The Covenant Revealed 

High School Youth Group
For the week of March 22nd, 2015

This Week's Topic
" The Covenant Revealed"

"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." - Hebrews 8:10

This week we focus on how God reveals himself through making promises, or covenants, with his people. The old covenant of the law could not redeem God's people, because it required humans to make sacrifices for their own sins and the sins of the people of God. Christ comes as the prefect high priest, who being prefect, was offered once for all sins. Through Christ's sacrifice and resurrection, God overcomes sin and death. God's action of redemption moves humanity from death into life. 
While we are still sinners, we have been redeemed. Christ's new covenant should move us from death towards life. This week, we will discuss how God's new covenant can be transformational. 

Day 1 
Scripture: Hebrews 7:20-28

1. What was your high and low today?
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. Why were the human high priest not able to redeem us? 
4. How was Jesus different from the other high priests? 
5. What does this passage teach you about God? 
6. How might this passage impact your life? 
7. Pray for each other

Day 2
Scripture: Hebrews 8:1-6

1. What was your high and low today? 
2. Read the scripture passage together
3. Moses built a tabernacle, or temple, that was used to offer sacrifices in by human priest. What does Hebrews 8:1-6 tell us about the tabernacle Jesus serves in?
4. What does this passage teach you about Christ?
5. What does this passage teach you about Christ's sacrifice? 
6. How might this passage impact your life
7. Pray for each other 

Day 3 
Scripture: Hebrews 8:7-13

1. What was your high and low today? 
2. Read the scripture passage together.
3. According to this passage, why did God make a new covenant with us? 
4. What are some characteristics of the new covenant? 
5. What does this passage teach you about God? 
6. How might passage impact your life? 
7. Pray for each other  

Day 4

1. What was your high and low today? 
2. Watch the following video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CbbNv8O-Ww
3. What does video reveal to you about God's grace? 
4. What does this video teach you about God? 
5. How might the message of this video impact your life? 
6. Pray for each other

For questions or comments, email Steven Johnson at Steven@gslcirvine.org