A relative of mine, in a discussion stated that “they do not believe in the Old Testament but do believe in the New Testament and in Jesus Christ”. This sounds illogical and incomprehensible, but to the individual, it makes perfect sense. Apparently, many of us chose which parts of the Scriptures we believe, and which parts seems farfetched and have no basis in reality as we know. This speaks to the amount of faith; an individual is given by God.
As far as this publication is concerned, I am yet to be confronted by any Scripture text from the New Testament, that is not based on the Old Testament. Case in point is the commandment given to us by our Lord Jesus Christ in the gospel of Mathew 23:9; Do not call anyone on earth [who guides you spiritually] your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
Is this a new commandment from our Lord God? Or does it have roots in the Old Testament? Well, the answer to that question with regards to whether it is a new commandment or not, can be illuminated by delving into the Old Testament, specifically the book of Ezekiel 18:3-4; “As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel. For everyone belongs to me, the parent as well as the child—both alike belong to me.
The truth of the matter is that everything our Lord God declared through the mouth of His prophets and chosen men and women, in the Old Testament, were re-stated, or were executed, or was done in physical reality, in the New Testament: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. There is or was no new commandment from our Lord God, in the New Testament.
