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Why Read the Old Testament? |
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Written by Paul Anderson-Walsh
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Thursday, 09 October 2008 |
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Like most new believers, when I first became a Christian I decided that wanted to read the bible for myself so I asked someone in my church where I should begin. The advice I received surprised me. “Oh” said one person “Don’t worry about the Old Testament just read the New Testament start in Matthew and read through to the end.”
I couldn’t understand why there should be 39 redundant books in the bible. Putting that to one side I set about my task of reading the New Testament. Towards the end of the book of Romans I came across a verse that changed the way confirmed my suspicion that these 39 books were in the bible for a good reason:
Romans 15:4
“For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.”  Be first to comment this article |  Add as favourites (96) |  Quote this article on your site | Views: 2980
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