I’d also like to encourage preachers and teachers to be clear and consistent on the question: "How were Old Testament believers saved?” The most common options seem to be:Click here to read the entire post.
Unless we consistently answer #4, we end up portraying heaven as not only populated by lovers of Christ, but also by legalists, ritualists, and mere theists who never knew Christ until they got there...
- They were saved by obeying the law.
- They were saved by offering sacrifices.
- They were saved by a general faith in God.
- They were saved by faith in the Messiah.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Preaching Christ from the Old Testament
The Gospel Coalition has a blog post today with cautions on how we preach Christ from the Old Testament from three men who do so wonderfully: Tim Keller, D.A. Carson and David Murray. All three had very helpful comments, but I was especially struck by some of Murray's closing words:
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