Today I want to point out one more feature of Jesus’ words to the disciples that will help direct us as we approach the Old Testament. Too often in Christian circles there is a tendency to approach the Old Testament as though Christ had not come and given us the definitive interpretation of its meaning and significance in Himself and His Kingdom. As we will see in the course of this morning, Christ and the Apostles were convinced that what the prophets had anticipated, what all Israel had awaited, was precisely what Jesus had done while on earth and what He was continuing to do as He reigned, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, at the right hand of the Father.

Last week we learned that our calling as the people of God is to respond to the Word of God with willing and eager hearts. Our hearts are to be inclined to the Word of God, loving it, treasuring it, valuing it – and from this heart attitude will proceed a life changed, transformed, and remade into the image of the One who gave us His Word.