6 What is New Covenant Theology?
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- New Covenant Theology is a mediating position between dispensational and covenant theologies. In this session, Jerry Wierwille will be focusing on defining Progressive Covenantalism, which is a form of New Covenant Theology, and how it seeks to answer difficult questions better than alternative theological frameworks.
by Jerry Wierwille
Covenantalism - a system of thought used to interpret the Bible where the organizing principle of biblical history is covenants, which are the expressions of and mechanism through which God unfolds his redemptive plan and purpose.
Covenant - a chosen relationship in which two parties make binding promises to each other.
Progressive - unfolding or advancing over time; there is a sequence and development to God’s plan of redemption.
New Covenant Theology (NCT)
• Progressive Covenantalism: a framework of interpreting the entire story of Scripture whereby God’s one, unified plan of redemption is progressively unveiled and accomplished through the biblical covenants, and how all of God’s promises are fulfilled in Christ and applied to the church today as God’s new covenant people.
• NCT seeks to merge together strengths of Covenant Theology and Dispensational Theology and discard certain weaknesses.
Strengths: The Best of Both Worlds
Dispensational Theology
• Distinctions between old and new covenant
• Distinctions between Israel and the Church
Covenant Theology
• One people of God and one plan of redemption
• Covenant focused
• NT fulfillment of OT
Weaknesses: Pruning the Framework
Dispensational Theology
• Separation between Israel and the Church
o The Church is a distinct entity with no connection to Israel
o The Church will not receive equally or fully the promises of the Abrahamic covenant
o The Church will be dissolved into constituent parts (Jews & Gentiles) in the future
Covenant Theology
• Equivocation of Israel and the Church
o The Church began in the OT and there is nothing essentially “new” regarding the Church in the NT
o The Church is a mixed community
o The Law is still binding on Christians
Theological Framework of Progressive Covenantalism
1. God’s redemptive plan unfolds through covenants
2. All God’s covenants find their fulfillment in Christ
Biblical (Historical) Covenants
1. Adamic (Gen 1-3)
2. Noahic (Gen 6-9)
3. Abrahamic (Gen 12, 15, 17)
4. Mosaic (Exod 19:3b-8; 20-24)
5. Davidic (2 Sam 7; Ps 89)
6. New (Jer 31-34; Ezek 33:29-39:29)
Additional Reading
Peter J. Gentry and Stephen J. Wellum, Kingdom through Covenant: A Biblical-Theological Understanding of the Covenants (2nd ed; Crossway: 2018)
Progressive Covenantalism: Charting a Course between Dispensational and Covenantal Theologies (Stephen J. Wellum and Brent E. Parker, eds; B&H Academic: 2016)
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So good! I kept wondering why I had to pick a side! I’m definitely in this camp
Excellent , Thank you !
Just like biblical and historical evidence proves that jesus and his apostles were vegatarians biblical and historical evidence also proves that the trinity, atonement, original sin and hell are very late misinterpretations and are not supported by the early creed hence its not a part of Christianity I pray that Allah swt revives Christianity both inside and out preserves and protects it and makes its massage be witnessed by all people but at the right moment, place and time
The secred text of the Bible says ye shall know them by their fruits
So too that I say to my christian brothers and sisters be fruitful and multiply
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A good overview of systemic religious philosophy. No "ism" gets everything right. Eternal life cannot be boiled down to a philosophical bent.
Thank you for this! Really helps.
Excellent!
Thank you for teaching this topic.
Glad it was helpful!
@@livinghopelatham Which baptism is a part of the salvation process, based on what the Bible says?
What did Peter say below?
Acts 11:15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
Acts 11:16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
Act 11:17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?
Based on Luke 3:16, and John 1:33, and Acts 11:15-16, the most important thing about the word "baptize" in the New Testament has nothing to do with water. The Holy Spirit is the master teacher promised to New Covenant believers in Jeremiah 31:34, and John 14:26, and is found fulfilled in Ephesians 1:13, and 1 John 2:27. Unfortunately, many modern Christians see water when they read the word "baptize" in the text. Based on the above, what is the one baptism of our faith found in the passage below? How many times is the word "Spirit" found in the passage, and how many times is the word "water" found in the passage?
Eph 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Eph 4:2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Eph 4:3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Eph 4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
Eph 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
“baptize” KJV
Mat_3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Mar_1:8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
Luk_3:16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
Joh_1:26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
Joh_1:33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
1Co_1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
@@SpotterVideo Did it change at Pentecost? It seems that was when things shifted from the physical to the spiritual works of God. Even baptism happens on the inside, cleansing our SOUL (written in DNA) with the Blood of Jesus (God's DNA). The problem was always in our DNA. Hence we all inherited Sin, Death & Hell from Adam.
