John Stott wrote the following,' The well-being of the church, depends on our listening to Jesus Christ and obeying Him as His word comes to us through His apostles in the New Testament'. I agree with that, but I would go further,for it seems that he is excluding the Old Testament.There is a book called ,'Christ in all the scriptures',consider what Jesus said to the religious leaders of his day in John 5 v 39 ,'You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.These are the very Scriptures that testify about Me'. It is only in the Old testament we have foretold of His birth,life teaching that we get the full picture .Without the Old Testament we would struggle to understanding the person of Christ,His birth, death , resurrection ,and his teaching. J C.Ryle writes ,' Christ is not merely in the Gospels and Epistles,Christ is to be found directly and indirectly in the Law,the Psalms,and the Prophets...... Jesus , the Messiah,is everywhere to be found in the Old Testament'. Let us remember that our well -being,depends on our listening to Jesus Christ and obeying Him,as His word comes to us through all the Word of God,in the Old and New Testament.
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