In Matthew 5:17-20, the Lord Jesus teaches us to hold to the plenary, verbal inspiration of Scripture, even down to the Hebrew letters themselves.
Jewish people would never refer to the Hebrew Bible as the Old Testament. They call it the Tanakh from its three major divisions: the Torah (Tōrā, תּוֹרָה), the Nevi'im (Nəvīʾīm, נְבִיאִים), and the Ketuvim (Ktuvim, כְּתוּבִים), as in Luke 24:44. But sometimes as simply, the Law and the Prophets, as Jesus does here in Matthew 5:17.
Even when we dislike something in the Bible, we are bound to hold to it and teach it.
Beware of those who evade speaking the truth. Obfuscation means bringing darkness rather than light. I must preach the Bible, and I must preach it clearly.
God has two books: the Bible and nature. The book of nature, or Natural Law, reveals that all people everywhere, at some level, know the true God (Romans 1:18-21), and they also know the essence of the Ten Commandments (Romans 2:14-15).
John the Baptist was depressed and stricken with doubt (Matthew 11:3). So he sent his disciples to Jesus who demonstrated that he was the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy (Matthew 11:5; Isaiah 61:1-3; 53:7; Psalm 110:1-3).
Jesus then informs his disciples that John the Baptist is the fulfillment of Malachi 3:1 and Malachi 4:5.
This is not teaching reincarnation.
When the New Testament interprets the Old Testament, we have an infallible guide of interpretation.
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After serving Grace Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, Louisiana, Bob was honorably retired on Sunday, September 27, 2015, and given the title "Pastor Emeritus." This was forty years to the day after he became their pastor.
He now works for the Presbytery of the Gulf South as...
