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"Are God's commands today as clear as they were
in the Old Testament, if so where?" Harrell Davidson |
We have chosen to give most of the content of a letter that the writer of these lines received from an inmate in the one of the Rosharon, Texas prison units. He said, Question: "Brother Davidson, I pray that you are having a blessed day. You do not know me, but I have truly been encouraged by the new feature, Questions and Answers (What Saith The Scriptures?) in The Gospel Preceptor. I have been introduced to The Gospel Preceptor by brethren during Bible classes in the past few weeks. "My question, is there a way that I can get a copy of your questions and answers and the books that you have written? I loved studying the books (I lost them in hurricane Andrew) of brother Guy N. Woods. His writings were quite helpful in my studies. As a life long student of the Bible, I continuously seek the knowledge of Christ. My favorite Scripture from childhood until now is 2 Tim. 2:15. Due to my current place of abode I am sort of restricted to the access of study materials. I am so thankful that the most important study reference, my Bible, is allowed, praise be to God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. '... I noticed that I could ask you any Bible question. Question: Are God's commands today as clear as they were in the Old Testament, if so where?" Writer's comments: We asked brother Joe Travis who worships at the Richwood Church of Christ in Richwood, TX if he might be going to the prison and doing this work. He said that he was not the one that was going, but we both observed that someone is, and they are carrying in copies of The Gospel Preceptor. Through the pages of this paper someone is advancing the Lord's work. Isaiah said of old that, "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it" (Isa. 55:11). Even in prison we have learned Paul and Silas converted the jailer and his household and these new converts became part of the newly established church in Philippi (cf. Acts 16). The serial killer, who ate some of his subjects, was converted to the Lord through those who were interested in his soul. It was also never that important who established various congregations in the book of Acts. The point was/is that the Gospel was spread by someone. Since the Gospel is God's power to save (Rom. 1:16) when it is preached or taught, it will produce desired results in good and honest hearts. Now to the inmate's question — Are God's commands today as clear as they were in the Old Testament, if so where? We do not know for sure what commandments in the Old Testament he might have reference, but is likely the Ten Commandments. Regardless, the answer is the same. It is very hard to misunderstand, thus easy to understand statements — commands like these:
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