I LOVE THE OLD TESTAMENT!

I LOVE THE OLD TESTAMENT!

Some people think that because I teach The New Testament that I don't like The Old Testament. That could not be farther from the truth, I love The Old Testament. I love the stories of the men and women of God.  I love to read about the creation of the world, the fall of man, and the first of everything that is. Just think the first of everything that is. The first Word of Heaven, the first Word of Earth, the first Word of the sun, the first Word of the moon, the first tree, the first bird, fish, and so on. The first man had the first surgery, the first of being put to sleep to be operated on. All of these things are by GOD, A HOLY PERFECT GOD! WOW!!! JUST WOW!!! 

The Old Testament is how the chosen people of Israel knew that there would one day come The Christ, that He would be born of a virgin, He would live and be beaten, and that He would die to Redeem the lost and dying world. The Prophets of God spoke in great detail about the people of Israel and their relationship with God, how He loves them and Commands them to keep His Law. The Law is how they knew what The Holy God required to be at Peace with Him. He told them that they would be under a curse if they did not keep it. God told them how to Atone when they broke His law. The Old Testament points to Christ The Redeemer! The imputation of His Righteousness to the people by Grace through Faith. For those who believe in The Christ to have The Eternal Life, that He created them to have before Adam and Eve sinned. The Tree Of Life was in The Garden, which is one of the most beautiful reads, so yes, I love The Old Testament.

I live and teach The New Testament because that is The arrival of The Christ, that is the fulfillment of most of the prophecies of The Old Testament. When you read The New Testament you read where Christ is born of the Virgin, how He lived the perfect life, how He was tortured as the Prophets prophesied, He died and went into Hell arose the third days, walked on this earth, ascending into the Heaven, and now is sitting on The Right Hand Of God. 

HE IS THE NEW TESTAMENT!!! 

We are Christians, not the Jewish people of Israel. We are Born Again of The Holy Spirit. We are now children of God, we are at Peace with God because of The Blood Of Jesus Christ and His Perfect Sacrifice. Our Faith that His Blood Atones and gives us remission of our sins. 

HE KEPT THE LAW OF GOD PERFECTLY, HE DID SOMETHING THAT NO MAN COULD EVER DO!!! 

We Christians live by Faith in Him alone!

Jesus said that YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN, MUST BE IS A FACT. 

YOU ARE EITHER A CHRISTIAN OR YOU ARE LOST. YOU ARE, NOT BOTH!!!

You do not slide into the flesh and back into The Spirit, you do not slide into the old nature and then slide back into The New Creature, you do not slide into the old man, and slide back into the New Man, you do not slide into sinner man and slide back into The Righteousness Of Christ. 

You Either Are, Or You Are Not, You Are Not Both!!! You are Christ's or you are not. Your Flesh Has Been Crucified With The Flesh Of Christ, Or It Has Not Died!!! 

YOU ARE JUSTIFIED, SANCTIFIED, OR YOU ARE NOT!!!

John 3:3,5-7

Jesus Answered And Said Unto Him, Verily, Verily, I Say Unto Thee, Except A Man Be Born Again, He Can not See The Kingdom Of God. [5] Jesus Answered, Verily, Verily, I Say Unto Thee, Except A Man Be Born Of Water And Of The Spirit, He Cannot Enter Into The Kingdom Of God. THAT WHICH IS BORN OF THE FLESH IS FLESH; AND THAT WHICH IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT IS SPIRIT. MARVEL NOT THAT I SAID UNTO THEE, YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN.

2 Corinthians 5:17

THEREFORE IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATURE: OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY; BEHOLD, ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW.

Romans 4:21-25 

AND BEING FULLY PERSUADED THAT, WHAT HE HAD PROMISED, HE WAS ABLE ALSO TO PERFORM. AND THEREFORE IT WAS IMPUTED TO HIM FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. NOW IT WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR HIS SAKE ALONE, THAT IT WAS IMPUTED TO HIM; BUT FOR US ALSO, TO WHOM IT SHALL BE IMPUTED, IF WE BELIEVE ON HIM THAT RAISED UP JESUS OUR LORD FROM THE DEAD; WHO WAS DELIVERED FOR OUR OFFENCES, AND WAS RAISED AGAIN FOR OUR JUSTIFICATION.

Galatians 5:24-25 

AND THEY THAT ARE CHRIST'S HAVE CRUCIFIED THE FLESH WITH THE AFFECTIONS AND LUSTS. IF WE LIVE IN THE SPIRIT, LET US ALSO WALK IN THE SPIRIT. 

LET US EVERY DAY WALK IN FAITH WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE SPIRIT, NOT SLIDING AROUND IN UNCERTAINTY!!!

JESUS IS THE SOLID ROCK THAT WE BUILD OUR FAITH ON!!!

Galatians 2:20-21

I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST: NEVERTHELESS, I LIVE; YET NOT I, BUT CHRIST LIVETH IN ME: AND THE LIFE WHICH I NOW LIVE IN THE FLESH I LIVE BY THE FAITH OF THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME, AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME. I DO NOT FRUSTRATE THE GRACE OF GOD: FOR IF RIGHTEOUSNESS COME BY THE LAW, THEN CHRIST IS DEAD IN VAIN.

GALATIANS 3:11-13 

BUT THAT NO MAN IS JUSTIFIED BY THE LAW IN THE SIGHT OF GOD, IT IS EVIDENT: FOR, THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.  AND THE LAW IS NOT OF FAITH: BUT, THE MAN THAT DOETH THEM SHALL LIVE IN THEM. CHRIST HATH REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW, BEING MADE A CURSE FOR US: FOR IT IS WRITTEN, CURSED IS EVERY ONE THAT HANGETH ON A TREE:

HEBREWS 10:38-39 

NOW THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH: BUT IF ANY MAN DRAW BACK, MY SOUL SHALL HAVE NO PLEASURE IN HIM. BUT WE ARE NOT OF THEM, WHO DRAW BACK UNTO PERDITION; BUT OF THEM THAT BELIEVE TO THE SAVING OF THE SOUL.

Donna K Purifoy

5/26/2022