The Blood Covenant - Ricky Burge - Charis Daily - Season 17 Ep. 10

Summary

Ricky Burge presents the new covenant as the basis of a secure, life-giving relationship with God, established through Jesus’ own blood. He argues that understanding the difference between the Old and New Covenants is essential to interpreting the Bible and understanding how Christians relate to God.

Main Ideas

• Covenants define relationships. Burge describes a covenant as a serious agreement that sets the terms of a relationship. He points to biblical covenants with Noah, Abraham, Israel through Moses, and David, culminating in the new covenant Jesus establishes.

• Read Scripture in its covenant context. The Bible is true and useful, he says, but not every passage directly governs every reader. The Mosaic law was given to ancient Israel; Christians should learn from it without treating themselves as parties to that same covenant. Burge says the New Testament defines the church’s relationship with God.

• The new covenant is better and enduring. Unlike the Old Covenant’s animal sacrifices and temporary provisions, the new covenant is established by Jesus’ blood. Burge emphasizes that Jesus is its guarantor, so the relationship it makes possible does not depend on people’s changing performance. He describes God’s love, forgiveness, grace, patience, and blessing as constant.

• Jesus fulfilled the law. Interpreting Jesus’ statement that he came not to abolish the law but to fulfill it, Burge says “fulfill” means to complete or bring something to its intended end. He argues that Jesus fulfilled the law’s requirements, prophecies, and symbolic patterns. Therefore, the law was fulfilled rather than simply destroyed, and the New Covenant supersedes the old system.

• Grace accomplishes what people could not. Burge contrasts the law, which he associates with condemnation and death, with the grace and truth that come through Jesus. Jesus fulfilled the law’s righteous requirements on humanity’s behalf; believers in Christ can therefore live without condemnation, even when they fail.

• Forgiveness is foundational to the new covenant. Citing the promise that God will be merciful and remember sins no more, Burge says believers are not merely covered but cleansed and made righteous through Jesus. He presents this assurance as the basis for approaching God.

• Jesus is the Passover fulfillment. Burge connects Jesus’ final Passover meal with the bread and cup of the new covenant. The Passover lamb foreshadows Jesus, whom he identifies as the Lamb who takes away sin. In his explanation, Jesus’ sacrifice brings forgiveness and liberation from sin and its punishment.

Other Material in the Episode

Before and after the teaching, Burge promotes Andrew’s free resource Grace—The Power of the Gospel, describing it as a message about salvation and a relationship with God being based on grace and Jesus’ finished work rather than human effort. He also thanks ministry partners, invites viewers to consider becoming partners, and encourages anyone needing prayer to contact the ministry’s prayer team.

Speakers and Sources Featured

• Speaker: Ricky Burge, host and teacher. No other speaker is heard in the supplied subtitles.
• Person referenced: Andrew, whose book/resource Grace—The Power of the Gospel is promoted.
• Biblical passages cited: Genesis 9:8–17 and 15; Exodus 12:11 and 24:1–8; 2 Samuel 7; Leviticus 17:11; Jeremiah 31; Matthew 5:17–18; Luke 22:19–20 and 24:44; John 1:17; Romans 8:1–4; 1 Corinthians 5:7 and 15:56–57; 2 Corinthians 3:7 and 3:9; 2 Timothy 2:15 and 3:16; Hebrews 1:11, 7:22, 8:6, 8:12–13, and 13:20.