{"id":90855,"date":"2021-03-12T19:12:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T00:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/old-testament-vs-new-testament\/"},"modified":"2023-10-07T23:59:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T03:59:46","slug":"old-testament-vs-new-testament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/old-testament-vs-new-testament\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Testament vs. New Testament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">2\nTimothy 3:16: \u201cAll Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable\nfor doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Those who question the relevancy of the Old Testament to we who live in the New Testament era often do so based upon the perception that God is so different in the Old Testament than He is in the New Testament, hence the Old is somehow lesser in its modern standing and application.&nbsp;<\/strong>At the very heart of this question lies a fundamental misunderstanding of what both the Old and New Testaments reveal about the nature of God. Another way of expressing this same basic thought is when people say: \u201cThe God of the Old Testament is a God of wrath while the God of the New Testament is a God of love.\u201d The fact that the Bible is God\u2019s progressive revelation of Himself to us through historical events and through His relationship with people throughout history might contribute to people\u2019s misconceptions about what God is like in the Old Testament as compared to the New Testament. However, when one reads both the Old and the New Testaments it quickly becomes evident that God is not different from one Testament to another and that God\u2019s wrath and His love are revealed in both Testaments.&nbsp; So, what is the relationship Old to New and what does it tell us about the nature of God?&nbsp; For the Scriptural answer, we examine:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Historical Context: Paul encourages Timothy to remain passionate for Christ and to remain firm in sound doctrine (2 Timothy 1:1-2:13). Paul reminds Timothy to avoid ungodly beliefs and practices and to flee from anything immoral (2 Timothy 2:14-26). In the end times there will be both intense persecution and apostasy from the Christian faith (2 Timothy 3:1-17). Paul closes with an intense plea for believers to stand firm in the faith and to finish the race strong (2 Timothy 4:1-8).&nbsp;Paul was very concerned with and admonished Timothy to avoid both false doctrine and ungodly practices, stipulating this can only be accomplished by being grounded in our knowledge of God\u2019s Word and firm in our refusal to accept anything that is unbiblical.&nbsp;In the process, Paul clearly identifies the legitimacy of the Old Testament as God\u2019s Word.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Grammatical Usage: <strong>1<\/strong>) \u201cAll Scripture\u201d (Greek: \u201cGraphe\u201d) is\nactually a throw back to v. 15 where the phrase \u201csacred writings\u201d (KJV: \u201cHoly\nScriptures\u201d) is direct reference to the Old Testament.&nbsp; Vines Expository Dictionary specifically\ncites the Greek notation in v. 16 \u201cas those writings accepted by the Jews as\ncanonical <em>and<\/em> those writings accepted\nby Christians as authoritative being circulated (as opposed to forged epistles)\u201d;\n<strong>2<\/strong>) \u201cinspired\u201d or \u201ctheopneustos\u201d\nwhich literally translated is \u201cbreathed out from God\u201d; <strong>3<\/strong>) &nbsp;\u201cdoctrine\u201d (Greek: \u201cdidaskalia\u201d)\nmeans \u201cteaching\u201d as in organized instruction; <strong>4<\/strong>) \u201creproof\u201d (Greek: elegmos\u201d) meaning to both prove and thereby\nrebuke causing conviction; <strong>5<\/strong>) \u201ccorrection\u201d\n(Greek: \u201cdiorthoma\u201d) having two components: A) restoration to an upright or\nright state as well as B) improvement of life and character; <strong>6<\/strong>) \u201cinstruction\u201d (Greek: paidagogos\u201d)\nmeaning training; <strong>7<\/strong>) righteousness\n(Greek: dikaiosune\u201d) meaning knowledge appointed by God about His revealed\nwill, requirements, obedience and duties to and expected of man.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Literal Application: The\nverse builds to a crescendo beginning with the identity of true scripture, its\nauthority in our lives, its validity to our lives for both instruction and\ncorrection, culminating in the attainment of righteousness which, defined, is\n\u201cfaith thus exercised (endured) brings the soul into vital union with God in\nChrist, and inevitably produces righteousness of life, that is, conformity to\nthe will of God.\u201d \u2013 Hogg &amp; Vine, \u201cGalatians\u201d pp. 246-247.&nbsp; This is not to be confused with righteousness\nimputed to the believer at the time of salvation \u2013 Timothy is already a believer\n\u2013 but to the determination to submit to God\u2019s Word by conscious application\nresulting in a testimony of compliance which reflects Godliness.&nbsp; In short, faith is reckoned for righteousness\n(Romans 4:3, 5, 9, 22). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Contextual\nInterpretation: When one really begins to\nread and study the Bible, it becomes clear that God is not any different from\nthe Old Testament to the New Testament. Even though the Bible is really\nsixty-six individual books, written on two (or possibly three) continents, in\nthree different languages, over a period of approximately 1500 years, by more\nthat 40 authors (who came from many walks of life), it remains one unified book\nfrom beginning to end without contradiction. In it we see how a loving,\nmerciful, and just God deals with sinful men in all kinds of situations. Truly,\nthe Bible is God\u2019s love letter to mankind. God\u2019s love for His creation,\nespecially for mankind, is evident all through Scripture. Throughout the Bible\nwe see God lovingly and mercifully calling people into a special relationship\nwith Himself, not because they deserve it but because He is a gracious and\nmerciful God, slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness and truth. Yet we\nalso see a holy and righteous God Who is the judge of all those who disobey His\nword and refuse to worship Him, instead turning to worship gods of their own\ncreation, worshiping idols and other gods instead of worshiping the one and\nonly true God (Romans 1).