You all know the old pass it around illustration. Whisper a message into the ear of the person next to you, they whisper into the ear of the one next to them. This continues down the line and when it comes out the last person is asked, what was the message you received? Not to anyone’s surprise, it is different than when it was first spoken.
The church of Christ is accused of “Not believing in the Old Testament”. Not believing that it is inspired by God. That is simply not true, but the message is passed around by most denominations, and people who, never bother to ask a member of the church, “Is is true that the church of Christ doesn’t believe in the Old Testament?”
If you were to ask, the answer would be, of course we believe in the Old Testament, and we believe it is just as God breathed, inspired, as the New Testament. Paul said of this, “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope” (Romans 15:4), and ” 15 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for [a]instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for [a]instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:15-17).
So, of course we believe both the old and the new testaments are inspired.
What also believe is what we’ve learned from the scripture that the Old Covenant was replaced by the New Covenant. “In that He says, “ A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.” (Hebrews 8:13). We are under a new law with our new High Priest Jesus Hebrews 9:11, and He is the Mediator of the new covenant (9:15).
Listen as this lesson expounds on the truth concerning the differences…