Old Versus New

From: CareLines: Volume 3 By: Paul J. Pascoe

Exodus 19:5‑6 • 1 min. read • grade level: 5

EXO 19:5-6⁵Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: ⁶And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. (Exodus 19:5‑6)

If ye will obey . . . and keep My covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar [purchased] treasure . . . a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.

Ex. 19:5, 6⁵Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: ⁶And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. (Exodus 19:5‑6)

This is the OLD - it’s conditional. The people of God were required to keep the law in order to be God’s peculiar treasure, kingdom of priests and holy nation. But in Christianity it is remarkably different. Peter states in his first letter (chap. 2, verse 9): “But ye ARE a . . . royal priesthood, an holy nation; a [purchased] people.” Yes, Christ fulfilled the law in every detail. Now those that believe on Him are already what the children of Israel could never be. This is very wonderful. And it’s all because of God’s grace.

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