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NASB | Galatians 3:24 Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Galatians 3:24 with the result that the Law has become our tutor and our disciplinarian to guide us to Christ, so that we may be justified [that is, declared free of the guilt of sin and its penalty, and placed in right standing with God] by faith. |
Subject: What's the importance of Old Testament? |
Bible Note: Greetings JCLT2, I believe srbaegon, and New Creature gave excellent answers to the importance of the Old Testament. Well done you two. I hope these words will help to show not only the importance, but also the authority of the Old Testament for believers today. The supreme reason for accepting the inspiration of the Bible and its authority over our lives is because of our faith in Jesus Christ and "His" testimony concerning the Word of God. Christ’s Claims About the Old Testament. We read in John 5:39,40...You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about Me, yet you refuse to come to Me to have life. Why did Christ say that the Jews diligently studied the Scriptures? Because they thought, that by them, they would possess, eternal life. Who did Jesus say these Scriptures testified about? These are the Scriptures that testify about Me. What Scriptures is He talking about? The Old Testament. Does Jesus indicate in this passage that He believes the Old Testament is true? Definitely. We read in John 5:46,47...If you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me. But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say? Who did Jesus say that Moses wrote about? Moses wrote about Christ! We read in Matthew 24:37-39...As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark: and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Did Jesus state this as an actual account or as a mythical or allegorical story? An actual account. If the account in the Old Testament had been wrong, do you think Jesus (who is God) would have corrected it? Most likely. Would it make sense to compare such an important event as the second coming of Christ, to a mythical story? Absolutely not. We read in Matthew 12:38-41...Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to Him, "Teacher, we want to see a miraculous sign from You." He answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here. Who did Jesus claim to be greater than? Jonah Would it have any meaning to claim to be greater than someone who didn’t exist? Absolutely not. Does Jesus indicate by His statement that He believed the account of Jonah in the Old Testament is true? Definitely. Since Jesus Christ is God and He said there was a flood, then there was a flood! If He said, Jonah was swallowed by a huge fish, then Jonah was swallowed by a huge fish! If Jesus is not God, then we are still lost in our sins, and whether or not there was a flood or a huge fish is completely irrevelant to our lives. There are at least 66 references to the Old Testament in Christ’s dialogues with His disciples and more than 90 references to the Old Testament in His speaking with other people. There was never any question in the mind of Christ or the writers of the New Testament about the veracity of the Scriptures. The validity and significance of these Old Testament events, rests squarely upon the validity of the testimony of Jesus Christ (God in the flesh) and the apostles. Christ is the Word of God who became flesh and dwelt among us, He knows what He is talking about, for He is the Truth and His Words are Truth. YBIC...Joe |