Today's Gospel 03-05-2023--Sermon Title -s-- 1. No old man in the house, 2. The sins and failure of the Law's priesthood, 3. The Priesthood of the Law's weaknesses.--1. We continued with the gospel testimony in the OT from the story of Hannah, Eli and his sons.--2. We contend as always that these stories are gospel recordings that are only properly understood when viewed from the New Testament.--3. So, the testimony of Eli and his corrupt sons was enlarged -expanded-.--4. The sons of Eli were priests because they were Levites and in their corruption is revealed the weakness of the Law's Priesthood and its covenant.--5. IT -the Law- caused God's people to transgress and that as testimony of the New Testament teaching that the power of sin is in the Law.--6. But God did not stop there. He came and pronounced a judgment on Eli and his father's house, that is, Levi, and that is the whole Covenant of the Law because Levites were mediators of that covenant which made NOTHING PERFECT.--7. He said, in the days to come -the days of Christ- there shall not be found an old man -Old Covenant- in the house of Eli -Levi- and that signaling the end of the Law.--8. The Old Testament always anticipated the end of the Law. But the end of the Law does not just happen. It happens when God has appointed another priest, a faithful priest who knows God's heart and mind and does God's will to perfection, the Lord Jesus.--9. That and more and it is FREE-