Christ Came to Fulfill the Law part II

new_covenant_1_Just as we have shown that the law and grace are also found in both Old Testament and New Testament, we must emphasize now that a Christian can not restrict only to the New Testament. The Apostle Paul taught us that:  All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV)

God’s revelation we have in the New Testament is not splintered from the on received through the Old Testament, but derives from it, as a natural continuation. Everywhere in the New Testament we are reminded that the Old Testament was the Word of God. There is a continuity not only regarding the content of the two testaments, but also in the characteristics of God’s people which are found in them. Approximately two thousand years before Christ, God called Abraham and chose to turn him into a numerous people through which bestow to the world His two greatest blessings : The Scriptures and Messiah. Continue reading