Daily Word

For what ever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope. Romans 15:4. It is basic NT teaching that OT scriptures were written by divine inspiration for the benefit of Christians. Paul expresses confidence that all of the OT was written down for the instruction and encouragement of God’s people, thus indirectly implying that all words of the OT are words of God, words that He wisely directed to be written not only for His purposes at the time they were written but also for later centuries. We cannot have a clear understanding of NT scriptures without understanding and applying that of OT scriptures. Everyone who tries will eventually fail because there is nothing partial in God. God is a God of completion and without the OT the NT cannot be completed. How often do you apply OT with NT understanding?