HELLO BRETHLEN TODAY I WANT TO BEGIN A FB BIBLE CLASS BEING A BIBLE STUDENT, I WILL BE SHARING WHAT I HAVE LEARNT AND EXPERIENCED, MAY BE BY GODS GRACE IT WILL BUILD OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE. Lesson One THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JESUS AND THE BIBLE In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (John 1:1). (JOHN 1:14). And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father (REV.19:13). He [Christ] was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God This identity of name reveals an identity of nature. The Bible is the Word of God, and Christ is the Word of God. Each alike is a divine, authoritative, perfect revelation of God. Each agrees perfectly with the other. The Bible perfectly reveals Christ; Christ perfectly fulfills the Bible. The Bible is the written Word of God; Christ is the personal Word of God. Before His incarnation Christ was the eternal Word with the Father. In His incarnation Christ is the Word made flesh. The same Holy Spirit that reveals God through His written Word also reveals God in the Word made flesh, Jesus of Nazareth. Proof of Discipleship If Christ is in this sense perfectly one with the Bible, then it follows that the relationship of the believer to the Bible must be the same as his relationship to Christ. To this fact the Scriptures bear testimony in many places. Let us turn first to JOHN 14. In this chapter Jesus warns His disciples that He is about to be taken from them in bodily presence and that thereafter there must be a new kind of relationship between Him and them. The disciples are unable and unwilling to accept this impending change. In particular they are unable to understand how, if Christ is about to go away from them, they will still be able to see Him or have communion with Him. Christ tells them: (JOHN 14:19). A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me The final phrase of that verse might also be rendered, “but you will continue to see Me.” Because of this statement, (JOHN 14:22). Judas (not Iscariot, but e other Judas) asks: Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world? In other words: “Lord, if You are going away, and if the world will see You no more how can You still manifest Yourself to us Your disciples but dont to those who are not Your disciples? What kind of communication will You maintain with us, which will not be open to the world?” Jesus answers: (JOHN 14:23).If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him The key to understanding this answer is found in the phrase “he will keep My word.” Revealed in Christ’s answer are four facts of vital importance for every person who sincerely desires to be a Christian. Here, then, are the four vital facts: THE DISTINGUISHING MARK BETWEEN A TRUE DISCIPLE AND A PERSON OF THIS WORLD IS THAT A TRUE DISCIPLE KEEPS CHRISTS WORD. Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did. (1 John 2:4-6 NIV) (JOHN 14:23). If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him 1. Keeping God’s Word is the supreme feature which distinguishes the disciple of Christ from the rest of the world. 2. Keeping God’s Word is the supreme test of the disciple’s love for God and the supreme cause of God’s favor toward the disciple. 3. Christ manifests Himself to the disciple through God’s Word, as it is kept and obeyed. 4. The Father and the Son come into the life of the disciple and establish their enduring home with him through God’s Word. Test of Love Luke 8:20-21 (KJV) 20[And it was told him ] by certain[ which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.] Luke 8:21-22 (KJV) 21[And he answered and said unto them, ] My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it. (1 JOHN 2:4-5). He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him Your attitude toward God’s Word is your attitude toward God Himself. You do not love God more than You love His Word. You do not obey God more than you obey His Word. You do not honor God more than you honor His Word. You do not have more room in your heart and life for God than you have for His Word. Do you want to know how much God means to you? Just ask yourself, How much does God’s Word mean to me? The answer to the second question is the answer also to the first. God means as much to you as His Word means to you —just that much, and no more.
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