Jesus is the full and final revelation of who God is. Only by looking at Him can we see the true nature of the Godhead. The Father chose to make Himself known through the Son, and the Spirit constantly points us to Him. Scripture may very well be infallible, but your ears are extremely fallible. As a teacher, I never fail to be amused at the stark contrast between what I say and what people actually hear. Similarly scripture can be twisted and perverted in any number of ways. But when I see the scriptures through the lens of Christ and His accomplishment, it all falls into place. In other words, when I read Leviticus, I don’t see a big legalistic finger pointing at me, condemning me for my failure at upholding the law. Instead, I see every scripture pointing its finger at Jesus Christ and His finished work. He is the lens through which I read every other text. Now even Leviticus cheers me up. :-)
Posted on: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:38:24 +0000