Psalm 10:16-18

Psalm 10:16-18 (NLT) The LORD is king forever and ever! The godless nations will vanish from the land. LORD, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them. You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so mere people can no longer terrify them. I recently heard someone say that the Old Testament is old and out of date for our times. The stories are only stories and we should only preach the New Testament. Can you imagine how much of our preaching would be cut out? The creation truth, the wonderful encouragement we receive from the Psalms, the incredible wisdom from Proverbs, the love story from Song of Solomon, the family difficulties, the wonderful story of David and Goliath and on and on. The prophecies about the Lord Jesus were validated with fulfillment in the New Testament recordings. How could we know the significance of the cross if we had no collection of the prophecy of Isaiah 53, He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities… the chastisement of our peace is upon Him and with His stripes we are healed…” The Old and New testaments compliment each other and without either, you only get a part truth. I was encouraged by my devotional reading from the Psalm above. WOW! In the Old Testament, I understand the person of the Father. In the NT I understand the Persons of Christ and the Holy Spirit. I want to know the whole deal – How about you?

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