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The Word of God

The word God and the word of God are often viewed as being radically different in the Old and New Testaments. According to one theologian, ôUnderstanding the difference between the Old and New Testaments is one of the most important foundations that must be laid to properly understand GodÆs Wordö (Introduction 2004, 1). There are many differences between the Word of God in the Old Testament and the New Testament. For example, mankind had no direct link to God in the Old Testament, save through the Law provided by Moses. In the New Testament, redemption from sin and everlasting grace as accessible to mankind through Jesus Christ. Others argue that there is no difference, with respect to consistency, between the Word of God in the Old and New Testaments. As Packer (2004) maintains, ôGod is the same God for all time. He does not change from the Old Testament to the Newö (1). This analysis will demonstrate that though there are some discrepancies between the Word of God in the Old Testament and the New Testament, for the most part the Word of God is consistent in both texts.

The Old Testament most differs from the New Testament with respect to the Word God and the Word of God in its depiction of the relationship of God and mankind. In the Old Testament, there is no direct relationship between God and mankind. According to one Biblical scholar, we are provided with a definition of God in the Old Testament in the Book of Exodus, which lends to God thirteen attributes: ôThe Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and the childrenÆs childrenö (Nature 2004, 1). In the New Testament, there is little attempt to provide and in-depth definition of God. However, far from a God that manki...

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The Word of God. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 02:35, March 29, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1711453.html