New Covenant: Christians observe the ______the ______of ______week (I Corinthians 11:23-26; Acts 20:7).
15.In both covenants, God commanded that ______be done according to his ______or directions (Exodus 25:40; Revelations 22:18-19).
16.The Old Covenant was a yoke of ______[slavery] (Galatians 5:1).
The New Covenant brought ______and ______[truth, the gospel] (Ephesians 2:8; John 1:17).
Write the correct words in the blank to show the likenesses and differences in the two covenants.
Old Covenant1.Giver or leader:
______
2.God’s People:
______
3.Priests from the tribe of:
______
4.High Priest:
______and sons / New Covenant
1.Giver:
______
2.God’s People:
______
3.Priests:
______
4.High Priest:
______
18
5.Sacrifices______
6.Sacrifices of high priest:
______a ______in the
______place
7.Sacrifices of other priests:
(how often)?
______
8.Condition of sacrifices:
without ______
9.Place of worship:
temple in ______
10.Furnishings in Holy Place
table of ______
altar of incense ______
______
11.Day of worship:
______
12.Feasts to observe:
______
Feast of ______
and ______
once each ______
13.The old law was a yoke
of ______. / 5.Sacrifices
______on the cross
Christian’s ______as
______sacrifices
6.Sacrifices of high priest:
______only; then Jesus
returned to ______
7.Sacrifices of priests:
(Christians) how often?
______
8.Condition of sacrifices:
Jesus was ______.
Christians to give their
______
9.Place of worship:
in the ______(not
a building) anywhere in
the ______.
10.Worship in the church:
_____, _____, observe
the ______,
give of our ______,
______
11.Day of worship:
______day of ______
12.Feasts to observe:
______
each ______day
of the ______.
13.The new covenant
brought ______and
______.
Jesus loves you!
He wants you to submit to His covenant!
19
JESUS AND HIS COVENANT
LESSON 5
Why Jesus' Covenant is Better Thanthe Old Covenant
Memory Verse: Hebrews 10:9
“The said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, the he may establish the second [covenant].”
As you read these scriptures carefully, write the correct words in the blanks.
A Better Covenant
1.Hebrews 8:6, “ But now Christ has obtained a ______ministry, but how much also he is the ______of a ______covenant which was established on better promises.”
2.Hebrews 9:15a, “And for this cause, Christ is the ______of the ______[covenant].
3.Hebrews 10:16-17, “This is the ______I will make with them ______those days, says the Lord. I will put my ______into their ______, and in their ______I will write them. And their ______and iniquities I will ______.”
4.Hebrews 7:22, “By so much was Jesus made a ______of a ______testament [covenant].”