Jesus On Every Page Quotes

“The New Testament quotes from the Psalter more often than from any other Old Testament book. • Of the 283 direct quotes of the Old Testament in the New, 116 (41 percent) are from the Psalms.5 • The Psalms are used more than fifty times in the Gospels to allude to the person and work of Jesus Christ.6 • When the author of Hebrews sought biblical proof that Jesus was God, at least seven of his citations were from the book of Psalms.”
― David P. Murray, Jesus on Every Page: 10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament

“I used to think that Genesis 1–2 was all about evolution versus creation. I read lots of books, watched lots of DVDs, and listened to lots of sermons and lectures, all proving that God created the world in six twenty-four-hour days. I firmly believe that, but that’s not the point. In fact, by majoring on that point, I missed the point altogether. After many years of debate and argument that were often far from the spirit of Jesus, I came to see that Genesis 1–2 is actually about Jesus.”
― David P. Murray, Jesus on Every Page: 10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament

“The Old Testament appearances of Christ in human form have been portrayed as expressions of holy impatience. They give an insight into His earnest desire to be involved with the sons of men. As the old Christians in the Scottish Highlands used to say to me, “Christ enjoyed trying on the clothes of His incarnation.” What delicious appetizers of His great gospel work when He would no longer be simply God manifest in human form but God manifest in human flesh.”
― David P. Murray, Jesus on Every Page: 10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament

“The law was given to people whom God had already redeemed. . . . Grace comes before the law. There are eighteen chapters of salvation before we get to Sinai and the Ten Commandments. . . . I stress this because the idea that . . . in the OT salvation was by obeying the law, whereas in the NT it is by grace, is a terrible distortion of Scripture. 10”
― David P. Murray, Jesus on Every Page: 10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament

“Have you ever thought about the incredible imagination and inventiveness behind the created world and asked why? Why did our Redeemer go to such lengths to provide us with such a varied and diverse world? Partly the reason was that He had an eye to using these things, animals, materials, and so on to teach sinners the way of salvation. He was preparing visual aids for future use. He created sheep so He could teach sinners about how He is the Good Shepherd. 10 He created birds to help His redeemed people live less anxious lives. 11 He created camels to teach how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter heaven. 12 He created lilies and roses so He could compare Himself with them. 13 He created water to explain how He refreshes and revives the thirsty. 14 When Jesus picked these up some four thousand years after their creation, they were not just coincidentally helpful to Him; He deliberately created them for the great end of helping to redeem a people.”
― David P. Murray, Jesus on Every Page: 10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament

“For what is more vain or absurd than for men to offer a loathsome stench from the fat of cattle in order to reconcile themselves to God? Or to have recourse to the sprinkling of water and blood to cleanse away their filth? In short, the whole cultus of the law, taken literally and not as shadows and figures corresponding to the truth, will be utterly ridiculous . . . if the forms of the law be separated from its end, one must condemn it as vanity.34”
― David P. Murray, Jesus on Every Page: 10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament

“my fundamental impression was that the Old Testament was a bit of an embarrassment to everyone and that usually we referred to it only to apologize for it or contrast it with the New Testament.”
― David P. Murray, Jesus on Every Page: 10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament

“Unless we understand that sinners in the Old and New Testaments were only saved by grace through faith in the Messiah, we will view the old covenant believers as moralists, ritualists, and legalists;”
― David P. Murray, Jesus on Every Page: 10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament

“It was the Old Testament which helped Jesus to understand Jesus. Who did he think he was? What did he think he was to do? The answers came from his Bible, the Hebrew Scriptures in which he found a rich tapestry of figures, historical persons, prophetic pictures and symbols of worship. And in this tapestry, where others saw only a fragmented collection of various figures and hopes, Jesus saw his own face. His Hebrew Bible provided the shape of his own identity.21”
― David P. Murray, Jesus on Every Page: 10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament

“God has never manifested himself to men in any other way than through the Son, that is, his sole wisdom, light, and truth. From this fountain Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and others drank all that they had of heavenly teaching. From the same fountain, all the prophets have also drawn every heavenly oracle that they have given forth.5”
― David P. Murray, Jesus on Every Page: 10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament

“Unless we understand that sinners in the Old and New Testaments were only saved by grace through faith in the Messiah, we will view the old covenant believers as moralists, ritualists, and legalists; sermons about them will also be moralistic, ritualistic, and legalistic.”
― David P. Murray, Jesus on Every Page: 10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament

“And unless we are postmodernists who could care less about the original authors’ intentions and meaning, let’s throw our Psalters in the sea and use only gospel choruses instead. Oh, that’s already happened, has it? That’s because of a fundamental misunderstanding of Old Testament theology and psalmody, especially a denial of these fundamental pillars of Old Testament theology.”
― David P. Murray, Jesus on Every Page: 10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament

“the gospel of Abraham was the gospel of Moses. And both were the gospel of Jesus.”
― David P. Murray, Jesus on Every Page: 10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament

“The law was given to people whom God had already redeemed. . . . Grace comes before the law. There are eighteen chapters of salvation before we get to Sinai and the Ten Commandments. . . . I stress this because the idea that . . . in the OT salvation was by obeying the law, whereas in the NT it is by grace, is a terrible distortion of Scripture.10”
― David P. Murray, Jesus on Every Page: 10 Simple Ways to Seek and Find Christ in the Old Testament

“The Hebrew word ga’al appears twelve times, and the noun version of it nine times.24 It is variously translated, but it basically combines two elements: relation and redemption. It refers to a close family member who steps in to defend, protect, and provide for the needy.”
― David P. Murray , Jesus On Every Page

“redemption and relationship come before rules to help express thankfulness. Anglican pastor and Old Testament scholar Christopher Wright put it like this: The law was given to people whom God had already redeemed. . . . Grace comes before the law. There are eighteen chapters of salvation before we get to Sinai and the Ten Commandments. . . . I stress this because the idea that . . . in the OT salvation was by obeying the law, whereas in the NT it is by grace, is a terrible distortion of Scripture.10”
― David P. Murray, Jesus On Every Page