New Year, New Testament Challenge.

New Year, New Testament Challenge. 

I have heard of different types of challenges, SO THIS ONE IS TO READ ~ONLY~ THE NEW TESTAMENT OF THE BIBLE. 

THIS WHOLE YEAR READ ONLY THE NEW TESTAMENT!

(With a small exception. 

When you come across a reference to an Old Testament Scripture you can look that ONE Scripture up, but only when you come across it in The New Testament).

This Is A New Year, So A New Challenge, Get To Know Jesus Christ More Intimately.

It is called The New Year because the old year has vanished away. The Bible is divided into two parts because The Old Testament is in the past. Some people may wonder why I teach the same thing over and over, it is because I want you to know more about Jesus Christ and His Perfect Sacrifice. I want us all to know more about our Savior. 

I can teach about Joshua and the battle of Jericho, Gideon, and even David, all were Godly men, who were all looking forward to their Savior. Why would I teach about the men who have died and were buried, when I can teach about the God that raised them? Why would I teach how they lived when I can tell you JESUS IS ALIVE? Why would I teach about men that broke The Righteousness Of The Law, when I can tell you JESUS CHRIST IS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW?  Those men broke The Law, but JESUS CHRIST KEPT THE LAW PERFECTLY, FOR YOU. 

I do love The Old Testament and the old stories, but I LOVE AND I LIVE IN THE NEW. THE NEW, IS WHO WE ARE! WE HAVE A NEW SPIRIT. WE ARE NEW CREATURES WITH NEW MINDS. WE HAVE A NEW LIFE WITH A NEW HOPE.

The men of The Old Testament wanted God to clean their hearts and create a right spirit in them, Psalm 51:10

Create In Me A Clean Heart, O God; And Renew A Right Spirit Within Me. 

In The New Testament, we have The Spirit of Christ. 

Romans 8:9 

But Ye Are Not In The Flesh, But In The Spirit, If So Be That The Spirit Of God Dwell In You. Now If Any Man Have Not The Spirit Of Christ, He Is None Of His.

The Old Testament men Asked God not to take His Spirit from them. 

Psalm 51:11 

Cast Me Not Away From Thy Presence, And Take Not Thy Holy Spirit From Me.

The New Testament says we are sealed by The Holy Spirit unto the day of redemption. 

Ephesians 4:30 

And Grieve Not The Holy Spirit Of God, Whereby Ye Are Sealed Unto The Day Of Redemption.

Jesus Christ Is The New Testament And The New Covenant, The Old Is Vanished Away.

Matthew 26:28 

For This Is My Blood Of THE NEW TESTAMENT, Which Is Shed For Many For The Remission Of Sins.

2 Corinthians 3:6-7 

Who Also Hath Made Us Able Ministers Of THE NEW TESTAMENT; Not Of The Letter, But Of The Spirit: For The Letter Killeth, But THE SPIRIT GIVETH LIFE. But If The Ministration Of Death, Written And Engraven In Stones, Was Glorious, So That The Children Of Israel Could Not Stedfastly Behold The Face Of Moses For The Glory Of His Countenance; Which Glory Was To Be Done Away:

Hebrews 9:15 

And For This Cause He Is The Mediator Of THE NEW TESTAMENT, That By Means Of Death, For The Redemption Of The Transgressions THAT WERE UNDER THE FIRST TESTAMENT, They Which Are Called Might Receive The Promise Of Eternal Inheritance.

Hebrews 8:13 

In That He Saith, A NEW COVENANT, HE HATH MADE THE FIRST OLD. NOW THAT WHICH DECAYETH AND WAXETH OLD IS READY TO VANISH AWAY.

Hebrews 12:24 

And To Jesus The Mediator Of THE NEW COVENANT, And To The Blood Of Sprinkling, That Speaketh BETTER THINGS Than That Of Abel.

1 JOHN 5:13

THESE THINGS HAVE I WRITTEN UNTO YOU THAT BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD; THAT YE MAY KNOW THAT YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, AND THAT YE MAY BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD.

LIVE IN THE NEW AND IN THE BETTER THINGS!

Donna K Purifoy 

1/1/2023