@@wakeywakey8603 The Holy Spirit was poured out in a new and special way on the Day of Pentecost.
Check out Russ Kennedy at Clear Creek Chapel Ohio. New Covenant Theology on Sermon Audio.
Yes I go to this church! Solid reformed, Calvinist, new covenant theology church that savors the supremacy of Jesus :)Hi Max!
So NC is Calvinistic?
There is some truth. But with most teachings on covenant and dispensationalism, there are misunderstandings, and comes short of what it will be in the end of the current age. Of note: Very little scripture is used here in this teaching. One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism. Jesus is the Head of the church, and the Messiah of Israel.
New Covenant Whole Gospel:
Let us now share the Old Testament Gospel found below with the whole world. On the road to Emmaus He said the Old Testament is about Him.
He is the very Word of God in John 1:1, 14.
Awaken Church to this truth.
Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by
husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Jer 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Is the most important genealogy in the Bible found in Matthew 1:1 (Gal. 3:16)? Is God's Son the ultimate fulfillment of Israel (John 1:49)? Why has the modern Church done a pitiful job of sharing the Gospel with modern Orthodox Jews? Why would someone tell them they are God's chosen people and then fail to share the Gospel with them? Who is the seed of the woman promised in Genesis 3:15? Who is the "son" in Psalm 2? Who is the "suffering servant" of Isaiah 53? Who would fulfill the New Covenant promised in Jeremiah 31:31-34? Who would fulfill the timeline of Daniel chapter 9 before the second temple was destroyed? Why have we not heard this simple Old Testament Gospel preached on Christian television in the United States on a regular basis?
Once a person comes to understand the New Covenant promised to Israel and Judah in Jeremiah 31:31-34, which is found fulfilled by Christ during the first century in Hebrews 8:6-13, and Hebrews 10:16-18, and specifically applied to the Church in 2 Corinthians 3:6-8, and Hebrews 12:22-24, man-made Bible doctrines fall apart.
Let us now learn to preach the whole Gospel until He comes back. The King of Israel is risen from the dead! (John 1:49, Acts 2:36)
Watch the TH-cam video “The New Covenant” by Bob George.
OLD COVENANT = ten commandments, and the laws through Moses.
NEW COVENANT = ten commandments MINUS the laws through Moses.
So why is the vast majority of professing Christianity, the subject of 1John 2:3-4?
Can't they read Revelation?
12:17, 14:12, 22:14?
Credobaptist do not equate old and new communities why we do not accept infant baptism. A mixed community is allowed under Westministerism but not under a confessional model.
OLD COVENANT = ten commandments, and the laws through Moses.
NEW COVENANT = ten commandments MINUS the laws through Moses.
Not complicated, but not good for the vast majority of professing Christianity.
They appear to be the subject of 1 John 2:3-4.
His summary of Covenant theology is irrelevant to a Reformed Baptist Covenant theologian. He's only dealing with Presbyterians, leaving the rest of us Reformed untouched
Because NCT and 1689 RB are so close, mainly differing in the function of the 10 Words, most evident in the view of the 4th Commandment. NCT sees 1689 Baptists as very close brothers, but it seems that 1689 Baptists would rather break bread with baby baptizers than NCT folks over that view of the Law that Baptists share with paedobaptists.
@@MrVyrtuoso,
NCT and 1689 Reformed Baptists argue very similarly when debating Presbyterians, that’s correct. However, these two groups fundamentally differ on how to read the entire Law, not just the Ten Commandments. A Reformed Baptist reads every commandment in the Law of Moses and looks for the moral aspect of each, regardless if the New Testament quotes the commandment. An NCT reads the Law of Moses and assumes it’s irrelevant morally unless repeated in the New. That’s a very different view of the Law. Yes, practically an NCT person and a 1689 Reformed Baptist will look extraordinarily similar, but it’s the principle they differ on. A Reformed Baptist loves the Law of Moses and wants to apply it all. NCT disregards the Law of Moses morally. The reason why us Reformed Baptists prefer Westminster Presbyterians over NCT is because of this principle. Presbyterians and Reformed Baptists view the Law of Moses the same way morally. Meanwhile, we would apply Matthew 5:17-19 to NCT. I would definitely attend a Westminster Presbyterian church over an NCT church.
