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Unchained: The Freeing Power of the Resurrection
2 Kings 5:1-17
Bob Ingle
There is a very important hermeneutical principle that should be heeded. No matter what you're reading in Scripture find Jesus & the Gospel. We tend to find ourselves and how we fit first. Like a picture. We look for ourselves first. If we don't look good, the whole picture stinks!
We tend to do the same with Scripture. If we can't find ourselves, or if it doesn't suit our liking, we tend to discard it or ignore it. You might say, 'Well, what about the Old Testament? Jesus and the Gospel are in the New Testament." Remember, the bible says Jesus was 'crucified from the beginning of the world'. That means before the world was created, God knew the damage, death, and destruction our sin would cause, yet He created the world anyway. Why? Because He had a plan to save the world before He even created it. He would send His Son. The Gospel was God's plan to save the world before He ever created it. Jesus and the Gospel not only shows up on the pages of the New Testament, but in the Old Testament as well. God gives us the promise of His Son in Genesis 3. Then He gives us pictures (or types) of His Son throughout. But if you divorce or detach the Gospel from the Old Testament, lots of the stories make little sense.
For instance, take the flood story. Detach it from the Gospel and God looks like a crazy, vengeful God who throws a tantrum. Not so. When you understand it through the lens of the gospel, you see that God punishes sin and unrepentant sinners, but provides a way of escape for those who will believe and obey. God provided one way to be saved from the coming judgment. An Ark. Believe what God says, get on the ark that has one door, and be saved. This is God's grace. Sin must be judged, but sinners can be saved...God's way. Sound familiar. That ark is an Old Testament picture of the New Testament Christ.
There are many, many stor ...
Unchained: The Freeing Power of the Resurrection
2 Kings 5:1-17
Bob Ingle
There is a very important hermeneutical principle that should be heeded. No matter what you're reading in Scripture find Jesus & the Gospel. We tend to find ourselves and how we fit first. Like a picture. We look for ourselves first. If we don't look good, the whole picture stinks!
We tend to do the same with Scripture. If we can't find ourselves, or if it doesn't suit our liking, we tend to discard it or ignore it. You might say, 'Well, what about the Old Testament? Jesus and the Gospel are in the New Testament." Remember, the bible says Jesus was 'crucified from the beginning of the world'. That means before the world was created, God knew the damage, death, and destruction our sin would cause, yet He created the world anyway. Why? Because He had a plan to save the world before He even created it. He would send His Son. The Gospel was God's plan to save the world before He ever created it. Jesus and the Gospel not only shows up on the pages of the New Testament, but in the Old Testament as well. God gives us the promise of His Son in Genesis 3. Then He gives us pictures (or types) of His Son throughout. But if you divorce or detach the Gospel from the Old Testament, lots of the stories make little sense.
For instance, take the flood story. Detach it from the Gospel and God looks like a crazy, vengeful God who throws a tantrum. Not so. When you understand it through the lens of the gospel, you see that God punishes sin and unrepentant sinners, but provides a way of escape for those who will believe and obey. God provided one way to be saved from the coming judgment. An Ark. Believe what God says, get on the ark that has one door, and be saved. This is God's grace. Sin must be judged, but sinners can be saved...God's way. Sound familiar. That ark is an Old Testament picture of the New Testament Christ.
There are many, many stor ...
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