Matthew 22:31 - "But regarding the
resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by
God?"
In Matthew chapter 22 the Lord Jesus is being tested by the Sadducees concerning the resurrection. The religious leaders of His day were always trying to trip Jesus up in one way or another using the Scriptures and Scriptural ideas. And Jesus, of course, always gave a marvelous answer, correcting their distortion of His Word and setting them straight. In this instance Christ begins His response with a question, "Have you not read what was spoken to you by God?" God has spoken to us. I know this is an elementary idea, but I tend to lose sight of how awesome this fact really is. The fact that the Creator God who is completely Holy and exalted above the heavens would stoop down to our level in order to speak to us should blow our minds. All throughout human history God has been speaking to mankind. Hebrews 1:1-2 says - "God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world." Throughout the Old Testament we read statements like "The Lord spoke to Abraham saying..." or "The Lord spoke to Moses saying..." or "Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah the prophet saying..." And so on. When we get to the New Testament we read in John 1:14 - "And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth." The Lord Jesus is the Word become flesh, and in these last days God has spoken to us in His Son.
God spoke through the fathers, the prophets, and through His own Son. And everything that God has desired to communicate to us is recorded in the Bible, the Word of God. 2 Timothy 3:16 tells us that all Scripture is God-breathed. The Word of God is always connected to the person of God. The spoken word is always inseparably tied to the God who breathed it out. The Bible carries so much weight because it has the weight of Gods eternal character behind it. It is breathed out by God. The Word of God has ultimate authority because of the One who breathed it out. We don't read it, we hear Him. And because He breathed out the entire thing we don't get to pick and choose what we like and what we don't. It's all equally breathed out. The way we apply different portions varies, but that doesn't change the fact that the entirety of the Word of God was breathed out by God.
In Matthew chapter 22 the Lord Jesus is being tested by the Sadducees concerning the resurrection. The religious leaders of His day were always trying to trip Jesus up in one way or another using the Scriptures and Scriptural ideas. And Jesus, of course, always gave a marvelous answer, correcting their distortion of His Word and setting them straight. In this instance Christ begins His response with a question, "Have you not read what was spoken to you by God?" God has spoken to us. I know this is an elementary idea, but I tend to lose sight of how awesome this fact really is. The fact that the Creator God who is completely Holy and exalted above the heavens would stoop down to our level in order to speak to us should blow our minds. All throughout human history God has been speaking to mankind. Hebrews 1:1-2 says - "God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world." Throughout the Old Testament we read statements like "The Lord spoke to Abraham saying..." or "The Lord spoke to Moses saying..." or "Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah the prophet saying..." And so on. When we get to the New Testament we read in John 1:14 - "And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth." The Lord Jesus is the Word become flesh, and in these last days God has spoken to us in His Son.
God spoke through the fathers, the prophets, and through His own Son. And everything that God has desired to communicate to us is recorded in the Bible, the Word of God. 2 Timothy 3:16 tells us that all Scripture is God-breathed. The Word of God is always connected to the person of God. The spoken word is always inseparably tied to the God who breathed it out. The Bible carries so much weight because it has the weight of Gods eternal character behind it. It is breathed out by God. The Word of God has ultimate authority because of the One who breathed it out. We don't read it, we hear Him. And because He breathed out the entire thing we don't get to pick and choose what we like and what we don't. It's all equally breathed out. The way we apply different portions varies, but that doesn't change the fact that the entirety of the Word of God was breathed out by God.
That means that we need to become familiar with the whole thing, we've
gotta know our Bibles. And how are we going to know them if we don't read them?
I want to challenge each of you in this new year to read through the whole Bible
from cover to cover.
Psalm 119:72 - "The law of Thy mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces."
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