WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK OR LETTER IN (1) THE OT AND (2) THE NT, AND (3) WHY?

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Permalink Reply by Leonard T on August 27, 2016 at 4:42pm

Leviticus: He is a God of order and specifics and not just randomness. This gives me an assurance that He means what He says and will do what He has promised exactly the way He has promised. An example: The blood of Jesus is sufficient and will always be sufficient.

Colossians: Picks me up when I am down or drained.

Lord Bless,

LT

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Permalink Reply by Tammy on August 27, 2016 at 6:25pm

In the OT, I love Joshua. I love the encouragement that God continues to give him. How he pushes him forward letting him know that He is his strength. Still thinking of the NT one.

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Permalink Reply by Colby on August 27, 2016 at 10:33pm

NT - JOHN: This, the fourth gospel, presents the life and ministry of Jesus Christ as do the other three gospels, but makes the clearest and most compelling case for the deity of Christ. Reading this book wil leave no doubt in your mind who Jesus is.

Jesus is presented by John as the Word, the Son of God, and God himself in the flesh.

John emphasizes that Jesus is the savior of humanity and the only way we can come to know God.

John 11:25-26 "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" [NIV]

OT - HABUKKUK: Granted, he's a minor prophet, not particularly well known, and it's a short book. It tells the story of Habukkuk, a prophet and believer from Judah struggling mightily with his faith, who questions God about why he - being good, just, and all-powerful - allows evil, suffering, and injustice to exist. Why? "Where is God in all this?," he pleads.

While Habukkuk arguably does not pack as much punch as the powerfuly moving stories of Genesis or Exodus with their epic proportions or those of the better known OT prophets - Job, Ezekial, Jeremiah and Daniel - it's profoundly insightful reading nonetheless.

In addition to tackling that vexing questiom - the problem of evil - Habkkuk highlights a central tenet of Christian doctrine: "the righteous will live by faith." Salvation comes by faith: a key teaching that Paul emphasizes repeatedly in his New Testament epistles, and later by the theologians leading the Reformation.

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Permalink Reply by thewatchman on August 28, 2016 at 8:18pm

I wish I could pick "just one", I can't.  

So much treasure, it would be for me like picking out my favorite rock on earth or my favorite shell on the beach...It truly all means so much.  

So many passages have come to be my favorites....but then another passage seems to matter just a little more.  Sorry....

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