Great Words From This Side Of The Cross

Here are some words Old Testament believers could not enjoy.  They describe things that was not offered to them, or at least not as we know them today.

"Redemption".  A price has been paid to redeem us back to God.
"New Birth".  When we accepted the Lord, our old man, old record passed away and we were made new.
"Remitted".  In the Old Testament sin was only atoned, which means to "cover over". Every year those sins had to be recovered with the blood of an animal.  Our sins are gone! Remitted!  Blotted out.
"Holy Ghost baptism":   Very little mention of the Spirit of God is found in the Old Testament but He is the heart of the New Testament.  Jesus died to give us a baptism of the HOly Ghost, which is a saturating, personal, powerful, relationship with God the Spirit.
"Propitiation".  This word speaks of an act whereby anger / wrath is turned to mercy. The blood of Jesus turned the wrath of God to mercy, making a way for us to approach God and God to approach us.
"Reconciliation".  This word speaks of having enmity turned to friendship.  This is what Jesus did on the cross.
"No condemnation".  Jesus came, not to condemn the world but to save the world.  As with the adulterous woman, He says to us "I don't condemn you, go and sin no more".
"Righteousness".  This is a word that means "rightstanding with God".   They could not have dreamed of having righteousness in the Old Testament.  For us, it is a gift.
"Confidence".  This is from a Greek word "parrhesia", which means free spokenness, free access, bold approach.  An impossible idea in the Old Testament. With this, we can come boldly to the throne of grace, something no Old Testament person could do.
"Tongues".  No Old Testament person could have dreamed of having a language only God understands and with which we can speak directly to God. All the other manifestations of the Spirit that we call "gift" can be seen in the Old Testament except this one.  This is unique to us.
"Abba".  This word means "paternal father".  No one in the Old Testament would have dared use the word in connection with God, but we can!  The Holy Ghost in us cries "Abba" all the time.
"Worship in spirit".  No one, before the cross and the outpouring of the HOly Ghost could worship in the spirit. This refers to worshipping in your spirit tongues and is to us what circumcision was to Old Testament folks.
"Worship in truth".  The word "truth" means veracity or reality.  We don't have to worship types, shadows and symbols of God.  We can, in reality, worship God.
"Grace".  The divine involvement, the favor of God, given freely to men.  Amazing grace!!!!!

And, that is just the beginning.