HOW PSALM 1 (0T) UNLOCKS ROMANS 12:1-2 (NT)

We can often explain obscure passages in the Old Testament by verses and statements in the New Testament. In other words, we read the Old Testament through the eyes of the New, as we should. But we may not appreciate that it's a two-way road. Not only can we understand difficult and obscure things in the Old Testament by appeal to the New but there are occasions when things taught in the New Testament can be amplified and even clarified by passages in the Old, demonstrating that Old and New Testaments are all the Word of God. Here we illustrate how an Old Testament passage helps us understand the full implications of a New Testament passage, reading Romans 12:1–2 through the eyes of Psalm 1.