The New Covenant Is Way Better - Daniel Amstutz - Charis Daily - Season 17 Ep. 6

Main Ideas & Lessons

• The “new covenant” gives believers an inheritance far greater than money

  • Uses an analogy: discovering an inheritance from a father—but emphasizes believers have an even better inheritance “in Christ.”
  • This inheritance is divine, magnificent, and not limited by what can be seen with natural eyes.

• New covenant blessing is received by faith, not earned by works

  • Salvation and inheritance are described as by grace through faith.
  • Believers cannot work for or deserve covenant benefits; Jesus already did the work.
  • Faith is portrayed as the way to receive what grace already provided.

• Covenant is relationship, not transaction

  • Covenant is defined as a chosen relationship with binding promises.
  • Contrast:
    • Old covenant: framed as a conditional, behavior-based agreement.
    • New covenant: grounded in God’s choice and Jesus’ obedience/finished work, not human performance.

• The old covenant revealed human inability and pointed to a savior

  • Mentions multiple covenants in the old covenant era: Adam, Noah, Abraham, and the Mosaic/Law.
  • The Mosaic law is described as:
    • A “tutor/schoolmaster” bringing awareness of sin and helplessness.
    • Intended to drive people toward faith in Christ.
  • Highlights about the law:
    • Conditional (obedience → blessing; disobedience → curse).
    • Too demanding (613 laws mentioned).
    • Unable to make anyone perfect, forgive sins, or change the heart.

• The new covenant is better because Jesus mediates it

  • The New Testament is presented as fulfilling and replacing the old covenant arrangement through Jesus.
  • Jesus makes it “better” by:
    • Fulfilling the law perfectly on humanity’s behalf.
    • Through death and resurrection, giving believers right standing and divine life.

• Jesus’ work: forgiveness, redemption, righteousness

  • Old covenant limitations vs. new covenant realities:
    • Blood of bulls/goats couldn’t truly remove sin.
    • Only Jesus could accomplish forgiveness and lasting redemption.
  • Key theological outcomes stated:
    • Christ became sin and curse for believers.
    • Believers become the righteousness of God in Christ.
    • Promises are described as “yes and amen” in Christ.
    • Eternal life is framed as beginning now through surrender to Jesus’ life.

• God’s goal: restore spiritual life and reflect God’s image

  • God desired fellowship like Eden and a people spiritually alive again.
  • Emphasis on the Word becoming flesh: “The word became flesh” (John 1:14) as the basis for God dwelling with people.
  • The new covenant is also framed as birthing a community characterized by unity and divine life.

• Unity among believers as covenant evidence to the world

  • Highlights John 17 (often called the “Lord’s Prayer” / disciples’ prayer):
    • Jesus prays believers would be one “as” Father and Son are one.
    • The unity/glory given to believers is portrayed as a testimony that the world believes Jesus was sent.

• Covenant produces “fruit” and “works,” not self-centered religion

  • Encourages abiding in Christ so the Spirit produces fruit inwardly and outwardly.
  • Claims believers will do Jesus’ works and even “greater works,” connected to being one with him.
  • Rejects living only for oneself or a minimal religious routine; emphasizes rootedness in Christ.

• Abundant life and courage through faith

  • God’s promise of being able to do exceedingly abundantly above is cited (Ephesians 3:20).
  • Challenges and opposition are acknowledged, but believers are urged to remember:
    • “Greater is he that is in you”
  • Victory and confidence rest on Jesus’ finished work, not personal striving.

• Practical exhortation: get into the Word and let identity shift

  • Encourages believers to:
    • Understand the new covenant through Scripture.
    • Let the Word become “alive” and powerful within them.
    • Avoid choking it with world “craziness.”
    • Live from identity in Christ, not old-covenant behavior-performance.
  • Emphasizes that “believing” (trusting) is better than merely saying “I believe.”

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Methodology / Instruction List

1. Focus on the new covenant inheritance

   • Recognize the inheritance in Christ as greater than earthly wealth.
   • Avoid diminishing it due to lack of visible evidence.

2. Receive grace by faith (not works)

   • Stop trying to earn covenant benefits.
   • Believe what grace has already provided through Jesus.

3. Study Scripture to understand what was given

   • Treat it as Bible study: revisit and reflect on key passages (Ephesians, Hebrews, Galatians, Romans, Corinthians, John, etc.).
   • Let the Word reshape your understanding of what “new covenant” means.

4. Live in response to grace

   • Respond in faith to what Jesus already accomplished.
   • Shift identity: “no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me” (Galatians 2:20 theme).

5. Abide in Christ so fruit appears

   • Maintain a covenant-rooted life in Christ.
   • Expect the fruit of the Spirit to flow outwardly (works, testimony, unity).

6. Pursue unity and testimony consistent with John 17

   • Be “one” in the way Jesus prayed, so the world believes.
   • View unity and shared “glory” as evidence of covenant reality.

7. Don’t be distracted by the world

   • Keep the Word from being “choked out.”
   • Meet challenges with the knowledge that Christ in you is greater.

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Featured Speakers / Sources

• Speaker/Teacher: Daniel Amstutz
  • Also mentions “Andrew Wommack” / Andrew Walmck in the context of a free gift.

Scriptural Sources Quoted or Referenced

• Ephesians 1:11–12
• Ephesians 2:8–9 (and adjacent text including “not of yourselves”; subtitle includes an “and N” artifact)
• Ephesians 3:20
• Galatians 3:22–25
• Galatians 3:10–14
• Galatians 2:20
• Hebrews 7:19
• Hebrews 8:6, 8:12–13
• Hebrews 8:13 (referenced via “8:12–13”)
• Hebrews 10:4
• John 1:14
• John 3:16
• John 14:12
• John 17:21–22
• John 17 (context of Jesus’ prayer for unity)
• Romans 7/8 theme: Romans 8:2–4
• Romans 8 (referenced as 8:2–4 in the subtitles)
• Romans 10:4
• 1 Corinthians 15:22
• 1 Corinthians 15:49
• 2 Corinthians 5:21
• 1 John 4:17
• Luke 1:37–38
• Deuteronomy (referenced via Galatians citation; subtitle: “Deuteronomy uh”)

Other Referenced Material

• A free gift/resource titled “An Introduction to Grace: The Power of the Gospel”
  • Attributed to Andrew Wommack / Andrew Walmck (spelling varies in subtitles).