A New Covenant

7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second.
8 For he finds fault with them when he says:
                  “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,
      when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel
      and with the house of Judah,
            9       not like the covenant that I made with their fathers
      on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
                  For they did not continue in my covenant,
      and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord.
            10       For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
      after those days, declares the Lord:
                  I will put my laws into their minds,
      and write them on their hearts,
                  and I will be their God,
      and they shall be my people.
            11       And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor
      and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
                  for they shall all know me,
      from the least of them to the greatest.
            12       For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,
      and I will remember their sins no more.”
13 In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.
Heb 8:7–13
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A New Covenant
In the name of the Father and the + Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. The old has gone away and today is the day of your salvation. God has made you his people. He has put his Spirit in your heart and has created faith in each of you. He has washed you in the blood of his Son in your Baptism and made you part of this new covenant. He shows great concern for you. He comes to you in your trouble. He promises to forgive and make new in his preached Word and Sacraments. He promises to come back for you. You say, “Lord!” because of the faith he has put in your heart. You pray because of his Word of promise and life. His mercy endures forever. In the name of + Jesus. Amen.