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Some read the Old Testament as so much primitive groping and guesswork, which the New Testament sweeps away. But “God … spoke through the prophets” (Hebrews 1:1), of whom Moses was the greatest (see Deuteronomy 34:10–12); and his Commandments, given through Moses, set a moral and spiritual standard for living which is not superseded, but carries God’s authority FOREVER. Note that Jesus’ twofold law of love, summarizing the Commandments, comes from Moses’ own God-taught elaboration of them (for that is what the Pentateuchal law-codes are). “Love your God” is from Deuteronomy 6:5, “love your neighbor” from Leviticus 19:18. It cannot be too much stressed that Old Testament moral teaching (as distinct from the Old Testament revelation of grace) is NOT INFERIOR to that of the New Testament, let alone the conventional standards of our time. -J.I. Packer, Growing in Christ
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 08:14:04 +0000

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