Mafi munin jayayya a ikklisiya farko game da koyarwar ceto ita ce muhawarar Pelagius. Sakamakon wannan muhawarar ta ƙarni na biyar ta tsara kowace muhawarar da ta biyo baya kan batun har Har ma da muhawarar koyarwar ceto ta Gyaran ikklisiya ƙarni na sha shida. A gefe ɗaya na muhawarar Pelagius, mun sami mutane kamar Pelagius, Caelestius, da Julian na Eclanum. A ɓangaren da ke gaba, mun sami mutane kamar Augustine da Jerome.

Koyarwar ceto ta Reformed tana da mahimmanci saboda ya samo asali ne daga shekaru da yawa na aikin fassara mai zurfi da yawa ta ɗaruruwan masana tauhidi da ministocin Reformed. Ba wani abu bane da wani Mutum gada kawai ya kawo ba tare da zurfin tunani ba.

Labarin ceto a cikin Littafi Mai Tsarki ya fara ne da zarar Adamu ya faɗa cikin zunubi. Maimakon ya bar Adamu da Hauwa'u cikin halin ƙiyayya na dindindin da kansa, Allah ya gaya wa macijin cewa zai "saka ƙiyayya tsakaninka da matar, da tsakanin zuriyarka da zuriyarta." Sai Allah ya ƙara wannan alkawari mai ban sha'awa: "Zai ƙuje kanka, kai kuma za ka ƙuje diddigensa" (Farawa 3:15). Wannan sanarwa ce ta yaƙi da Allah ya yi da macijin, kuma sanarwa ce ta alheri ga Adamu da Hauwa'u.

Samson, kamar dukkan manyan alƙalai a cikin littafin Mahukunta, an kwatanta shi a matsayin alama Almasihu ta hanyar aikin alƙali da kansa. Alkalai an bayyana su a matsayin wadanda suka gaji Joshua, wanda ya gaji Musa a matsayin mai shiga Tsakani na alkawarin Musa (Maimaitawar Shari'a 31:23; 34:9; Josh. 1:1–9).

Yawancin Kiristoci sun saba da Ruth, ɗaya daga cikin manyan haruffa a cikin littafin Tsohon Alkawari wanda ke ɗauke da sunanta. Labari ne da manya da yara suka sani kuma suka ƙaunace shi. Amma ko da mun san labarin, yana da kyau mu tuna ko wacece Ruth, don ƙarfafa mu mu rayu cikin aminci da kuma mai da hankali kan Mai Cetonmu, Wanda Ruth ta ambata a gare shi.

Ko da yake Fitowa 2 ba ta ambaci hakan ba, Ayyukan Manzanni 7:23 ta gaya mana cewa Musa yana da shekaru arba'in lokacin da ya kashe Bamasaren. Ayyukan Manzanni 7:30 ta gaya mana cewa shekaru arba'in sun shude tare da Musa yana kiwon tumaki a jeji kafin Allah ya bayyana a gare shi a cikin daji mai ƙonewa.

Tsarkakawar Allah tana da muhimmiyar rawa a cikin ceto, kodayake ana yawan yin watsi da wannan. A cikin Almasihu, tsarkin Allah yana nufin bayyana zunubanmu da ceto daga zunubi. Abu mafi mahimmanci, Kalmar Allah akai-akai tana tabbatar da cewa tsarkinsa yana tabbatar da ceton Kirista (Isha. 6:1-7; Zak. 3; Rom. 5:10).

Lokacin da muka faɗa cikin zunubi, sau da yawa saboda mun kasa kare kanmu kafin lokaci. Ba za mu iya shiga cikin ayyukanmu na yau da kullun ba kamar ba mu da sauƙin yin zunubi. Sau da yawa, hanya mafi kyau ta yaƙi da zunubi ita ce guje wa wurare da ayyukan da ke jagorantar mu zuwa ga jaraba.

Babban jigon wa'azin Zakariya shine bege cikin manufar Allah marar ƙarewa. Bege shine hangen nesa na imani na gaba. Kamar dukkan bangaskiya ta gaskiya, bege abu ne mai ma'ana, kuma abin da yake nufi yana ƙayyade darajarsa.

A taƙaice, Yaƙub yana amsa wata tambaya daban: Me mutum zai yi bayan an cece shi? Ta yaya zan nuna cewa bangaskiyata gaskiya ce? Ko da yake ya faɗi amsarsa a taƙaice—ta hanyar “ayyuka”—fahimtarsa ​​ta asali ba ta bambanta da ta Bulus a wasu wurare ba (duba Filibiyawa 2:12).

Duk da wahalarsa, littafin Irmiya gaba ɗaya ya bayyana jigogi biyu na asali: hukunci da maidowa. Ayar jigon ta yi nuni ga waɗannan jigogi biyu: Ubangiji ya sanya Irmiya “a kan al'ummai da mulkoki, domin ya tumɓuke da rushewa, ya halaka da rushewa, ya gina da kuma dasawa” (Irmiya 1:10).

Littafin Daniyel na musamman ne a cikin Tsohon Alkawari saboda abubuwan da ke ciki da kuma muhimmiyar rawar da yake takawa tsakanin annabce-annabcen Tsohon Alkawari game da dawo da Isra'ila da cikar waɗannan annabce-annabce a cikin rayuwa, mutuwa, tashin matattu, da hawan Yesu Kiristi zuwa sama.