Neighborhood Church
Greater: Jesus Is Greater Than The World
Forrest Jenan
Locations & Times
Neighborhood Church
5505 W Riggin Ave, Visalia, CA 93291, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
Contract = Transaction
Covenant = Relationship, Belonging, Identity
Covenant = Relationship, Belonging, Identity
If you’re going to understand the Bible, you’ve got to understand the idea of Covenant.
Because covenant is the primary method through which God interacts with humanity.
Because covenant is the primary method through which God interacts with humanity.
The God of the Bible is the God of the Covenant.
Cutting a covenant
What Makes Jesus Different:
Unlike Israel, Jesus actually trusts God completely.
Unlike Israel, Jesus remains faithful—even to the point of death.
Unlike Israel, Jesus embodies the covenant perfectly.
Unlike Israel, Jesus actually trusts God completely.
Unlike Israel, Jesus remains faithful—even to the point of death.
Unlike Israel, Jesus embodies the covenant perfectly.
Jesus perfectly succeeded at every point where humanity failed.
Jesus came to do something brand new in the world FOR the world.
What Was Brand New?
#1: Jesus came to establish a new arrangement between God and humanity.
#2 Jesus came to introduce a new command.
#3 Jesus came to establish a new movement.
#1: Jesus came to establish a new arrangement between God and humanity.
#2 Jesus came to introduce a new command.
#3 Jesus came to establish a new movement.
God’s new movement is based on a new arrangement with humanity and rooted in a new command: to love one another.