Christianity has a new fad; going in to poke some holes. You’re either going to enjoy it or hate me.

Jane Isley
Jun 9
4 min read

Updated: Jun 18

The latest and greatest coming out from Christianity’s mouth is the Old Testament God vs the New Testament God argument.

A brown horse with open mouth neighing in an open field with overcast sky. Wooden post to the left adds rustic detail. — unsplash.com

That somehow they are different (not sure how that works, but okayyyyy), and people are now declaring they are following the “God of Love,” not the “God of Wrath,” to get away with their assertions.

Well, here's the thing you’ll never be able to argue your way out of.

(That’s OT and NT, by the way, just to cover my bases.)

How do you think you’re going to argue your way out of that one? Even your “God of the New Testament” is telling you He doesn’t change.

You either accept all of Him or none of Him. There is no room between those two options.

If you can’t accept all of Him, then you can not call yourself a Christian, because you are removing vital parts of God that are necessary for your understanding, salvation, and heaven.

Once you start cherry-picking the parts you like, then you are guilty of creating a false religion; it is no longer Christianity.

Society might have you duped into thinking you can make changes to the natural order of things, but an apple is still an apple even if you call it an orange.

You may think you are strong for believing in yourself and deciding your own religion by declaring which Biblical God you’re following, but I say it is weakness and laziness.

The loving Jesus you follow, and cling to certain teachings of, said this about the Old Testament: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” Matthew 5:17

Additionally, Jesus also stated, “I and the Father are one.” John 10:30. Then in Hebrews 13:8 we see, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever!”

You can’t get around that one, or the next one either.

Your God of Love is also that God of wrath you don’t want to follow. Just read Revelation, you’ll be quite surprised.

“Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.” Revelation 22:15

“But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars — they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.” Revelation 21:8

Here’s the link to look at the original Greek translation of Revelation 21:8, and here for Revelation 22:15, just in case you’re going with a translation error defense.

If you do not know God, He will not know you.

You know deep down I speak the truth, you just don’t want to hear it.

You know what is real strength? Your willingness to obey God.

And part of that is reading the Bible, learning the ins and outs because there is no contradiction of God’s character; to learn requires work, willingness, acceptance of new information, and being committed to following Him.

When you follow Him, truly follow Him, something beautiful happens: you get a new heart.

“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26

When you obey God, you start changing and growing, and the fruits of the Spirit naturally begin to come out of you.

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22–23

Most people are familiar with these verses, or at least the gist of it —

But you want to see the first part for full context?

The part that people conveniently ignore.

“You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.”