you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me” (v. 39). Again Jesus understands the Old Testament to speak of and point to him. It is self-evident that the New Testament is about Christ. The apostolic authors are extremely careful that their readers not abstract any part of their writings from the person and work of Jesus Christ. The Bible is all about Jesus in some specific and God-intended way. In his very helpful book Christ-Centered Preaching, Bryan Chapell
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