The Holy Scriptures: Commandments Keepers

The Holy Scriptures

(Romans 15:4) "For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope."

Many people think that Jesus teachings are only written in the New Testament, but if we read the following scriptures, we'll know the truth.

In the Gospel of Luke, (Luke 24:25-27), it is written: "Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself."

When Jesus spoke these words, only the "Old Testament" was around and is known as the Torah. Jesus always quoted the Old Testament.

Written in the Gospel of Mark, Jesus speaks of the Holy Scriptures:

(Mark 12:24-27) "And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the Scriptures, neither the power of God? And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err." Jesus was quoting from the Torah in Exodus 3:6.

This next verses Jesus quotes are written in Deuteronomy 6:4 and Leviticus 19:18.

(Mark 12:28-31) "And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these."

And also in the Gospel of Matthew Jesus speaks of the writings of the Torah:

(Matthew 22:42-45) "Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? If David then call him, Lord, how is he his son?" This is written in Psalms 110:1.

In the Gospel of John, the writer speaks of Jesus as "The Word":

(John 1:1-3) "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made."

(John 1:10-12) "He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:"

(John 1:14) "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."

If Jesus is the Word and full of grace and truth, then:

(2 Timothy 3:16-17) "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works."

(Proverbs 30:5) "Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him."

So if we truly wish to learn the will of God, we must search both the Old and the New Testaments.