Unlock the Mysteries

“‘To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins.’”

ACTS 10:43

 

PONDER THIS

Would you like to understand the Old Testament? Well, there is a master key that unlocks the mysteries of the Old Testament: the Lord Jesus Christ. If you find a Christocentric approach to the Old Testament, it will burst into flame in your hands. As a matter of fact, if you read the Old Testament and you don’t find Jesus, you need to go back and reread it because you missed the message. The Old Testament is about the Lord Jesus Christ.

When people were challenging Jesus about His authenticity and His Messiahship, He looked them straight in the eye and said, “You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me” (John 5:39). When Jesus Christ said that, the New Testament as we know it didn’t exist. It was being formed, but it was not yet written. He was talking about the Old Testament.

Without Jesus, the Old Testament is a list of unexplained ceremonies that won’t make sense. If you try to live by the Old Testament without the Lord Jesus Christ, you will not make it. If you try to read the Old Testament without Him as your lens, you are missing God there.

Have you ever tried to read the Old Testament? What did you learn?

Why do you think there sometimes seems to be a disconnect between the Old Testament and the New Testament?

PRACTICE THIS

Praise God for He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

LWF Dr. Adrian Rogers