The God of the Old Testament | The Writings | Psalm 51

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🗓️ 8 May 2024

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Can the seemingly wrathful and angry God of the Old Testament be the same loving and gentle Jesus of the New Testament? In today's episode, Jensen looks to Psalm 51 to share the importance of understanding the entire picture of who God is. Read the Bible with us in 2024! This year, we’re tackling a group of Old Testament books traditionally known as “The Writings”— Psalms, Chronicles, Proverbs, Daniel, Ruth and more! Download your reading plan now. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it so that others can find it, too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Psalm 51

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.8	I'm Jensen Holt McNair.
0:17.7	When you think of God throughout the Old Testament, do you see him in the same way you see Jesus? Or do you, like many others others tend to think that the God of the Old Testament is angry, mean and
0:27.8	authoritative compared to Jesus who ushers in an era of love, justice, and mercy.
0:35.0	Old Testament, God, wrath and judgment.
0:38.0	New Testament, Jesus, love and forgiveness.
0:42.0	See, the problem is that Jesus is God. The Father, son, and spirit have always
0:49.6	been the triune God we see throughout all of scripture. God, Yawe, has always been who he is, and he has never
0:58.5	changed and never will. Who you see in the Old Testament is the same as who you see in the New Testament.
1:05.8	Now it would take a whole Bible study to dive into this topic thoroughly and
1:11.4	understand why people make these conclusions and where we have
1:14.9	a misunderstanding and what scripture actually shows us about who God is.
1:20.8	But for today, we get to dive into a Psalm that I think really beautifully shows us that love and forgiveness is not just a Jesus thing.
1:31.0	With that we find ourselves in Psalm 51 today. This Psalm is a penitential
1:37.2	Psalm of David, one of seven penitential Psalms that we find in the Bible. Now what does that mean? Well it means that this
1:45.6	Psalm is a prayer of confession and repentance. See David is lamenting over his
1:51.8	sin. The particular sin in question is that of his adultery with
1:55.8	Beshiba and the following murder of her husband Uriah in order to cover up his indiscretion
2:01.7	with B Bashiba.
2:03.4	So after he commits these sins, the Prophet Nathan comes before him and calls out his
2:09.1	sin.
2:10.4	And what we find here in Psalm 51 is David's response.
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