1. God is the creator of all things visible and invisible. (Colossians 1.16) 2. When Gid made the first human being, Adam, he put him in The Garden of Eden and gave him a single law: “The Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every fruit of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day you eat of it you shall surely die.”” (Genesis 2.16) 3. But the first man did not keep God’s law and, as a result, earned the curse of suffering and death. (Genesis 3) 4. The curse of suffering and death goes on to affect the descendants of Adam and Eve since mankind inherits her nature from him. (Romans 5.14) 5. Practically, once a person fails to do what God commands he becomes a child of Satan. (1 John 3.8). 6. If he turns from the sin, repent, and turns back to God, he becomes, once more, the child of God. (Mathew 3.2) 7. To receive forgiveness for sins, a price is required since the Word of God states that “The soul th...
Purpose Very commonly Christians, when they talk about The Old Testament & The New Testament, tend to not really differentiate between the two, but see them as equally valid instructions while at the same time saying they are different. My aim is to provide an accurate perspective of what the Old Testament & The New Testament are in relation to each other and how they can be understood taken together. Introduction The Holy Bible is divided into two main sections or books: The Old Testament & The New Testament. These two books are related. At the same time, they are not the same. Each serve a different but connected purpose in the plan of God for human beings. What is The Old Testament Sometime in the course of human history, after people have been on this earth for a few generations, God, the creator of Heaven and Earth, came to Abraham. God spoke to him: “”God had told Abram, “Leave your own country behind you, and your own people, and ...