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Scriptural Comparison: Throughout the Old Testament, God is declared to be\n\u201cmerciful and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness and\ntruth\u201d (Exodus 34:6; Numbers 14:18; Deuteronomy 4:31; Nehemiah 9:17; Psalm 86:5;\nPsalm 86:15; Psalm 108:4; Psalm 145:8; Joel 2:13). Yet in the New Testament,\nGod\u2019s loving-kindness and mercy are manifested even more fully through the fact\nthat \u201cFor God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that\nwhoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life\u201d (John\n3:16). Throughout the Old Testament, we also see God dealing with Israel much the\nsame way a loving father deals with a child. When they willfully sinned against\nHim and began to worship idols, God would chastise them, yet each and every\ntime He would deliver them once they had repented of their idolatry. This is\nmuch the same way that we see God dealing with Christians in the New Testament.\nFor example, Hebrews 12:6 tells us that \u201cFor whom the Lord loves He chastens,\nand scourges every son whom He receives.&#8221;&nbsp;\nIn a similar way, throughout the Old Testament we see God\u2019s judgment and\nwrath poured out on unrepentant sinners. Likewise, in the New Testament, we see\nthat the wrath of God is still \u201crevealed from heaven against all ungodliness\nand unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness\u201d (Romans\n1:18). Even with just a cursorily reading of the New Testament, it quickly\nbecomes evident that Jesus talks more about hell than He does heaven. So,\nclearly, God is not any different in the Old Testament than He is in the New\nTestament. God by His very nature is immutable (unchanging). While we might see\none aspect of His nature revealed in certain passages of Scripture more than\nother aspects, He Himself does not change (Hebrews 13:8; James 1:17).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Conclusion: Because of God\u2019s\nrighteous and holy character, all sin past, present, and future must be judged.\nYet God in His infinite love has provided a payment for sin and a way of\nreconciliation so that sinful man can escape His wrath. We see this wonderful\ntruth in verses like 1 John 4:10 \u201cIn this is love, not that we have loved God\nbut that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.\u201d In\nthe Old Testament, God provided a sacrificial system whereby atonement could be\nmade for sin, but this sacrificial system was only temporary and merely looked\nforward to the coming of Jesus Christ who would die on the cross to make a real\nsubstitutionary atonement for sin. The Savior that was promised in the Old\nTestament is more fully revealed in the New Testament, and the ultimate\nexpression of God\u2019s love, the sending of His son Jesus Christ, is revealed in\nall its glory. Both the Old and the New Testaments were given &#8220;to make us\nwise unto salvation&#8221; (2 Timothy 3:15). When we study them more closely, it\nreally is evident that God is no different in the New Testament than He was in\nthe Old Testament.&nbsp; <strong>In fact, the New is in the Old contained, and the Old is in the New\nexplained.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 Timothy 3:16: \u201cAll Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.\u201d Those who question the relevancy of the Old Testament to we who live in the New Testament era often do so based upon the perception that God is so different in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[526,535],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Old Testament vs. New Testament - Grace Evangelical Free Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Old Testament vs. New Testament - Grace Evangelical Free Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"2 Timothy 3:16: \u201cAll Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.\u201d Those who question the relevancy of the Old Testament to we who live in the New Testament era often do so based upon the perception that God is so different in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/old-testament-vs-new-testament\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Grace Evangelical Free Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-13T00:12:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-08T03:59:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tony Raker\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tony Raker\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/old-testament-vs-new-testament\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/old-testament-vs-new-testament\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tony Raker\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/#\/schema\/person\/6785bcea471ae92fb3660d811c5c74ef\"},\"headline\":\"Old Testament vs. New Testament\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-13T00:12:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-08T03:59:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/old-testament-vs-new-testament\/\"},\"wordCount\":1389,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Issues &amp; 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