“I don’t understand the Bible.” The exhausted thought of anyone who’s read it.
And fair enough.
It’s long. 66 books. Written at different times to different people.
But it tells one story.
The true story of a good God.
When you open the Bible, you are confronted by two ideas.
There is a God and he has spoken.1
The God of the universe wants to be known.
He wants us to know the truth about our most important questions.
Why is there something instead of nothing?
How did it all begin?
How do I know what’s true?
What is good?
Who am I?
Am I free?
What is the point of it all?
Why is this happening?
Is there any hope?
What happens when I die?
The radical claim of the Bible is that we can know the truth.
The truth is wonderful, powerful and freeing if we will embrace it.
But it is also hard, complex, and will require something of you.
It’s the true story of a good God.
Stick with it.
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“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill. In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.” Acts 17:24-31
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All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17
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To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:31-32
- One of my favorite Christian apologists, Francis Schaeffer, said that the two most important questions you’ll ever ask are, “Is there a God?” And “Has he spoken?” The answers alter everything about how you see the world and live your life. If these questions are a hangup for you, read “He Is There, and He Is Not Silent” by Schaefer. It gives critical, powerful arguments for the existence of God and the reality of revelation. ↩︎
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