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1 | Does Jesus teach OT doctrine? | John 1:1 | DocTrinsograce | 211555 | ||
Hi, Robert... I think your pastor friend's dispensationalism has not served him very well. Not only does it have him redividing the Testaments -- an odd practice at best -- but worse than that, it has him muddled in his soteriology, demeaning the value of the atonement. The word testament comes from a middle-English word meaning covenant. Question: What divides the old covenant from the new? Answer: Christ Himself (see Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 9:15). There is only one way of salvation (Acts 4:8-12). All of the elect are saved in precisely the same way. People were not saved in different ways in different periods. The atonement of Christ happened in a particular moment in time, but it was efficacious for each and every human being that God would save. Each believed the Word of God unto salvation (John 3:36). Clearly, before Jesus they had not a name of Messiah (1 Peter 1:10-11), but they had His promise going as far back as the protoevangelium (Genesis 3:15). The truth was gradually made known (Hebrews 1:1-4) as redemptive history unfolded. Indeed, even Paul deals with the question "How was Abraham saved?" inr Romans 4. Now, you cited a time when Christ responded to the question of salvation by providing Old Testament commands. I assume that your pastor friend was referring to Matthew 19:16-30 (Mark 10:17-31). (There is great error promulgated in this world through the failure to read things in context. People either fail to read what prompted the statements, or they fail to read the statements that follow.) Forget about this preacher friend of yours, and go back and carefully re-read those passages. See if you do not find the acknowledgment of Christ's divine nature, His righteousness, the moral failure of man, and the need to depend solely on the salvific provision of God, to follow Christ. The net effect of which is giving up everything else that is loved, for the one pearl of great price. In Him, Doc |
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2 | Does Jesus teach OT doctrine? | John 1:1 | Robbert | 211559 | ||
Thanks Doc. The pastor I mentioned I hear on Paltalk, and he is a midacts dispensationalist who I think has very odd notions. To clarify his point, he states that salvation is only possible today by believing in the death and resurrection of Jesus. That's something that couldn't be done in the gospels since Jesus hadn't yet died. One could know about Jesus' divine nature, etc. as you state, but could not believe on Him for the forgiveness of sins. Paul alone provides that information. I'd appreciate any further help on understanding this issue. | ||||||
3 | Does Jesus teach OT doctrine? | John 1:1 | stjohn | 211561 | ||
One way to fix that problem would be to turn the dial on the radio. :-) | ||||||