Should We Use the OLD TESTAMENT? - Herbert W Armstrong - September-October 1982

Herbert W Armstrong

Jesus commanded: "Man shall live by every word of God." How can we prove that he included the Old Testament in that command? - that he meant all the Bible? Did you ever observe people going to Sunday school or church on a Sunday morning? And did you ever notice what a large portion of them - if they carry any Scriptures with them at all - have merely a New Testament? A young man who had been a student in a Bible college for a couple of years once came to me and confessed: "I'm all mixed up frustrated! After all my Bible study, I suddenly woke up to realize that I'm not sure that the Jesus of Nazareth, who lived 1,900 years ago, really was the CHRIST! "I've heard you say over the air that we must PROVE all things even what we have thought that we believed. Suddenly I woke up," he confessed, "to realize that I never actually PROVED that Jesus was the promised Messiah! That realization FLOORS me. I'm totally FRUSTRATED. "Tell me," he said earnestly, "How can I prove it? - How can I KNOW? How can I BE SURE?" - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library