Hays Essay
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY online OLD TESTAMENT ORIENTATION I 591
THE HAYS ESSAY
TO
DR. JAMES STREET
BY
CYNTHIA D. HUGHES
February 6, 2011
About the author, J. Daniel Hays J. Daniel Hays is dean of the Pruet School of Christian Studies and professor of Old Testament at Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He took his studies at the Dallas Theological Seminary and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of many books.
What are Hays views of the Law of the Old Testament? Mr. Hays gave two different approaches to his paper which he had two different conclusion on the Old Testament law. On his first approach, the traditional approach, he writes that the Mosaic Law is not effective as a law over today’s church age because Christians of today are not interconnected to Israel nor are they interconnected to being blessed in that land. Jesus told His Apostles to go after the Gentiles. In Acts 10:44-48 and 11:1-18, the Holy Spirit spoke to the Apostle Peter for him to minister to the gentiles. The Christians took the Lord at His word. But some of the laws from the Old Testament are used in the New Testament, like the laws in Exodus 22: 25-27, which says that we are to give to the poor and not lend him money; and Leviticus 26:1 -11 that states that we should not make any or worship graven idols because we are to worship only God.
Mr. Hays made a strong argument about the Sabbath law and about people who goes to church on Sundays. He thinks that this law should be arbitrary to determine the law. Because of Jesus’ resurrection on the first day of the week and His continued appearances on the next few Sundays, Christians worship on Sundays. ( Matthew 28:1, John 20:26, Acts 2:1).
Why we are not under the law of the Old Testament? We are not under the law of the Old Testament because of the grace of God. Jesus made a new Covenant with His people and because of His death for our sins; it is grace
THE HAYS ESSAY
TO
DR. JAMES STREET
BY
CYNTHIA D. HUGHES
February 6, 2011
About the author, J. Daniel Hays J. Daniel Hays is dean of the Pruet School of Christian Studies and professor of Old Testament at Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia, Arkansas. He took his studies at the Dallas Theological Seminary and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of many books.
What are Hays views of the Law of the Old Testament? Mr. Hays gave two different approaches to his paper which he had two different conclusion on the Old Testament law. On his first approach, the traditional approach, he writes that the Mosaic Law is not effective as a law over today’s church age because Christians of today are not interconnected to Israel nor are they interconnected to being blessed in that land. Jesus told His Apostles to go after the Gentiles. In Acts 10:44-48 and 11:1-18, the Holy Spirit spoke to the Apostle Peter for him to minister to the gentiles. The Christians took the Lord at His word. But some of the laws from the Old Testament are used in the New Testament, like the laws in Exodus 22: 25-27, which says that we are to give to the poor and not lend him money; and Leviticus 26:1 -11 that states that we should not make any or worship graven idols because we are to worship only God.
Mr. Hays made a strong argument about the Sabbath law and about people who goes to church on Sundays. He thinks that this law should be arbitrary to determine the law. Because of Jesus’ resurrection on the first day of the week and His continued appearances on the next few Sundays, Christians worship on Sundays. ( Matthew 28:1, John 20:26, Acts 2:1).
Why we are not under the law of the Old Testament? We are not under the law of the Old Testament because of the grace of God. Jesus made a new Covenant with His people and because of His death for our sins; it is grace