God declared the New Covenant more than six hundred years before Christ:
He then manifested in the flesh, and at the Last Supper He executed what He had already declared:
Forgiveness made the Covenant possible, but forgiveness is not the Covenant itself. The Covenant is this:
The New Covenant is a sovereign act of God. It does not depend on human effort, approval, or religious systems.
God said:
"I will" make
"I will" forgive
"I will" give
"I will" put My Spirit within
You are the reality of God's "I will".
Your sins were forgiven.
Your heart was made new.
God's Spirit was given.
So stop asking God to do what He already did.
Jesus taught the Lord's Prayer before the Covenant was executed.
After the cross, forgiveness is not something to request,
it is something to respond to.
That response is repentance.
Repentance is not ritual, attendance, or religion.
It is a change of mind and heart that turns away from sin
and turns toward God - the God who already dwells within you.
You do not pray for forgiveness.
You repent of sin.
When you repent, the Spirit of God who lives in you leads your life. No institution needs to mediate this.
The Church of the New Covenant is not a church of ritual, it is a church of repentance.