希伯來書8:7-13

8:7 那前約若沒有瑕疵，就無處尋求後約了。
8:8 所以主指責他的百姓說（或譯：所以主指前約的缺欠說）：日子將到，我要與以色列家和猶大家另立新約，
8:9 不像我拉著他們祖宗的手，領他們出埃及的時候，與他們所立的約。因為他們不恆心守我的約，我也不理他們。這是主說的。
8:10 主又說：那些日子以後，我與以色列家所立的約乃是這樣：我要將我的律法放在他們裡面，寫在他們心上；我要作他們的上帝；他們要作我的子民。
8:11 他們不用各人教導自己的鄉鄰和自己的弟兄，說：你該認識主；因為他們從最小的到至大的，都必認識我。
8:12 我要寬恕他們的不義，不再記念他們的罪愆。
8:13 既說新約，就以前約為舊了；但那漸舊漸衰的，就必快歸無有了。

⁷ For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. ⁸ But God found fault with the people and said^[b]:

“The days are coming, declares the Lord,
    when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
    and with the people of Judah.
⁹ It will not be like the covenant
    I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
    to lead them out of Egypt,
because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,
    and I turned away from them,
declares the Lord.
¹⁰ This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel
    after that time, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws in their minds
    and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.
¹¹ No longer will they teach their neighbor,
    or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
    from the least of them to the greatest.
¹² For I will forgive their wickedness
    and will remember their sins no more.”^[c]

¹³ By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.

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    在這裡作者引用了《耶利米書》31章31-34節，讓我們感受到「新約」不是真的是「新的約」，是上帝早就預備的「約」，而且是完整美好的約！「舊約」是為「新約」預備的，而且根本是同一約！只是因為耶穌基督尚未降生，聖靈尚未賞賜下來在人心。而現今，基督已降生，也賜下聖靈保惠師，使這約完全了！

    然而現今既然是在耶穌基督和聖靈的工作下，救恩已經完成了，人就是透過接受耶穌基督為救主來領受聖靈。聖靈就在我們心中引導我們，就像先知說的，律法就寫在我們的心版上，讓我們與上帝是相屬的關係：「我要作他們的上帝；他們要作我的子民」「我要寬恕他們的不義，不再記念他們的罪愆」！

    感謝上帝，新約已經成就在主耶穌裡了，透過主耶穌，我們就成為上帝的子民，不只是子民，更是兒女！祂不僅拯救我們，還拯救到底，保守我們到永遠，使我們永遠不離開上帝的家！