SERMON 162: THE PROPHET JESUS MESSIAH IS THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT
Germaine Charles Lockwood

A person died and in His testament willed for you to inherit a mansion. This testament is conditional. Let us study how you can inherit a mansion in heaven.

God foretold through Moses that God would raise up a prophet like Moses from the people of Israel to give the word of God. Listen to:

Deuteronomy 18:18, 19: (God said :) I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him. Deuteronomy 18:18, 19.

The prophet is Messiah Jesus. The Apostle Peter proclaimed this in Acts 3:22. You need to hear the word of God which the Prophet Messiah Jesus spoke. God requires it of you. God gave the Law to Israel through Moses, but His word to us came through
Messiah Jesus. The Prophet of God Messiah Jesus said in:

John 12:48: He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him--the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. John 12:48.

The word which the Prophet Messiah spoke will judge you in the last day. Even the person who rejects the Prophet Messiah Jesus, will be judged by this word of Messiah Jesus in the last day. The word of Jesus is recorded in the New Covenant, in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. You will be judged by these words. Yes, Jesus lived under the Law that God gave to Israel through Moses, but He spoke the words that God gave Him, of the New Covenant. All people since then will be judged by these words. 

In the sermon on the mount, which begins at Matthew chapter 5, Jesus stated 10 times, "I say to you." Jesus gave New Testament teaching when He said, "I say to you." He even quoted Old Testament teaching and then said, "But I say to you." and then He gave New Covenant teaching. For example notice in:

Matthew 5:31, 32: Furthermore it has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.' But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery. Matthew 5:31, 32.

Jesus first quoted the law, Deuteronomy 24:1, then He said, "But I say to you." Then Messiah Jesus stated New Covenant teaching, which is a great change from the old covenant. Yes, we will be judged by the word that Jesus has spoken. John 12:48. 
 
Jesus gave New Covenant teaching, the Word of God. Jesus prayed to His Father in:

John 17:8: For I have given to them the words which You have given me; and they have received them, . . . John 17: 8 (John 17:14).

Yes, in these last days God has spoken to us by His Son.

Hebrews 1:1-2: God . . . has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, . . . Hebrews 1:1-2.

In Jeremiah 31:31-34, God promised to give a New Covenant. Messiah Jesus is the mediator to the New Covenant. This is stated in Hebrews 8:6-13.
	
Hebrews 9:12-15: Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. . . . And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, . . . Hebrews 9:12-15. 

Yes, Messiah Jesus is the mediator of the New Covenant. Messiah Jesus gave the word of God while He taught on earth before His death. This covenant is a testament, a will.

It came into force at the death of Messiah Jesus when He offered His own blood, the blood of the covenant, for the forgiveness of our sins.

Hebrews 12:24, 25: to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel. See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven. Hebrews 12:24, 25.

Jesus is the Mediator of the new covenant, the new testament. His blood of the new covenant was given for the forgiveness of our sins. You can inherit eternal life.

Hebrews 9:16, 17: For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator, For a testament is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives. Hebrews 9:16, 17.

Jesus Messiah gave the teaching from God of the new testament, the new covenant, while He taught here on earth before His death on the cross. Then the new testament came into force at His death on the cross. This is true for wills and testaments in the world today. A man states his will and testament while he is alive, stating to whom his possession will go after his death. The testament is then executed after his death.
Then the heirs inherit the possessions willed to them. The words testament and covenant are translated from the same Greek word, diatheke. A testament is a covenant. A testament can have conditions, requirements listed that must be fulfilled before the inheritance can be received. So it is with the new covenant that God gave through His mediator Messiah Jesus. Do you want to inherit eternal life through Messiah Jesus? You can read the new testament for yourself.

Jesus Messiah had His apostles write down the new testament so that we can read it.
He said to His apostles in:

John 14:26: But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. John 14:26.

The Holy Spirit was sent to the apostles to teach them all things and bring to their remembrance all things that Jesus had said to them

John 16:13: However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. John 16:13.

The apostles were guided by the Holy Spirit into all truth and the things to come.
The apostles wrote the New Testament guided by the Holy Spirit. The things to come included the book of Revelation. You can read the New Testament for yourself.
The apostle Paul wrote concerning the New Covenant and the Old Testament in 
2 Corinthians 3. He wrote: "our sufficiency is from God, who also made us sufficient
as ministers of the new covenant." 2 Corinthians 3:5,6. The apostles were ministers of the new covenant. The apostles wrote the word of God. The Apostle Paul wrote in:

1 Corinthians 14:37: If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord. What the apostles wrote are the commandments of the Lord. 1 Corinthians 14:37.

We are under the New Covenant, the New Testament. Messiah Jesus is the Mediator of the New Covenant.

Hebrews 8:6: But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. Hebrews 8:6.

Every person who has lived on earth since the death of Messiah is under the New Covenant, the New Testament. John 12:48. The Old Testament included the Law that God gave through Moses to Israel. But now all men, everywhere are under the New Covenant. the New Testament. The apostle Paul said in Athens in:

Acts 17:30, 31: "Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead." Acts 17:30, 31.

We will all be judged by Messiah Jesus, by His word, the New Testament.

How can you inherit the free gift of eternal life? What does the New Testament say?
We have read in Hebrews 9:12-15, that Messiah Jesus gave His own blood for our redemption from the slavery of sin. His blood of the new covenant was shed for the forgiveness of our sins, for the remission of our sins. Matthew 26:28. The good news is that Messiah Jesus died for our sins, He was buried. Messiah was raised on the third
day according to the scriptures. Messiah Jesus is the only one who died for your sins. There is salvation in no one else. But what are the conditions of the testament, for your inheritance of eternal life, and a mansion in the heavenly New Jerusalem?

Jesus said in:

John 3:16: For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16.

You need to believe in Jesus the Son of God. He is the prophet of God. He spoke the word of God, the truth. He has told you that He is the Son of God. Will you believe Him? Jesus Messiah said in:

Luke 13:3: I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. Luke 13:3.

Will you repent, turn away from sin and turn to righteousness?

Jesus said in:

Matthew 10:32, 33: Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven. Matthew 10:32, 33.

Will you confess Jesus Messiah the Son of God before men?

Jesus said in:

Mark 16:16: He who believes and is baptized will be saved; But he who does not believe will be condemned. Mark 16:16.

You need to be baptized in the name of Jesus Messiah for the forgiveness of your sins and you will receive the Holy Spirit as a gift. Baptism is a burial in water.

Romans 6:4: Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Romans 6:4.

Yes, you need to be buried with Christ in baptism through faith for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will be raised up to walk in newness of life. You can then live a faithful, fruitful life, serving Christ on this earth and in accordance with the New Testament you will inherit everlasting life in the heavenly New Jerusalem.

John 3:5: Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. John 3:5.

Jesus said in:

Revelation 2:10: . . . Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. Revelation 2:10.

Amen!