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Intro
5 12 5 5 12
How relevant is the Old Testament?
Did God mess up in the OT and make a NT?
No relevance?
No Jesus?
Story of Yisrael Cohen
How on earth?
Israel wept himself to sleep, asking God for forgiveness in Jesus
Body
Is the OT the messup?
Misunderstanding of purpose - ours and theirs
What’s different from now till then?
Circumstances
Is this still true today, 2600 years later?
Fall is still true today
Is this still true today?
Still in need of a Savior
Purpose: Glorify God by enjoying Him forever
What’s a covenant?
A binding agreement using blood
What are some covenants that are in the Bible?
Why?
Moving people towards the purpose of relationship
Lottery
Lottery
28, 30, 39, 59 and 70, plus Mega Ball 10, $450m
Odds: 1/292m
Why is it so popular?
We hunger for grace
Street preachers
pro-life vs. pro choice
We constantly feel condemned from our mistakes
Why are others so mean?
Why are we mean?
Can’t give what you don’t have
We want life change
Everyone wants a quick fix because working has no guarantee
Brian’s truck and $1500
Humanity is the same 4000BC till now
Jesus supplies grace in OT!
Promised freedom
Many more examples
Jesus is our lottery ticket that won!
Odds of lottery, 1/292m
Over 450 specific prophecies of Messiah
God wanted to communicate hope for His people, and He would do the hope Himself
Covenant
Odds of Jesus fulfilling prophecies?
Guess?
10 major prophecies is 10^17
50 major prophecies is 10^257
Let’s break up into groups
Piece OT prophecies together
Discuss Questions
Conclusion
Thomas Jefferson & Today
TJ cut parts of Bible out
Can’t do because it’s God’s Word ()
We do that by our actions sometimes
My wife and dishes
Knowing my wife, knowing Jesus
We can know God more through OT
Experiencing new life through Jesus, our lottery ticket
Learning about God’s character
Enjoying who God is—glorifying Him!
What would you die for?
Jesus died for you
He knows what you’re going through/temptation
Fear/shame
Temptation/identity
rejection
Sinless, eternal, generous
You die for what your soul enjoys most
What does that say about how Jesus feels about you?
Worship and enjoy Him!
(Worship group time)
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