“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness.”
2 Timothy 3:16
“Like a wasp making a nest.” That’s how the early church father Tertullian described Marcion, one of the false teachers of the 2nd century. Marcion had grown up with Christian parents and was a member of a church in Rome, but he began to question the Old Testament.
Eventually, he taught that the God of the Jewish people was not the same Father of Jesus Christ. Yahweh, a “bad god,” was full of wrath, and had mistakenly created the physical world. He was inferior to the Supreme God that Jesus came to teach us of. Marcion wanted Christians to “unhitch” their beliefs from the Old Testament and reject parts of the New Testament he thought were “too influenced by the Jewish Bible.” In AD 144 he was excommunicated by the church, but not without his lies spreading like wasps for centuries.
Jesus taught in Luke 24 that the Old Testament pointed to Him. The New Testament shows us how He fulfilled every one of the ancient promises of God. The entire Bible is God-breathed and reveals all we need to know about Him and our salvation.
Eventually, he taught that the God of the Jewish people was not the same Father of Jesus Christ. Yahweh, a “bad god,” was full of wrath, and had mistakenly created the physical world. He was inferior to the Supreme God that Jesus came to teach us of. Marcion wanted Christians to “unhitch” their beliefs from the Old Testament and reject parts of the New Testament he thought were “too influenced by the Jewish Bible.” In AD 144 he was excommunicated by the church, but not without his lies spreading like wasps for centuries.
Jesus taught in Luke 24 that the Old Testament pointed to Him. The New Testament shows us how He fulfilled every one of the ancient promises of God. The entire Bible is God-breathed and reveals all we need to know about Him and our salvation.
Scripture Focus
2 Timothy 3:12-17
Insight
Paul said that “evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse …. But as for you, continue in what you have learned” in the Bible.
Bible In A Year
- 2 Kings 1-2
- Proverbs 11
- James 1
