What is true of the new covenant?

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The new covenant cannot be contained in letters and words. The new covenant is Christ and is ministered by the Holy Spirit.

The new covenant is the forming of Christ within the saint, which is the work of the Holy Spirit.

The new covenant, or new testament, can be written only on the human heart and mind.

It is customary to refer to the section of the Bible from Matthew to Revelation as the "New Testament." But these writings are not the new testament, the new covenant. Both the Old Testament and the New Testament are the inspired Word of God, and we are to give heed to everything that is written therein. But the New Testament writings are not the new testament, the new covenant.

What, then, is the New Testament, the holy writings of the Apostles?

As we have stated, the New Testament is the inspired Word of God, written by men who themselves were having the new testament created within them.

The four Gospels are four separate accounts of the Person and ministry of Christ. The Book of Acts is a history of the early missionary activity. The Epistles are letters of explanation and direction to the young churches. The Book of Revelation is a prophetic vision.

None of the above is the new covenant, the new testament put into effect by the blood of Christ. The new covenant is the creating of Christ in the Saint.

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: and they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more (Hebrews 8:10-12).