Rightly Dividing the Word

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Rightly Dividing the Word
Contrasting the Old Testament with the New
Testament
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Rightly Dividing the Word

• The need to correctly understand the Scriptures
  (Eph. 519)
• MUST recognize the Bibles two main
  divisions--the OLD and NEW Testaments.
• Differences between the OLD and NEW Covenants

2 Timothy 215 Be diligent to present yourself
approved to God, a worker who does not need to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
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Rightly Dividing the Word
The Old and New Testaments Contrasted

• In description
• Law giver - officers and tabernacle
• Power
• Blessings and promises
• Purpose
• Effective time period

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The Old and New Testaments Contrasted
In Description
New
Old
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The Old and New Testaments Contrasted
New
Law Giver - Officers Tabernacle
Old
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The Old and New Testaments Contrasted
In Its Power
New
Old
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The Old and New Testaments Contrasted
In Blessings Promises
New
Old
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The Old and New Testaments Contrasted
In Purpose
New
Old
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New
In Effective Time Period
Old
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Rightly Dividing the Word
The Old and New Testaments Contrasted

• In description
• Law giver - officers and tabernacle
• Power
• Blessings and promises
• Purpose
• Effective time period

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Rightly Dividing the Word
The Old and New Testaments Contrasted
Hebrews 11-2 God, who at various times and in
various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by
the prophets, has in these last days spoken to
us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all
things, through whom also He made the worlds.