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The Daily Blade: Joby Martin & Kyle Thompson
#21 - Joby Martin // Discovering Jesus in the Old Testament
The essence of righteousness is explored through Romans Chapter Three, emphasizing that true justification comes not from human works but is a divine gift through faith in Jesus Christ. Listeners are encouraged to appreciate the foundational importance of the Old Testament in revealing the righteousness of God and how it points to Jesus as the ultimate fulfillment of God's redemptive plan.
• Exploration of righteousness apart from the law
• The importance of the Old Testament in revealing God's character
• Overview of the Proto-Evangelion and the promise of redemption
• Examination of key Old Testament figures as foreshadowing Christ
• Biblical prophecies that highlight Christ's redemptive work
• Call to recognize the unity of the Scriptures in revealing God's righteousness
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Speaker 2:All right, welcome back to Romans, chapter three. Day one we establish that none is righteous, not one. Day two we establish that, for by works of the law, no human being will be justified in God's sight, that it's not what you do that saves you. Now we're going to get to how one is saved, Verse 21,. He says this but now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the law and the prophets bear witness to it. The righteousness of God means this Again, I mentioned it yesterday the righteousness in the book of Romans doesn't mean right activity. It means a right standing before God, and he says that this righteousness has been manifested apart from the law, although the law and prophets bear witness to it. What does this mean? Here's what this means.
Speaker 2:There is a pastor that Kyle likes to talk about a lot that very famously said that we are supposed to unhitch from the New Testament, I mean from the Old Testament. That could not be farther from the truth. You know who did not think you should unhitch from the Old Testament? The apostle Paul in Romans, chapter 3. In fact, he says that the point of the entire Old Testament is that the law that's what Moses wrote and the prophets this is what they would call the Old Testament that the law and the prophets bore witness to one thing and what the whole Old Testament was about. It was not about laws and legalism and Ten Commandments. That's not what it was ultimately about. It was all about bearing witness to this righteousness of God being manifested apart from the law. In other words, all of the Old Testament pointed to the coming of the one that would die in our place and if we put our faith in him, that we could be made righteous with God the next two days. This is what we're gonna talk about how one is made right with God. But don't miss this In the beginning, when God creates everything that is, he says it's good.
Speaker 2:But then he decides to create an image bearer of himself. He gathers together the dust of the ground, he breathes the ruach of life into the very first man, and then that man becomes a living creature and he is in a face-to-face relationship with the almighty God. And that's what every single one of us were created for. That's why you have this yearning, and the temporary things of this world just cannot fully and finally satisfy, because you and I were made for God. And then he says it's not good for man to be alone. He puts him asleep. When he wakes up, there's his naked wife next to him and he says whoa man, she is with me and they are in a perfect relationship with God in a perfect place called Eden. It goes incredibly well in my Bible for about a half a page.
Speaker 2:And then Adam and Eve man and woman sin against an almighty God and because God is just, all, sin must be paid for. But before God kicks Adam and Eve out of the garden, two things happen. One is he makes them a promise. It's called the Proto-Evangelion. This is in Genesis, chapter three. He says Eve, I'm going to put enmity between your offspring and this enemy, this devil, this Satan, this serpent, and there will come a day when somebody from your line will show up on the scene and this enemy will bruise his heel and in so doing he will get his head crushed. This is the Old Testament, the law and the prophets bearing witness to this righteousness that's going to be manifested. Apart from the law and the prophets, adam and Eve get kicked out of the garden. God makes a covering for them and, for the first time in human history, the blood of an animal is shed for the covering of sin. This is the Old Testament, pointing to the coming Messiah.
Speaker 2:Then a series of things happened. Everything from Noah's Ark to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob are all pointing to the person and work of Jesus. We could talk about Abraham going on the mountain to sacrifice Isaac. That points to Jesus. We could talk about the temple system that is set up in Deuteronomy and Leviticus, where the blood of a lamb is shed every year to cover the sins of the Jewish people until the next year. This is pointing to the person and work of Jesus. We could talk about the major prophets, like Isaiah, that says that he will be pierced for our transgressions, that by his stripes we will be healed. We could talk about the minor prophets, like Malachi, that says the son of righteousness is coming with healing in his wings.
Speaker 2:In other words, whatever you do, do not unhitch from the Old Testament. Why? Because all of the law, all of the prophets, all of the Old Testament bears witness to this coming righteousness of God that will be manifested. His name is Jesus and on the day John the Baptist was standing out in the Jordan and his cousin Jesus shows up on the scene and John the baptizer says behold, here he is, guys, the Lamb of God who's come to take away the sin of the entire world. Here's what I need you to know and do. Jesus is on every page of the Bible. As you study the Bible whether it's personally or in a group, or you're in a sermon at church, whatever it is you look for the reality of how the Old Testament, the law and the prophets point to this righteousness that comes from God.
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