A Biblical Vision, Part I: Mastering the Old Testament Witness to Christ

Ses s i on 2: Promi se and Fu l f i l lment i n the Ol d Tes tament ’ s Wi tnes s to Chr i s t 35

3. Do you understand how Jesus is foreshadowed in the entire Old Testament , not merely in those texts which speak of him directly in prophecy and promise?

4. What habit of studying the Old Testament most interferes with your ability to read and understand it from a Christocentric vantage point?

5. How can this motif of promise and fulfillment begin to impact your ability to read and study the Old Testament profitably?

B. Connection to your ministry in the city and the Church

1. What part does the Old Testament currently play in my preaching and teaching ministry in the Church, and with unbelievers?

2. How can this idea of promise and fulfillment change the way in which I use both the New Testament and the Old Testament?

3. How might this teaching suggest I change the way in which I teach and preach the person of Jesus to those who are outsiders ?

4. Is it ever appropriate to refer to the Old Testament with no reference whatever to its relationship to Jesus of Nazareth in the New? Explain.

5. Why does this lesson suggest that no full knowledge of Jesus is possible that ignores or under uses the Old Testament to explain both his person and his work?