I like the concept
of Red Letter Christians; taking the words of Jesus as a guide for living. But I believe in order to truly know Jesus,
one has to know the full counsel of God, for that is who he is. To understand Jesus as the fulfillment of the
Law and Prophets, one has to know and understand the Law and the Prophets. Jesus fulfilled them. He did not replace them.
The whole Bible
from beginning to end will manifest Jesus, who is himself the Alpha and
Omega. To neglect the conflict in the
Old Testament because it doesn’t meet with one’s sensibilities or concept of
God is to miss the full meaning and substance of Jesus and of God. The Old Testament speaks to the consequences
of people not doing well and suffering the result of the sin that was crouching
at the door waiting to devour them, just as God spoke to Cain as a
warning. The Old Testament also speaks
of the drive and desire of God who loves His people and rescues them again, and
again, and again; eventually sending His own Son to die on a cross to rescue
them once and for all.
Without all of
that knowledge and background Jesus just becomes a good teacher with some good
ideas on living life.
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