I wonder why despite my well meaning approach towards Scriptures, I took so many years to get to the central aspect of Christianity. The Old Testament is the foundation while the New Testament is the super structure. The Old Testament is prophecy while the New Testament is its fulfillment. True.

When it comes to me as a non-Jew and a Gentile, what is it all? The same God – God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. The same truth – partly revealed in the OT but fully revealed in the NT. The same faith – faith in God in the OT and faith in the Father, the Son and the Spirit in the NT. The same Lord – the Lamb of God who is set apart before the foundations of the earth – seen from a distance in the OT and known as the very lamb slain in the NT. The religion of blood all along – blood deemed in the OT and blood of the Son acknowledged in the NT. The question remains! What is it all to me? Jesus Christ is the central figure, crucifixion is the central event and blood of Jesus Christ is the central point in human history. Blood of Jesus Christ is God’s provision for me for the forgiveness of my sins and for help in my situation.

I praise God for the good sense that prevailed, making me accept Him as my personal Saviour. Now I know that the Spirit of the Lord, who is indwelling in me, makes all the difference! The OT paves the way for the NT to make new creatures. Because of this I know I am born-again – born from above. I understand now that my whole life revolves around this one fact that God the Father and God the Son live in me through the Holy Spirit.

Then, how do I pray now? I pray to God the Father as I distinctly see Him as a person and I pray in the name of the Son – Jesus Christ as I see Him as a person in the Trinity and I pray through the Holy Spirit, the Third person of the Trinity. People in the OT prayed to the same God. In my need for right living every day and in my need for help in my distress, I too pray but the difference now is, I seek help from God making Him provide the services of the Holy Spirit, placed as a ‘Paraclete’ to be in me and with me alongside. If my prayer is OT kind of prayer, what difference have I noticed in God’s progressive revelation in the Scriptures?

He says, “Why do you call me Lord Lord when you don’t do what I say?” When the Lord delights in the knowledge of God, what have I done? Have I not ignored the knowledge that is made available in the Scriptures particularly in the epistles? My desire now is to pray to Him with full understanding in this area of the Christian life. I want to pray in the name of the Son to the Father to help me through the Spirit of the Son present in me. Thank you.