Notice, Jesus did not say, “Hunger and thirst for the word of God.” He said, “Hunger and thirst for righteousness.” In Matthew 5:20, Jesus said, “Unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.” In Matthew 6:33, Jesus said, “Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness…” [...more]
Why do we call it the “New Testament”? At the Lord’s Supper, Jesus said, “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood” (Luke 22:20). Hebrews 8-10 is all about the new covenant in which the blood of Jesus Christ would truly take away sin. He quotes from Jeremiah [...more]
I remember this so clearly from my Old Testament History and Geography class taught by the late Phil Roberts. I aced the class because I had such solid Bible teaching growing up in Mount Olive, AL. But my freshman year of college was the first time I realized the whole Old Testament was one big [...more]
“The Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ.” – Galatians 3:24 The Old Testament is full of references to Jesus. Jesus reprimanded the Pharisees, “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me“ (John 5:39); and then “For if you [...more]
As you pick up your Bible, you discover it is not just a single book. The Old Testament itself comprises 39 separate pieces of literature! As you look closer, you find the Old Testament is divided into five different sections. Men through the centuries grouped these books into logical categories. 1. Books of Moses (Law). [...more]
What is the story of the Bible? The shortest answer is: Jesus Christ. He is the Word (John 1:1); you cannot separate the Man and His message. The Old Testament promises His coming and the New Testament proclaims His coming. But, if you have fifteen minutes, you can go into a little more detail. You [...more]
You are standing in your back yard talking with a neighbor. Your neighbor, of course, thinks she knows some things about the Bible, but you can tell from her conversation she really has no idea of the Bible story. “This book is incredible!” you say with a big smile. “Did you know it is really [...more]
How often do you read the Old Testament? How often does your church study the Old Testament? There are a lot of churches which seem to have the habit of only doing topical studies, which leave the members dry when it comes to looking at complete texts. Other churches which DO have textual studies may [...more]
Don’t you wish you could have been on that road to Emmaus and heard Jesus explaining “to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures” (Luke 24:27)? Don’t you wish you could have been with the apostles when Jesus “opened their minds to understand the Scriptures” (Luke 24:45)?Moses and the prophets wrote about Jesus. [...more]