In the whole Bible there are 33,000 verses of scripture. There are 66 books of the Bible being considered the Canon of the Bible. They are what we consider the Old and New Testament. Yet the entire Bible was written by Jewish men of God. The word of God is to the Jew first and then to the Gentile. We are as Gentiles, non Jewish people, called Christians were grafted into the God’s family. I have heard many times that the Old Testament isn’t relative to the Christian life. And just the opposite, that the New Testament isn’t relative to Jewish life. It’s a lie from the pits of hell. The Bible is one book. It is the picture of Jesus Christ. When Jesus was asked what was the greatest commandment, He responded…
Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,Master, which is the great commandment in the law?Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.This is the first and great commandment.And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. Matthew 22:37-39.
The scripture, to love God with all your heart, is Deuteronomy 6:4-5. And the second scripture, to love your neighbour as yourself, is Leviticus 19:18. Jesus was teaching people as a whole what God requires from us. That means that the Old Testament is as important as the New Testament. When Paul was traveling preaching the gospel, what Bible was he using to teach from. He certainly didn’t have a pocket New Testament to preach from. Paul went into the local synagogue to use the Old Testament.
Jesus said in Matthew 5:17-19 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Jesus came not to teach something new. He came to fulfill what was already written. The new and living way that Jesus taught, was the fulfillment of the promise that God gave to Abraham. He is called the Father of many nations. The Bible is one book, spoken by one person, Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of the Holy Spirit. It is to teach us the way back home to God. Jesus kept saying the kingdom of God is at hand. And with His death and resurrection the kingdom of God has come. The Word of God is one book meant to show us one person, Jesus Christ.
Crain Blanchard.
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