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Bondman · 08-18-2008, 03:22 PM

THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS (AGAIN!)

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Originally Posted by Faithwoman

Thank you all for your replies..
and I know Bondman.. new testament, new testament..

It's okay, hon! I mean this is SO difficult for most folks. It is only cos I've read the NT goodness knows how many times during 50 years that I tend to KNOW if a thing is there or not. And if I reckon that it's not I check it out to make sure anyway. *polishes halo vigorously!*

It's true that the OT is good to read. AND there's piles of stuff there for us today! It's simply that FIRST OF ALL, for the uninitiated, who DON'T know all that the NT says, it's far too easy to latch onto something in the OT that's PART OF THE OLD COVENANT and therefore does NOT apply to us today. And that part of things is what I'm here for, if you like! *broad grin - a heavenly one of course!*

Then SECOND OF ALL, lots of the Old Testament is just so much easier to read than the New. There are stories and people and it's intersting (and maybe even fun). Much more so, for example, than trying to read and figure what Romans or Hebrews are about! Thus PEOPLE ARE NOT READING THE NEW TESTAMENT (ENOUGH). And the results of THAT are bad:

lack of growth in the Lord,
lack of knowledge,
immaturity,
and a very poor level of spirituality. Does that all sound SERIOUS?

And the result of THOSE in turn, is a Western church that has:

basically lost its way
is therefore worldly
and so is devoid of POWER, and worst of all
is becoming more and more contaminated with false doctrine!!! (like those I've written in various Messages, e.g., HOW TO READ THE SCRIPTURES (AND HOW NOT!) - Part 1).

And please be aware that false doctrine is EVERYWHERE:

it's in the church
it's in Christian books
especially on Christian radio and TV
and so it far too easily also gets into our personal lives!

If you get the impression from all of the above that things are not in very good shape round the place then you're DEAD RIGHT!!! We all have an IMPORTANT TASK, no make that TWO IMPORTANT TASKS: 1) To work hard towards having our own lives in the best possible shape that we can, so that we will be in a position to be able to 2) Help others towards the same goal.

Love to all!

- BM