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Mirror Christianity and the Man who built his house on Sa...
4 years ago
Today, me and my parents were having our evening family time, when my dad had mentioned something that he had heard on one of his favorite podcasts. The clip was about a new thing that the new churches are doing. Which is called Mirror Christianity, where they are ONLY teaching about the New Testament. And completely removing the Old Testament as if it wasn't even PART OF THE Bible.
When I heard this, my jaw just dropped! How can you truly teach a new comer, who has never heard the gospel or heard about Jesus WITHOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT?!
Completely removing the teaching of the Old Testament would leave the new comers with more questions than answers.
Like for example: Who is Jesus, Why did he had to die on the Cross, What is the point of the Cross, Where or How Miracles Happen? Who is God, What causes the Weather, Where did People or ANIMALS came from? And many MANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
Basically, without the Old Testament, YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE THE BIBLE AT ALL.
It would be like me, picking up a mystery novel and going into the very end of the book. Just completely ignore the rest of the book.
Without reading the whole book, I wouldn't have a understanding what happened in the beginning, who are the characters, who caused the crime and how really the story of detective on how he solved it.
Then something came to mind. It was actually a clip from a old tv show done by Focus on the Family. The series is called: The Story Keepers. In the 5th Episode called Sink of Swim, Where in the story, the main character, Ben the Baker was talking to his family about the time that Jesus was doing his Sermon on the Mount. And the parable that Jesus was teaching was: About the Man who built his house on the Rock and the Man who built his house on the Sand.
Matthew 7:24-27
The man who built his house on the rock, created a strong foundation and when winter came and the rain fell, the man's house was safe and stood firm. But, the man who built his house on the sand, when winter came and storm floods rose, the water eroded the sand away and the man's house came crashing down with a thunderous crash!
So, like the man who built his house on the sand, WITHOUT A STRONG FOUNDATION, teaching ONLY the New Testament IS A COMPLETE DISASTER and but, also FOOLISH. The Bible wouldn't EXIST without the Old Testament and NOONE would truly know what the Bible as a WHOLE really is or HOW to really teach the Gospel or the true history of what Jesus did for us, Why GOD gave his is one and only Son, and many MANY OTHER questions that someone might have.
When I heard this, my jaw just dropped! How can you truly teach a new comer, who has never heard the gospel or heard about Jesus WITHOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT?!
Completely removing the teaching of the Old Testament would leave the new comers with more questions than answers.
Like for example: Who is Jesus, Why did he had to die on the Cross, What is the point of the Cross, Where or How Miracles Happen? Who is God, What causes the Weather, Where did People or ANIMALS came from? And many MANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
Basically, without the Old Testament, YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE THE BIBLE AT ALL.
It would be like me, picking up a mystery novel and going into the very end of the book. Just completely ignore the rest of the book.
Without reading the whole book, I wouldn't have a understanding what happened in the beginning, who are the characters, who caused the crime and how really the story of detective on how he solved it.
Then something came to mind. It was actually a clip from a old tv show done by Focus on the Family. The series is called: The Story Keepers. In the 5th Episode called Sink of Swim, Where in the story, the main character, Ben the Baker was talking to his family about the time that Jesus was doing his Sermon on the Mount. And the parable that Jesus was teaching was: About the Man who built his house on the Rock and the Man who built his house on the Sand.
Matthew 7:24-27
The man who built his house on the rock, created a strong foundation and when winter came and the rain fell, the man's house was safe and stood firm. But, the man who built his house on the sand, when winter came and storm floods rose, the water eroded the sand away and the man's house came crashing down with a thunderous crash!
So, like the man who built his house on the sand, WITHOUT A STRONG FOUNDATION, teaching ONLY the New Testament IS A COMPLETE DISASTER and but, also FOOLISH. The Bible wouldn't EXIST without the Old Testament and NOONE would truly know what the Bible as a WHOLE really is or HOW to really teach the Gospel or the true history of what Jesus did for us, Why GOD gave his is one and only Son, and many MANY OTHER questions that someone might have.
Well said. Thanks for sharing this with us!
And that is soooo true. Without the right ingredient or right measurements, the food won't come out complete at all, just like if you didn't teach the Bible as a whole.
And thank you, Todd! And your very welcome!