As I was flipping through my Bible and meditating on some verses, I went from Old Testament to New Testament and back and forth. As I read scriptures, I began to see something...something I maybe always knew but never really noticed.
The Old Testament is my history, my past, my old self. As Gideon struggled to believe God, I struggle with that too. As David went through ups and downs with his struggle against sin and disbelief and spoke truth to himself, I have had to do the same. As Job faced so many trials but still tried his best to still Trust God and not lose faith even with everyone telling him to curse God, I face that in our world today. The struggle to overcome sin, the struggle between flesh and spirit, the agony. The battle that rages between the old self and new self. The doubts that come. The Old Testament reminds me of my struggle and my old self.
In the New Testament, while it still addresses the struggle between flesh and spirit, there are no excuses! The New testament tells me what I need to do to change, and what I was created to be, and how I can trust God more. It is my goal, my direction and my hope. It teaches me to keep going! Not because I am perfect or without sin, but because Jesus is. The old me no longer has a hold of me because Jesus broke the chains, and now I have a responsibility to follow God's ways.
The Old testament and commandments teach us that we need Jesus, we can't follow God's laws on our own, our flesh is weak. But then it transforms in the New testament where we can now be considered righteous because Jesus paid our debt and He makes us able to follow God through His Holy Spirit dwelling in us. Now, we can follow God's Word.
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have not come to abolish them, I have come to fulfill them." Matthew 5:17
"Do we then, nullify the Law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law" Romans 3:31
"Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe." Galatians 3:21-22
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I'd like to take a moment to say that all of God's Word is applicable today, if it were not, He would not have put it in there. Whether we are studying the history of the world and our people or taking in once again the need for Jesus, all of God's Word is for this day and age. Jesus paid for our sins therefore we no longer need rituals to pay for our sins, or sacrifices, but all of the Word still stands. And for me being a Christian and lover of God, I desire to follow the Whole Word of God, not just the chunks that make me feel better. I may stumble in trying to follow it, but it is still my desire, as I believe it should be the desire of every believer.
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