Why Jesus?

• Why He came to us
• Why we respond to Him

Why Jesus? - Bring the New Covenant

Matthew 26:26-20

contract = I will if you do

covenant = I will even if you do not

Covenants in the Scriptures:

1. Noah - God would never again destroy the earth by water - Genesis 9

2. Abraham - Multi-faceted - Genesis 12, 13, 17, 22

3. Moses - conditional covenant - blessings for obedience or cursing for disobedience - Exodus 19-24

4. David - linage would last forever - promise of the Messiah - 2 Samuel 7

• Matthew 26:17

• Luke 22:15-16

Passover

• Matthew 26:27-28

• John 1:29

• 1 Corinthians 5:7

• Jeremiah 31:31-34

• Luke 22:20

Reflect on communion:

• 1 Corinthians 5:7
• Ephesians 1:7
• 1 John 1:7