Series: Shaping Jesus
April 4, 2024

Red-Letter Jesus

Series: Shaping Jesus
“Red-Letter Jesus”
John 1:1-2; Hebrews 1:1-3; 2 Timothy 3:16

Have you ever struggled with

God in the OT and Jesus in the NT?

More and more people are molding and shaping a red-letter Jesus who seems a whole lot nicer than the grumpy god of the OT.

  • When we emphasize the words of Jesus in red over the rest of Scripture, we misshape the of Jesus.

John 1:1-2
Hebrews 1:1-3a
John 14:9

  • When we emphasize the words of Jesus in red over the rest of Scripture we misshape the of Scripture.

2 Timothy 3:16

What did Jesus think of the OT?
(Mathew 5:17-19)

What would Jesus think of the rest of the NT?
(John 16:12-13)

“If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it’s not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.” - Augustine