Reason #1: We find a necessary revelation of Our Lord, Jesus
Christ:
(Jesus…speaking to the two disciples on the Road to Emmaus, following His resurrection…)
“…beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.” (Luke 24:27 ESV)
“…Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures…” (Luke 24:44-45 ESV)
(Jesus…speaking to those who were questioning His healing on the Sabbath...)
“You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me…” (John 5:39 ESV)
(Jesus…speaking to the two disciples on the Road to Emmaus, following His resurrection…)
“…beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.” (Luke 24:27 ESV)
“…Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures…” (Luke 24:44-45 ESV)
(Jesus…speaking to those who were questioning His healing on the Sabbath...)
“You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me…” (John 5:39 ESV)
Reason #2: We find necessary encouragement:
(The Apostle Paul…writing to the Church at Rome…demonstrating the importance of knowing and following the example of Jesus Christ, that they might have both endurance and encouragement in their efforts to properly relate to one another…)
“…whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.” (Romans 15:4 ESV)
(The Apostle Paul…writing to the Church at Rome…demonstrating the importance of knowing and following the example of Jesus Christ, that they might have both endurance and encouragement in their efforts to properly relate to one another…)
“…whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.” (Romans 15:4 ESV)
Reason #3: We find
necessary warnings:
(The Apostle Paul…warning the Church at Corinth against idolatry by recalling the Scriptural account of Moses, as he led God’s people through the wilderness…towards the promised land…)
“…these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did. (1 Corinthians 10:6 ESV)
“…these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.” (1 Corinthians 10:11 ESV)
(The Apostle Paul…warning the Church at Corinth against idolatry by recalling the Scriptural account of Moses, as he led God’s people through the wilderness…towards the promised land…)
“…these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did. (1 Corinthians 10:6 ESV)
“…these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.” (1 Corinthians 10:11 ESV)
2 comments:
So true. My favorite is the first one - its impossible fully to understand the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world without understanding the Old Testament.
It's probably one of the reasons I find myself so drawn to the "Letter to the Hebrews"...it so beautifully "completes" the story of God's unfolding eternal plan.
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