Two Covenants Part 2 ***

JESUS, HIS DISCIPLES AND THE NEW COVENANT
People who desire to be like Jesus, would do well to recognize that Jesus was, and is, an invisible spirit that lives forever. Given the basic differences between faith and religion, and given the fact that Jesus is called the author and perfecter of faith, we would expect that Jesus’ followers would also want to function as invisible spirits. This obviously does not describe religious people who continuously promote themselves in public ways.

To find application of this logic to our own lives, we begin by noting the following scriptures:

We conclude the following from these observations:

  • New Covenant disciples are born again into the image of God.
  • New Covenant disciples should have no religious identities.
  • New Covenant disciples should humble themselves by dying to their religious identities.
  • New Covenant disciples are mediators of the New Covenant with respect to Old/First Covenant religionists.

We also conclude that those who believe that they are followers of Jesus are deceived, Old/First Covenant religionists — not New Covenant disciples.

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