Why The Old Testament Is Important Today
1. The OT teaches us more about Jesus
2. The OT prophecies are objective proof that the Bible is God’s word
3. The OT provides examples for us
Jesus said … "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me.
1. The OT teaches us more about Jesus
2. The OT prophecies are objective proof that the Bible is God’s word
3. The OT provides examples for us
What is a Prophet? Prophets were Holy Men 2Pe 1:20-21
What did Prophets do? Act 7:35-37; Neh 9:13-14
The Church is built upon such men 1Co 12:27-28; Eph 2:19-20
What is Prophecy?
Prophecy Is gift Rom 12:4-6
What is Prophesy good for? 2Ch 15:1-8; 1Co 14:3-4
Despising Prophecy/sying Instruction on Assembling 1Co 14:26-33; 1Co 14:39-40
Prophecy to pass away Zec 13:1-3; 1Co 13:8-10; Jas 1:25
LESSONS
This lesson will be about excitement!
In the days of those kings, God will set up a kingdom. Daniel chapter 2 verse 44
Daniel was carried into exile to Babylon about 605 BC (Dan. 1:1-7; 2:25b).
Why should we follow Jesus?
Why not follow Confucius, or Buddha, or Muhammad?
One of the reasons why we should follow Jesus, rather than Confucius or Buddha or Muhammad, is our lesson for today:
Some of the many prophecies concerning Jesus in contrast to no prophecies concerning others.
The prophet Jeremiah lived before and through the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians in 586 B.C.
One of Jeremiah’s many prophecies before that disaster is as follows:
1. The promise of the new covenant (vv. 31, 32)
2. Some of the provisions of the new covenant (vv. 33, 34)
In the midst of their despair, the two halves of Ezekiel 37 contain:
What kind of covenant would be made?