JEREMIAH prophesied a new covenant. The writer of Hebrews related this prophecy to Christ. Under Christ's covenant, God's laws are in our minds and writ ten on our heart s and our wickedness is forgiven and our sins no longer remembered.
We are so weak and helpless before the onslaught of our own hidden desires. Fears, prejudices, and temptations of all sorts beset us daily. We try so hard to be good but fall short again and again. Under a yoke of bondage beyond our ability to escape, we appeal to Christ as our only hope.
Through Christ's grace, under his covenant, our sins are not only forgiven but also forgotten. Like the leper cleansed from a disfiguring disease, we stand before him white as snow our trespasses removed from us an infinite distance. Our sins, not in part but the whole, have been nailed to the cross.
Thou, O Christ, art all I want;
More than all in Thee I find.
Wesley