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Is it spiritually necessary for a Christian to read the whole Old Testament?
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<blockquote data-quote="ToBeLoved" data-source="post: 68935897" data-attributes="member: 345030"><p>I never recommend to a new believer or someone seeking Jesus Christ to start with the Old Testament.</p><p></p><p>First and foremost because the Old Testament contains the Old Covenant. The Old Covenant was a specific covenant made with a specific people, the Hebrews. The Old Covenant can be thought of as the 10 commandments for simplicity's sake. However, with the Old Covenant if you broke one commandment, you broke all of them. That was the issue before Jesus Christ came and died for all sin. So Jesus could conquer sin and then forgive us our sins. Give us His righteousness.</p><p></p><p>So, the Old Testament and the New Testament are very different.</p><p></p><p>I would recommend ALWAYS starting in the New Testament because this gives us a clear understanding of who we are NOW in Jesus Christ. Because it is a huge difference. </p><p></p><p>To put the New Testament in some perspective, this is the shortened overview:</p><p></p><p>* Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are the gospels that are about Jesus life and death.</p><p>* Acts is an overview of what the apostles did after Jesus death</p><p>* The <u>Pauline Epistles</u> written by Paul were to t<u>he churches he started, after he left when there were issues that arose, these were the letters he wrote to them.</u> </p><p> </p><p> Romans to the church at Rome</p><p> 1 & 2 Corinthians to the church at Corinth</p><p> Phillipians to the church at Phillipi</p><p> Galatians to the church of Galatia</p><p> Ephesians the church at Ephesus</p><p> Colossians to the church at Colossae</p><p> 1 & 2 Thessalonians to the church at Thessalonica</p><p></p><p>* There are three other Epistles that are called <u>Pastoral Epistles</u></p><p></p><p> 1 & 2 Timothy</p><p> Titus</p><p></p><p>* <u>General Epistles</u></p><p></p><p> Hebrews</p><p> James</p><p> 1 & 2 Peter</p><p> 1 & 2 & 3 John</p><p> Jude</p><p></p><p>* Revelation is a book about the future that was written by John. Very hard to understand.</p><p></p><p>I recommend reading starting with the Gospels, then Acts, then the Pauline Epistles, followed by the Pastoral Epistles, then the General Epistles.</p><p></p><p>Then I would read the Old Testament.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ToBeLoved, post: 68935897, member: 345030"] I never recommend to a new believer or someone seeking Jesus Christ to start with the Old Testament. First and foremost because the Old Testament contains the Old Covenant. The Old Covenant was a specific covenant made with a specific people, the Hebrews. The Old Covenant can be thought of as the 10 commandments for simplicity's sake. However, with the Old Covenant if you broke one commandment, you broke all of them. That was the issue before Jesus Christ came and died for all sin. So Jesus could conquer sin and then forgive us our sins. Give us His righteousness. So, the Old Testament and the New Testament are very different. I would recommend ALWAYS starting in the New Testament because this gives us a clear understanding of who we are NOW in Jesus Christ. Because it is a huge difference. To put the New Testament in some perspective, this is the shortened overview: * Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are the gospels that are about Jesus life and death. * Acts is an overview of what the apostles did after Jesus death * The [U]Pauline Epistles[/U] written by Paul were to t[U]he churches he started, after he left when there were issues that arose, these were the letters he wrote to them.[/U] Romans to the church at Rome 1 & 2 Corinthians to the church at Corinth Phillipians to the church at Phillipi Galatians to the church of Galatia Ephesians the church at Ephesus Colossians to the church at Colossae 1 & 2 Thessalonians to the church at Thessalonica * There are three other Epistles that are called [U]Pastoral Epistles[/U] 1 & 2 Timothy Titus * [U]General Epistles[/U] Hebrews James 1 & 2 Peter 1 & 2 & 3 John Jude * Revelation is a book about the future that was written by John. Very hard to understand. I recommend reading starting with the Gospels, then Acts, then the Pauline Epistles, followed by the Pastoral Epistles, then the General Epistles. Then I would read the Old Testament. [/QUOTE]
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