Not a Clubhouse Covenant

When we think of the superiority of the New Covenant we almost exclusively tend to think of New Covenant blessings. And it is most certainly true that the blessings of the New Covenant are far sweeter than the blessings of the old. The New Covenant, after all, was “enacted on better promises.” But blessings are only one aspect of a covenant. There are others—curses, for instance.

What we want to do is catch a flight to the Evangelical Twighlight Zone and pretend that the New Covenant actually abolished the nature of a covenant. As if what makes the New Covenant so vastly superior is that it’s not really a covenant. Goodbye curses, hello grace. But good luck getting that plane off the ground…