How To Use A Concordance

One cannot scripturally interpret the different old and new covenants of the Bible by mixing teaching or "doctrine" from one covenant with other covenants. 
How To Use A Concordance
By Dan Bllingsly
            For example, let's say a gospel preacher or Bible teacher seeks to teach on New Testament "worship," so he or she turns to a concordance and looks up the word "worship."
Often, they search through the long list of scriptural references from Genesis through Revelation, from all different covenants of the Bible, and select some references on "worship" from each of the Old and New Covenants to teach their class.
They then attempt to teach on the selected subject with scripture from all different covenants without realizing the differences in the covenant, plan, purpose and people to whom these different covenants and verses on "worship" applied.
They often fail to realize that they are mixing the teaching of the different old and new covenants, and are attempting to teach erroneous commandments and "doctrine" from the Old Testament law of Moses to the New Testament “church” in this New Testament age.
          Old Testament "doctrine" is not New Testament "doctrine," and New Testament "doctrine" is not Old Testament "doctrine." There is no New Testament "doctrine" in the Old Testament!
Why is this important? Because only Old Testament teaching produced Old Testament "faith," Old Testament "doctrine" does not produce New Testament "faith." Only New Testament "doctrine" can produce New Testament "faith."
The Bible can only be scripturally understood when all books, chapters and verses of each covenant are assembled together, and each complete covenant is interpreted by the teaching from within the same covenant.
The failure to observe the old and new covenant "text," "context" and teaching of the books, chapters and verses of the Bible has been the primary cause for every false denominational "doctrine" and misunderstanding of the Scriptures among churches of Christ.
          This lesson surely needs to be learned by all Bible students, especially preachers, elders, deacons, Bible class teachers and members of churches of Christ.
Therefore, when using a concordance or any Bible "help," please remember the following.
The Patriarchal covenants between God and various early individuals and families were revealed and are described in Genesis 1 through Exodus 19. All scriptural references between these two chapters in any concordance describe only the old Patriarchal "doctrine" and practice of religion of the different covenants in force during the Patriarchal age.
No New Testament doctrine is revealed between Genesis 1 and Exodus 19 in any Bible concordance or other reference "help."
           The Mosaical covenant between God and only Israel is revealed and described in Exodus 20 through Matthew 27, Mark 15, Luke 23 and John 19. All scriptural references between Exodus 20 and John 19 in any Bible concordance or other "help" describe only the "doctrine" and practice of religion of the Old Testament law of Moses that was in force from the time of Moses to the death of Christ.
No New Testament "doctrine" is revealed between Exodus 20 and John 19 in any Bible concordance or other reference "help."
Because the Old Testament law of Moses ended at the cross of Christ in Matthew 27, Mark 15, Luke 23 and John 19, and the New Testament was not revealed and did not begin until Acts 2, Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20, 21 and Acts 1 describe only the historical fifty day period of time between the Old and New Testaments when no covenant for the salvation of mankind from sin was in force.