@@joshpeterson2451 It's worth clarifying that the NCT position is that all of the Law of Moses was moral and that a division between moral, civil, and ceremonial aspects are what's irrelevant. NCT regards the Law of Moses as instructive about the character of God and the nature of evil men, but recognize that in the New Covenant we were given an entirely new set of written laws contained throughout the New Testament from Christ's commands to those from the Apostles, which commands are impossible to obey apart from God's regeneration where the demands are much higher than those from Moses. NCT applies Matt 5:17-19 holistically with Romans and Galatians where Paul's insistence is that the believer must be freed from the Law in order to live to Christ because the purpose of the Law is to define transgressions and multiply them because it is in the knowledge of the Law that a person is aroused to do the very things the Law prohibits, thereby killing and condemning the person, and that the Law is meant not for the righteous person, but the unrighteous person. In this application, Christ did not abrogate the Law in the sense that He cancelled it. As Paul wrote in Romans, Christ fulfilled the righteous requirements of the Law not even by His obedience to the Law but His obedience to the Father in that He died on the cross for the remission of sins. This fulfillment and the institution of the New Covenant that the writer of Hebrews carefully develops abrogates the Law because the covenant that had the Law as that covenant's stipulations has been replaced with a new, better one in which the stipulations are that in this new covenant obedience is not just commanded, but also secured and guaranteed.
@@MrVyrtuoso,
"It's worth clarifying that the NCT position is that all of the Law of Moses was moral, and that a division between moral, civil, and ceremonial aspects are what's irrelevant."
That's not how Paul read the Law. He read the Law and concluded that there were moral principles behind the Law that are universal, as evidenced by his statement in 1 Corinthians 9:8-10, "Do I say these things on human authority? Does not the Law say the same? For it is written in the Law of Moses, 'You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain.' Is it for oxen that God is concerned? Does he not certainly speak for our sake? It was written for our sake, because the plowman should plow in hope and the thresher thresh in hope of sharing in the crop." Paul said that God wasn't concerned with the treatment of animals (ceremonial aspect), but rather the treatment of humans (moral aspect). If we're following Paul's example, then we will find the moral principle behind every commandment.
"In the New Covenant we are given an entirely new set of written laws contained throughout the New Testament from Christ's commands to those from the Apostles, which commands are impossible to obey apart from God's regeneration where the demands are much higher than those from Moses."
No, no, and a thousand times no. You are pitting Jesus against Moses, when in actuality, the New Covenant and the Old Covenant have the exact same standard. When asked what is the greatest commandment of the Law of Moses, Jesus said, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself." This is no different in the New Testament. In fact, Paul says in Romans 13:8-10 that love is the fulfillment of the Law, and the way we love our neighbor is by obeying the Ten Commandments. Jesus and Paul didn't see the Law of Moses and the Law of Christ as opposites. On the contrary, they both teach the exact same thing: Love. Love God. Love your neighbor. Love God by obeying the first 4 of the Ten Commandments. Love your neighbor by obeying the last 6 of the Ten Commandments. The NC does not have an entirely new set of laws. The NC has the exact same command as the OC: love. Furthermore, you are butchering Matthew 5. Jesus wasn't giving a new law higher than Moses' law. Jesus was giving His commentary on the Law of Moses. The Pharisees only interpreted it externally, but Jesus interpreted it the way He always intended. Jesus didn't undermine the Law of Moses by superseding it. On the contrary, He affirmed the Law of Moses by explaining it and teaching that it was always concerning about your heart, not just outward appearance.
"Paul's insistence is that the believe must be freed from the Law in order to live to Christ, because the purpose of the Law is to define transgressions and multiply them."
You are conflating the purpose of the Law of Moses in justification and the purpose of the Law in sanctification. We must be freed from the penalty of the Law to be justified (hence, justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone). However, you are forgetting that justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone does not abrogate the Law's moral requirements and usefulness in sanctification. Romans 3 contains the most beautiful affirmation of justification by grace alone through faith alone, and it ends with this wonderful affirmation: "Do we then overthrow the Law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the Law." You are being very selective about which parts of Romans and Galatians you believe. Go read Romans 7 too, where Paul affirms that the Law of Moses is holy, righteous, and good, and that he wishes he obeyed it better.
"In this application, Christ did not abrogate the Law in the sense that He cancelled it."
But, in your application, He did. He cancelled its moral authority over the Christian. That's abrogation. You are guilty of Matthew 5:19's warning and are the least in the kingdom. You're in the kingdom, but by the skin of your teeth.
@@MrVyrtuoso great explanation!
Sound stupid for me a layman