How Not to Annoy Your Pastor

“For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me.” John 5:46

Do pastors get annoyed? Yes! We get annoyed. When someone tells me that the God of the Old Testament and the God of the New Testament must be different gods; it annoys me. First it annoys me because these people have obviously read neither the Old Testament nor the New Testament. Without information they have come to a conclusion, and an errant conclusion at that. In Malachi 3:6 God says, “For I am the LORD; I do not change.” In Hebrews 13:8 the Bible declares, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” We have One eternal God revealed as Father, Son and Holy Ghost; who changes not.

That is important for us because it draws us into a deeper understanding and appreciation for the Old Testament. It is there that we first find Christ. In Genesis one He is the Creator. In Genesis three He is the promised Savior. In Genesis 6-8 He is the Ark of Safety. In Genesis twelve He is the Seed of Abraham that will bless all the world. And so on throughout the entire Old Testament. Don’t annoy your pastor. Learn to love the Old Testament and rejoice in Christ who is written about there. Remember, Jesus told the Jewish teachers that this is true and that they should read it more carefully.

Dear Father, help us each day to rejoice in Your eternal Word which teaches clearly about Jesus Christ. Amen.

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