Picturing Theology, Revised Edition

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Degrees of Authority Given to Fruit of Christocentric Use of the Old Testament Rev. Dr. Don L. Davis

The Old Testament correlates with the New Testament, and through the aid of the Holy Spirit and the test of Scripture we may explore these connections between the people, events, and happenings of the Old Testament so as to understand how they testify of and foreshadow the Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth.

Unbiblical

Plausible

Persuasive

Binding

What is biblically provable

Denial of Scripture

What is held by Christians

Heresy

Everywhere

Denial of historic orthodoxy

At all times

Errors to avoid:

In all places

1. Assuming that no correlations are present 2. Assuming that something is there, but we can’t see it 3. Assuming that something is there, I can see it, but I need not prove my associations

Hebrews 5:11-14; 1 Thessalonians 5:21; John 7:24; Isaiah 8:19-29