The perfect harmony of the Old and the New Testament confirms our faith in the Divine authenticity of the Scriptures.
Posted : 11 Dec, 2011 05:28 AM
"And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself" (Luke 24:27).
Devotional
The perfect harmony of the Old and the New Testament confirms our faith in the Divine authenticity of the Scriptures. Upon what other ground can we account for this singular agreement of the Word with itself, and for this exact and literal fulfillment of its predictions, except that it is God's own Word? "Your Word is truth" (John 17:17) is the glorious and triumphant inference rightly deduced from a fact so striking and self-evident as this.
And where in specific is this beautiful harmony especially seen? In exalting the Lamb of God. The Old and the New Testament Scriptures of truth do for Christ what Pilate and Herod did against him�they confederate together. They unite in a holy alliance and a sublime unity of purpose to show forth the glory of the incarnate God.
Divine book! Precious volume! See how it illustrates what the church of the living God should be�a transparent body, illumined with the glory of Immanuel, and scattering its beams of light and beauty over the surface of a lost and benighted world. How much does a perfect representation of the glory of the Redeemer by the church depend upon her visible unity! A mirror broken into a thousand fragments cannot reflect the glory of the sun with the same brilliancy, power, and effect as if a perfect whole. Neither can the church of God, dismembered, divided, and broken, present to the world the same harmonious, convincing, and effective testimony to the glory of Jesus as when, in her unimpaired oneness, she is seen "look[ing] down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awesome as an army with banners" (Song 6:10).
Oh then, by all that is precious in the name of Jesus, by all that is sanctifying in his glory, by all that is attractive in his cross, by all that is sweet and persuasive in Christian love, by all that is solemn in the near approach of death and eternity, and by all that is blissful in the hope of eternal life, springing from the one atonement, reader, seek to promote the observable unity of Christ's church.
Resolve beneath the cross, and by the grace of God, that you will not be a hindrance to the accomplishment of so blessed and holy an end.
Hold the faith with a firm hand, but hold it in righteousness. Speak the truth with all boldness, but speak it in love. Concede to others what you claim for yourself�the right of private judgment and the free exercise of an enlightened conscience. And where you see the image of Jesus reflected, the love of Jesus influencing, and the glory of Jesus simply and solely sought, there extend your hand, extend your heart, breathe your blessing and your prayer.
Oh, this would be to be like Christ. And to be like Christ is grace below and glory above!
The perfect harmony of the Old and the New Testament confirms our faith in the Divine authenticity of the Scriptures.
Posted : 11 Dec, 2011 08:33 AM
Donna I am on my way out the door no time to read your whole article, I read part and the title itself makes me want to say amen amen amen, The perfect harmoneys between thold and new to me is confirmation that the Bible is divine! If all non believers in this word could just do a study on that one thing then it would be a lot harder for them not to believe! Well I know thats not true, unless the spirit draws they wont believe but man its powerful when you realize how they together are really the same story! When I realized and came to the understanding of how they work together and how there is no way man did that without God, it changed me
