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| Acts 1:20<\/td>\n | Psalm 69:25 and Psalm 109:8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Acts 2:17-21<\/td>\n | Joel 2:28-32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Acts 2:25-28<\/td>\n | Psalm 16:8-11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Acts 2:30<\/td>\n | Psalm 132:11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Acts 2:31<\/td>\n | Psalm 16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Acts 2:34-35<\/td>\n | Psalm 110:1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Acts 3:22<\/td>\n | Deut 18:15-20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Acts 3:25<\/td>\n | Gen 12:3, Gen 18:18, Gen 22:18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Acts 4:11<\/td>\n | Psalm 118:22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Acts 4:24<\/td>\n | Psalm 146:6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Acts 4:25-26<\/td>\n | Psalm 2:1-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Now the question becomes: how does Acts use the OT?\u00a0 While this can be a very complicated question, let me start off with two of the simplest uses:<\/p>\n The NT uses the OT to teach<\/h2>\nThe quotation found in Acts 2:34-35 (from Psalm 110) is used by Peter in his sermon to prove something.\u00a0 He is saying to the crowd, \u201cLook, if you had read your Bible correctly, then you would have understood who Jesus was.\u201d\u00a0 Jesus truly was greater than David (Psalm 110) even though the people had rejected Jesus as a possible Messiah not more than a couple months before this sermon.\u00a0 Peter is explaining that the OT taught something that directly relates to the current situation.<\/p>\n This use is found often in the Bible.\u00a0 It is one of the ways that the Bible shows continuity between the testaments.\u00a0 This use is also the proper explanation of Acts 3:25\u2019s use of the promise to Abraham, given in Genesis 12:3, 18:18, and 22:18.<\/p>\n The NT uses an OT text to show an analogy between two things<\/h2>\nWe find this in Acts 1:20\u2019s use of both Psalm 69:25 and Psalm 109:8.\u00a0 Both Psalms are prayers of imprecation (judgment).\u00a0 The Psalmist is asking that God would return wickedness on an individual or group because the individual or group is wicked.\u00a0 This is lex talionis<\/em> (law of\u00a0retaliation\/eye for an\u00a0eye)\u00a0if you will.<\/p>\n Luke uses both Psalms to explain the situation with Judas.\u00a0 Just as people in the OT had asked that God vindicate the innocent by judging the wicked, so now Judas himself (along with his field) has become like the wicked in the days of the Psalms.\u00a0 In other words, Psalms 69 and 109 do not prophesy this, nor do they teach that every wicked person buys a field and then dies in it.\u00a0 Rather, it is an analogy between Judas and the wicked of those two Psalms.<\/p>\n There are other uses of the OT by the new, but that is enough to get us started.\u00a0 Let me encourage you to look for the ways that Acts uses the OT as you are doing your personal study time in the word…it would\u00a0be a great way to prepare for Pastor Viars\u2019 teaching on Sundays. And if you want to refer back to any previous sermon notes, videos, etc., you can do so in our resource library<\/a>.<\/p>\n We hope to see you Sunday and please bring a friend with you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" |