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The justification for works on the NCT (New Covenant Theology) seems to be at least fivefold. First, it has seemed to some of us that if the New Testament is the apex of God’s revelation, then we ought to read the earlier parts of Scripture in its light. The point seems self-evident, but for some of us it was nevertheless hard to arrive at. Second, the NT is very explicit in making believers “slaves” of Jesus Christ. The implications of this are far reaching; here we simply note the fact. Third, a nagging question arises when OT law becomes too prominent in discussions of Christian morals and ethics. The question is: Which is the higher revelation of the character of God, the Ten Commandments or the person, work and teaching of Jesus Christ?... A fourth thing calls for an understanding of NCT: the renewed emphasis in our day on exegetical and biblical theology as a source of systematic. This has inevitably called into question the way Christians read their creeds and confessions. Finally, in one of the odd providences that the Lord sometimes sends our way, those who defend New Covenant Theology find themselves falling in with an emphasis that has been prominent throughout church history.
Fred Zaspel

We must never separate the Spirit and the Word. The Spirit speaks to us through the Word; so we should always doubt and query any supposed revelation that is not entirely consistent with the Word of God. Indeed the essence of wisdom is to reject altogether the term “revelation” as far as we are concerned, and speak only of “illumination.” The revelation has been given once and for all, and what we need and what by the grace of God we can have, and do have, is illumination by the Spirit to understand the Word.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones

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    תְהִלִּים 65
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    1 למנצח מזמור לדוד שיר לך דמיה תהלה אלהים בציון ולך ישלם נדר׃
    2 שמע תפלה עדיך כל בשר יבאו׃
    3 דברי עונת גברו מני פשעינו אתה תכפרם׃
    4 אשרי תבחר ותקרב ישכן חצריך נשבעה בטוב ביתך קדש היכלך׃
    5 נוראות בצדק תעננו אלהי ישענו מבטח כל קצוי ארץ וים רחקים׃
    6 מכין הרים בכחו נאזר בגבורה׃
    7 משביח שאון ימים שאון גליהם והמון לאמים׃
    8 וייראו ישבי קצות מאותתיך מוצאי בקר וערב תרנין׃
    9 פקדת הארץ ותשקקה רבת תעשרנה פלג אלהים מלא מים תכין דגנם כי כן תכינה׃
    10 תלמיה רוה נחת גדודיה ברביבים תמגגנה צמחה תברך׃
    11 עטרת שנת טובתך ומעגליך ירעפון דשן׃
    12 ירעפו נאות מדבר וגיל גבעות תחגרנה׃
    13 לבשו כרים הצאן ועמקים יעטפו בר יתרועעו אף ישירו׃
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