Why is there Two Testament? What are the purpose of Both? Are Christians Bound to Worship under Old Testament?

1. UNDERSTANDING
THE OLD AND THE NEW
TESTAMENT
2 Timothy 2: 15
By Tawiah Kofi (Evangelist)
Church of Christ-Osu

2. 2 Timothy 2: 15
Do your best
to present yourself to God as
one approved, a workman who
does not need to be ashamed
and who correctly handles the
word of
truth.

3. By reading the above text, we
can see that the Bible has to be
handled aright by rightly dividing
it.
This is one of the most
important subjects which can be
studied by a person wanting to

4. For example, God told Noah “Make
thee an ark of gopher wood” (Gen.
6: 14); the Israelites to march
around Jericho (Joshua 6)
If they had failed to do accordingly,
the success would have not come
–thus they “rightly divided the
truth”.

5. Too, may we observe that one of
the most fruitful causes of religious
confusion, as it exists in the world,
is a failure to rightly divide the word
of truth.
From these observations it can be
seen that this is indeed a very vital
study.

6. THE BIBLE HAS TWO GREAT
DIVISIONS
The Old Testament (2 Cor. 3:
14)
The New Testament (2 Cor. 3:
6)

7. THE TWO TESTAMENTS
CONTRASTED
The Old Testament
 Called the old (1 Cor. 3: 14)
 Called the first (Heb. 10: 9)
 Was faulty (Heb. 8: 7)
 Was glorious (2 Cor. 3: 7)
 Given to the Jews (Deut. 5: 1-
15, cf Jer. 31: 31-32)
 Contained shadows and types
Heb.10: 1; Col. 2: 14-17)
 Had the Levitical priesthood
with such priests having
infirmities and dying (Heb. 7:
11-12, 18-19,23-27)
 Offered animal sacrifices (Heb.
9:
18-22; 10: 1-4)
The New Testament
 Called the New Testament
 Called the second (Heb. 10:
9)
 Is perfect (Jas. 1: 25)
 Is more glorious (2 Cor. 3: 9,
11)
 Is universal (Mt. 28: 18-20;
Eph. 2: 11-22)
 Contains the real (Heb. 9: 24;
8:1-2 ; 10: 1-4;)
 All Christians are priests,
with Christ as our High
Priest, being perfect and
continuing forever. (Rev. 1:
5,6; 1 Peter 2:9)

8. WE ARE NOT UNDER BOTH
TESTAMENTS
 We are not under both
testaments. To attempt to be so is
to commit spiritual adultery.
(Rom. 7: 1-4).
 Two laws with different
requirements cannot be binding
upon the same people at the
same time.

9. WE ARE NOT
UNDER THE
OLD
TESTAMENT

10. REASON FOR THIS AFFIRMATION
 A study of the contrasts
between the two testament
surely proves we are not under
the Old Testament
 Ro. 6:14 makes definite
statement “Ye are not under
the law”
 We are dead to the law, Ro. 7:
1-4, 7
 That written stones (old law,
Ex. 34: 29-35) is done away, 2
Cor. 3: 6-18
 The handwriting of ordinance,
the law has been blotted out,
nailed to the cross, Col. 2:14-
17
 The priesthood having been
changed, a change of the law
was also necessary -Heb. 7:
12, 14; Jer. 31: 31-34 cf. Heb.
 The law was our schoolmaster
till faith came (Gal. 4: 21-31 cf.
Gal. 3: 26,
 To seek to be justified by it is to
fall from grace, Gal. 5: 4.
 Christ is the end of the law –
Rom 10: 4
 However, there is profit in
studying the Old Testament
(Rom. 15: 4; 1 Cor. 10: 5-11).
NB: Since the Old Testament has
been abrogated, we must not
look to it to find the answer to
the question “What must I do to
be saved?”
We must not look to the Old
Testament for the authority of
our religious practices in
worship etc.

11. WE ARE PRESENTLY UNDER THE NEW TESTAMENT

12. REASONS FOR THIS AFFIRMATION
 We are ministers of the New Testament
(2 Cor. 3:4-6)
 We are under the law of Christ (1 Cor. 9:
21)
 We are to hear Christ, God’s prophet,
rather than Moses (Mt. 17: 5 cf. Deut. 18:
15-19, Acts 3: 22-23, Heb. 1: 1-3
 Christ’s testament became operational
after His death (Heb. 9: 15-17)

13. Let us “handle aright the word of
truth” by ‘rightly dividing” it
(Jas. 2: 12; Jn. 12: 48; 2 Jn. 9)