To complement yesterday’s post on the need for preaching from Old Testament texts (which means not using them as illustrations for points in New Testament sermons or using scattered verses as proof texts for a sermon on “Five things to do and Five things to avoid on the subject of *you fill in the blank*) Andy Naselli posts that:
Sidney Greidanus lists six “reasons for preaching from the Old Testament as well as the New” (Preaching Christ from the Old Testament: A Contemporary Hermeneutical Method [Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999], 25–32):
1. The Old Testament is part of the Christian canon.
2. The Old Testament discloses the history of redemption leading to Christ.
3. The Old Testament proclaims truths not found in the New Testament.
4. The Old Testament helps us to understand the New Testament. [Understatement!]
5. The Old Testament prevents misunderstanding the New Testament.
6. The Old Testament provides a fuller understanding of Christ.
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