Question 35. How is the covenant of grace administered in the New Testament era?

 

Question 35. How is the covenant of grace administered in the New Testament era?

Answer. In fact, in the New Testament era when Christ appeared, this covenant of grace was administered then and still is today by preaching the word and administering baptism and the Lord’s Supper (sacraments). In these sacraments, grace and salvation are more fully, clearly, and effectively displayed to all people.


Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved."

Salvation is obtained through faith, not through the sacramental rites such as baptism or the Lord's Supper. These rites are merely external forms to show that one is saved.

In acknowledging Jesus as Lord (Kurion), Kurion means Jehovah. This is because Jesus came in the name of Jehovah. John 5:43 "I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him."

“Believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,” in the Greek Bible, it means, “Believe (eigeiren) that God raised him (nekron) from death.” The Bible is not talking about the physical body, but about the spiritual. It is about being raised from spiritual death. All human beings have a spirit that is imprisoned in the body and is dead. However, God makes the dead spirit alive by causing the physical body to die. Romans 8:10-11 “But if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is life because of righteousness.”

Believing this fact leads to salvation. If a believer does not have this belief and is baptized or receives the Eucharist, it has nothing to do with salvation.

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