The Special of the Day… From the Orange Moon Cafe
"The Focus"
It could be suggested that the titles of every book of the Bible are actually subtitles.
"Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me" (John 5:39).
The Lord Jesus Christ declared that the Scriptures, which comprised only the Old Testament at the time He spoke, and that certainly now include the New, all exist to bear witness to Him. Thus, all the books the Bible could rightly bear the primary title, "The Person and Work of the Lord Jesus Christ." We open the Book to behold the Savior, whether in doctrine, history, prophecy, promise, command, poetry, or personal accounts of God's relationship to humanity through Christ. "They… testify of Me."
Keeping this central truth in heart and mind as we read and study Scripture aligns our focus with "the eternal purpose which God purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Ephesians 3:11). We consider the Bible broadly, of course, responding to its various revelations in a similar manner as we ponder all recorded history and information. What happened? Why did it happen? What does this mean? What is the significance of events as they happened? What are their significance for us? What does this verse mean, and how does it align with all Scripture? How might God be addressing me personally by this passage? These and other questions guide our reading, study, and response to the wondrous gift of the the Bible, and the wondrous Gift it exists to glorify and reveal. "The Scriptures… testify of Me."
"In Thy light shall we see light" (Psalm 36:9).
In the light of the Scriptures, we see the Savior. In the light of the Savior, we interpret the Scriptures. The Lord Jesus dwells in every book, chapter, verse, sentence, word, and letter. We will see only a small portion of the blessed revelation in this lifetime, but as we maintain the focus that enables us to "see light," our response to the living Word and the written Word grows our hearts, minds, and lives in God's grace and truth. "The Person and Work of the Lord Jesus Christ" serves as perhaps the best main title for every book, preparing our hearts and minds to join our Heavenly Father and the Holy Spirit in the Scriptural theme and focus that verse by verse bears witness to the Savior.
"Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into His glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, He expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself."
(Luke 24:26-27)
Weekly Memory Verse
Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.
(Philippians 1:6)
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