“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will make a new covenant..."
~ Jeremiah 31:31
In chess the winning move can come long before the final move. The board is set for an inevitable series of moves
that will end with one players victory.
God set up a "winning move" some six centuries before the birth of Jesus.
God promised the forgiveness of all our sins.
God promised a new kind of relationship.
God even promised a new way of knowing Him where the law would be written on our hearts and in our minds.
It's called the "New Covenant."
It comes through the work of Jesus.
It means we can know and be known by God.
It changes everything!
A "gambit" was originally a chess term.
The King's Gambit is an opening move in which a player sacrifices material, usually a pawn, with the hope of achieving a resulting advantageous position.
“Sacrifice a player to achieve an advantageous position.”
God made a sacrifice on our behalf.
The King of Heaven became human and was nailed to a cross.
But that move has gained us a great advantage-
By his sacrifice we can have eternal life.
This Sunday we start our Easter Season.
We walk with Jesus through the moves that led to his death, burial and resurrection.
Our King’s Gambit has won victory over sin and death!
