A Biblical Vision, Part II: Mastering the New Testament Witness to Christ

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A B i b l i ca l Vi s i on, Par t I I : Mas ter i ng the New Tes tament Wi tnes s to Chr i s t

c. He claimed that all written about himself in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms (i.e., the Old Testament) must be fulfilled, Luke 24.44 – Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” d. Searching the Scriptures should end in himself, John 5.39-40 – You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, [40] yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.

e. The words of the Psalms are ascribed to Messiah himself, Ps. 40, Heb. 10.7 – Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’

2. The Bible must be properly interpreted if we are to understand its meaning in the correct way.

a. Not merely according to tradition

b. Not simply according to grammar and rules of language, philology, and the tools of textual and linguistic study

c. Not only according to logic and reason

d. Not simply according to the bounds of the possible as defined by scientific inquiry and methodologies