Errors that Arise from Christ-Replacements
In a culture where everything in most churches is man-centered the way that we interpret Scripture is often focused primarily on us. What we must realize is that all of Scripture points to Christ. The only way to correctly interpret Scripture is to have a Christ-centered focus on the text – for no other reason than that is exactly what Scripture does – it points to Christ!
Jesus most clearly taught that “you search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.” (John 5:39-40)
Hendryx comments in his paper that “Jesus never condemned a Pharisee for taking Moses too seriously. They take him far less seriously than they should. For Jesus says, “If you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for He write of Me. But if you don’t believe His writings, how will you believe My words. Your accuser is Moses.” (John 5:46). So to understand Moses is to come to know Christ when He is revealed. Likewise, Abraham saw Jesus’ day and was glad, the Bible testifies. And “…foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE BLESSED IN YOU.” (Gal)”
“The Scriptures should be read with the aim of finding Christ in them. Whoever turns aside from this object, even though he wears himself out all his life in learning, he will never reach the knowledge of the truth.” – John Calvin
I ran across an excellent article by John Hendryx entitled “Five Errors that Arise from Christ-Replacements” and it’s a must read. He outlines five examples of doctrinal errors that arise when Christ is unBiblically removed as the key focus of Scripture (which is so terribly common today).
Take some time to read this excellent article over at monergism.com.
What a BRILLIANT post!
Thank you for posting this!
Many regards,
in Him who was and who is and who is to come!
Stephen
This is my first visit to your blog. I found it through Truth Matters. My husband and I are getting up in years and it is encouraging to see young men like you who are staying true to the Word of God. God bless.
Kathy and Jay
Kathy,
Thanks so much for your kind words. It is a joy and a privilege to be able to glorify God through technologies such as this blog.
Other than scripture itself a fine resource for displacing the all too common man-centered (anthropomorphic) view of God is A.W. Tozer’s “The Knowledge of the Holy”. I highly recommend this short but insightful book on the attributes of God.
In Him,
CD