"Be assiduous in reading the Holy
Scripture. This is the fountain whence all knowledge in divinity must be
derived. Therefore let not this treasure lie by you neglected." Jonathan
Edwards
Scripture that blessed gift of God to man
wherein he reveals himself to us, he teaches us the gorgeous reality of the
gospel and the shameful existence of our depravity. Giving flight to the life
which was yet unknown under the safety of his wings.
This book which is too often misread and misused
and disposed of. This book which ought never to, “be applied to us,” yet rather
we ought to always be applied to it.
We are not the solid line or are we the
consistency to which it must be judged. No, the plum-line is not we it is
itself. Scripture, this we know yet forget to do, is the interpretation of
Scripture.
It’s a book about God.
He is the main character, the main actor.
Scripture is the story of God to man.
Far too often we see it as the story of men to
men. No, it is the story of God redeeming his Church. Yet to read the Bible and
think solely of man is to read Harry
Potter and think only of the Weasley twins, or to read Lord of the Rings and think only of the Shire, or to read The Hunger Games and think only of
Katniss’ mom or to read The Chronicles of
Narnia and think only of what was happening in London.
Do you see the point - the point of missing the
point? The reason for Scripture is not to give us helpful hints and models to
attempt to be like, no, the reason for Scripture is to teach us all that God
has revealed to us.
All we can know of God is within its pages. This
does not mean we’ll know him completely, it means we’ll know him partially, but
the part that we’ll know is exquisitely beautiful.
And yet the quote from last week’s post is still wonderfully true,
““We
have scarcely begun to see all of God that the Scriptures give us to see, and
what we have not seen yet is exceedingly glorious (John Piper).”
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