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The written text points to the Eternal Word - King Jesus! Are you obsessed with the Bible? Are you obsessed with studying the text? Getting the facts right? Fearful of saying the wrong thing? Praying the wrong prayer? -The living lord Jesus takes the pressure off, delight in getting to know Him, and relax.
If reading the Bible is your central focus, it'll become a chore, it does not give you life.
Consider this question: how can an object be the centre of our belief?
People worshiped Jesus long before the Bible was written - Miriam (Exodus 15:21), Moses (Exodus 3, 15:1-18, Hebrews 11:26). The Bible ultimately points to the greatest revelation of God - the Lord Jesus.
Medieval writers drew Jesus creating the universe (John 1:1-3, Colossians 1:15-17, Hebrews 1:1-3). He is drawn as the designer. Cultures worldwide draw Jesus to look like them. We know He was born into a middle-Eastern tribe - but He is loved and worshiped by all cultures. From Ethiopia to Syria, China, Scandinavia… The God of all people. (Psalm 22:27, Daniel 7:14) What about the Qur’an? If the final revelation is a book - then tragically A book will be the closest you can get to God. According to Islamic theology, the Islamic god is not in paradise. God, in Islam, does not speak with you face to face (Exodus 33:11), sit down with you for a meal (Genesis 18), speak with you directly in person (Numbers 12:8) or in visions (Hosea 12:10, Acts 2:17-21), fight for you to conquer evil once and for all (Revelation 19), give His life for you (John 3:16-17, Revelation 19) or live with you (Revelation 21-22). Allah is simply not with you. Notice the Bible references which teach us about the God who does meet us, speak to/with, eat with, fight for, give His life for us, so we can live with Him. What about our planet? Jesus the Gardener cares for the details of our world (Job 38-39). Some panic when they see our broken societies and broken planet, and yes, we are called to care for this planet, and yet Jesus will not let it go to dust; he planted this garden (Genesis 1-3, Psalm 19:1, Psalm 95:4-5, Psalm 104:24-25, John 1:3, Romans 1:20, Job 38:1-41) Be challenged by His words to Job "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?" (Job 38:4) But we are not the ultimate solution; God's got us; God's got our planet; God's got our civilisations, tribes and nations. All is not lost. Are you in? We are! We choose life and our ultimate destiny with the Living God who gives life, more magnificent than all we can dream or imagine. Jesus our Emperor. He's got this….
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The written text points to the Eternal Word - King Jesus! Are you obsessed with the Bible? Are you obsessed with studying the text? Getting the facts right? Fearful of saying the wrong thing? Praying the wrong prayer? -The living lord Jesus takes the pressure off, delight in getting to know Him, and relax.
If reading the Bible is your central focus, it'll become a chore, it does not give you life.
Consider this question: how can an object be the centre of our belief?
People worshiped Jesus long before the Bible was written - Miriam (Exodus 15:21), Moses (Exodus 3, 15:1-18, Hebrews 11:26). The Bible ultimately points to the greatest revelation of God - the Lord Jesus.
Medieval writers drew Jesus creating the universe (John 1:1-3, Colossians 1:15-17, Hebrews 1:1-3). He is drawn as the designer. Cultures worldwide draw Jesus to look like them. We know He was born into a middle-Eastern tribe - but He is loved and worshiped by all cultures. From Ethiopia to Syria, China, Scandinavia… The God of all people. (Psalm 22:27, Daniel 7:14) What about the Qur’an? If the final revelation is a book - then tragically A book will be the closest you can get to God. According to Islamic theology, the Islamic god is not in paradise. God, in Islam, does not speak with you face to face (Exodus 33:11), sit down with you for a meal (Genesis 18), speak with you directly in person (Numbers 12:8) or in visions (Hosea 12:10, Acts 2:17-21), fight for you to conquer evil once and for all (Revelation 19), give His life for you (John 3:16-17, Revelation 19) or live with you (Revelation 21-22). Allah is simply not with you. Notice the Bible references which teach us about the God who does meet us, speak to/with, eat with, fight for, give His life for us, so we can live with Him. What about our planet? Jesus the Gardener cares for the details of our world (Job 38-39). Some panic when they see our broken societies and broken planet, and yes, we are called to care for this planet, and yet Jesus will not let it go to dust; he planted this garden (Genesis 1-3, Psalm 19:1, Psalm 95:4-5, Psalm 104:24-25, John 1:3, Romans 1:20, Job 38:1-41) Be challenged by His words to Job "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?" (Job 38:4) But we are not the ultimate solution; God's got us; God's got our planet; God's got our civilisations, tribes and nations. All is not lost. Are you in? We are! We choose life and our ultimate destiny with the Living God who gives life, more magnificent than all we can dream or imagine. Jesus our Emperor. He's got this….