God found fault with the old covenant—where man could only be blessed by his goodness and obedience to the law—and replaced it with the new covenant of His unmerited favor where you can be continually blessed because of Jesus’ obedience. I trust that you are beginning to understand that no man can be perfected by the Ten Commandments. No man can keep the law perfectly, and be perfected and blessed based on the law. Our dependence today for God’s blessings in our lives has to be on Jesus and Him alone. Only Jesus can meet the full righteous requirements of the law on our behalf. If you review the Old Testament, you will find that not a single person under the old covenant was blessed, justified or sanctified by the law. They all failed to meet the perfect standard of the law. Even King Solomon, who ushered in the golden age of ancient Israel, failed despite all his wisdom and understanding. Under the old covenant, God knew that it was impossible for the children of Israel to be blessed by their perfect adherence to the law, so He provided a way out for them.
