Christmas and the Old Testament Prophecies of Jesus
Dr. Adrian Rogers: NOW, PEOPLE SOMETIMES SAY, “HOW CAN I UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE AND ESPECIALLY HOW CAN I UNDERSTAND THE OLD TESTAMENT?” THERE IS A MASTER KEY THAT WILL HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE BIBLE, THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW TESTAMENT. THAT MASTER KEY IS A PERSON, HIS NAME IS JESUS. ALL OF THE BIBLE IS ABOUT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
Announcer: PROFOUND TRUTH. SIMPLY STATED. THIS IS LOVE WORTH FINDING WITH PASTOR, TEACHER, AND AUTHOR, ADRIAN ROGERS. ♪ Dr. Adrian: WOULD YOU BE FINDING THE LITTLE BOOK OF MICAH? MICAH 5 AND IN JUST A MOMENT I’M GOING TO BE READING VERSE TWO. THE TITLE OF OUR MESSAGE TODAY, CHRISTMAS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. THE BOOK OF MICAH IS A SMALL BOOK AND IN THE BOOK OF MICAH, IN THIS SMALL BOOK, IT SPEAKS OF A SMALL TOWN.
AND IN THAT SMALL TOWN, A VERY SMALL, LITTLE HUMAN BEING IS GOING TO COME INTO THE WORLD. BUT THE BIBLE SAYS, “DON’T DESPISE THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS,” BECAUSE WONDERFUL THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES. LOOK IF YOU WILL IN MICAH 5:2, “BUT THOU BETHLEHEM, EPHRATH, THOUGH THOU BE LITTLE AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF JUDAH, YET OUT OF THEE,” OUT OF BETHLEHEM, “SHALL HE COME FORTH UNTO ME THAT IS TO BE RULER IN ISRAEL WHOSE GOINGS FORTH HAVE BEEN FROM OLD FROM EVERLASTING.
” JESUS HAD HIS BIRTH AT BETHLEHEM, BUT HE DID NOT HAVE HIS BEGINNING AT BETHLEHEM. HIS — HE HAS BEEN FROM EVERLASTING. NOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE MISTAKENLY GET THE IDEA THAT THE OLD TESTAMENT IS ABOUT ISRAEL AND THE CEREMONIES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, AND THAT THE NEW TESTAMENT TAKES A NEW DEPARTURE AND NOW THE NEW TESTAMENT IS ABOUT JESUS.
BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU, FRIEND, THAT ALL OF THE BIBLE IS ABOUT JESUS AND HE HIMSELF SAID SO. FOR JESUS SAID IN JOHN 5:39, AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT THIS IN YOUR MARGIN, HE IS SPEAKING TO THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF THE DAY AND HE THROWS THEM THIS CHALLENGE. HE SAYS, “SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES FOR IN THEM YE THINK THAT YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.
