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- The Old Testament was the only Bible that they knew. The teaching of Jesus and the apostles is built on the Old Testament. They assumed that those they taught were familiar with its stories and teaching. It’s safe to say that if you don’t have a basic grasp of the Old Testament, you cannot adequately understand the New Testament.
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Nov 7, 2018 · Reading the Old Testament is one of God’s given ways for us to better grasp and delight in the gospel. Christ emphasized, “Whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets” (7:12).
- Jesus's Only Bible
Jesus’s person and work realize what the Old Testament...
- Jason S. DeRouchie
Jason S. DeRouchie (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological...
- Jesus's Only Bible
This sentiment has a multiplicity of causes: some Christians read the Old Testament as the “old covenant,” and assume it’s been made irrelevant by the writings of the New Testament where the “real” gospel is made plain.
Feb 16, 2024 · One answer is that the whole Bible is inspired by God, and it’s all his word to us. Another is that it’s full of great stories and wonderful verse that feeds our spirits. Another is that the world of the New Testament grew directly out of the world of the Old; the early disciples knew the Hebrew Scriptures and they shaped the way they saw ...
The Old Testament Scripture was inspired to communicate Christ Himself and His benefits to God’s people of old. Still, it was written for our instruction as well, not as moral lessons, but so that we too might see Christ and have Him by the same faith that Abraham had.
Christians traditionally divide the Old Testament into four sections: the first five books or Pentateuch (which corresponds to the Jewish Torah); the history books telling the history of the Israelites, from their conquest of Canaan to their defeat and exile in Babylon; the poetic and "Wisdom books" dealing, in various forms, with questions of ...
Sep 6, 2024 · Here are 10 reasons why the first word in the phrase Old Testament must not mean unimportant or insignificant to Christians. 1. The OT was Jesus’s only Scripture and makes up three-fourths (75.55 percent) of our Bible.
Feb 25, 2024 · With a firm grasp of the progress of salvation history, this accessible guide helps Christians interpret the Old Testament, see how it testifies to Jesus, believe that Jesus secured every divine promise, and understand how Moses’s law still matters. 1. The Old Testament Was Jesus’s Only Bible and Makes Up 75 Percent of Our Christian Scripture.
