The similar phrase 'Worldly Christianity' is one used by Bonhoeffer. It's J Gresham Machen that I want to line up most closely with. See his Christianity and culture here. Having done commentaries on Proverbs (Heavenly Wisdom) and Song of Songs (Heavenly Love), a matching title for Ecclesiastes would be Heavenly Worldliness. For my stance on worldliness, see 3 posts here.

10 OT verses sometimes called the OT version of a NT verse


In commentaries you will sometimes come across the suggestion that a certain OT verse is the OT version one found in the NT. Here are some examples.
  1. Genesis 50:20 - Romans 8:28 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives./And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
  2. Leviticus 19:2 - Matthew 5:48 “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy./Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
  3. Psalm 1:1 - Romans 12:2 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,/Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will.
  4. Psalm 34:9 - Matthew 6:33 Fear the Lord, you his holy people, for those who fear him lack nothing./But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
  5. Psalm 91:9-11 - Romans 8:35-37 If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;/Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
  6. Psalm 119:164 - 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous laws./Pray continually
  7. Psalm 138:8 - Philippians 1:6 The Lord will vindicate me; your love, Lord, endures forever - do not abandon the works of your hands./ being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
  8. Proverbs 10:16 - Romans 6:23 The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death./For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  9. Proverbs 28:13 - 1 John 1:8-10 Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy./If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.
  10. Ecclesiastes 11:5 - John 3:8 As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things./The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.

1 comment:

Keith said...

Thanks Gary - I still owe you £10!