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NASB | Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the [preaching of the] message concerning Christ. |
Subject: Joe, is your reasoning not circular? |
Bible Note: Kalos, I do believe the entire Bible. But the Bible is a progressive revelation of God and His plan to redeem fallen man. The animal sacrifices of the OT pointed to the 'truer' sacrifice of the Lord in the NT. The physical Israel points to the 'truer' people of God, the church. There are many shadows of Christ in the OT. In the NT, He is revealed to us in fulfill. Does this make the OT not true? Not at all. But is was a shadow of the New. The church is a mystery that was not revealed in the OT. So if I want to research the truth of the church as the living body of Christ, I will not go to Leviticus. This is all I am saying. All of God's Word is the truth but there is a progressive revelation. That is why I said that Christ is 'truer' than the OT. In Christ, Bill Mc |