The New Covenant

The New Covenant is the new relationship with God given by Jesus Christ, the Messiah, to the apostles; and, through them, to all who believe in him. In the New Covenant, Christ promised to bring us into the kingdom of God and give life in all its fullness. In response to his promise, Christ commanded us to believe in him and to keep his commandments. Christ taught us the Summary of the Law and gave us the New Commandment. The Summary of Law states that You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and the great commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The New Commandment is that we love one another as Christ loved us. Christians’ beliefs about Christ is found in the Scriptures and summed up in the creeds.