John makes sure to point out that, "Jesus did many miraculous signs, which were not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name"(vs. 30,31). There is a lot to be said about Jesus in fact, 'the world would not have room for the books that would be written' if everything was written down that he did. But there is one book that is pivotal. It is the Word of God. It is the Bible.
I want you to understand how important this is. The bible is the means by which we are saved. When you believe in the Son of God (vs 31) it is believing in a proclamation of the Word of the Son of God. God reveals himself in nature (Romans 1:20) but until someone declares the Word people will still say like the Ethiopian eunuch, 'how can I [understand] unless someone explains it to me?(Acts 8:31)' Or take for example the text in Romans, "...faith comes by hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ. (Romans 10:17)" So, the way we even become believers is by hearing the Word of God. Hearing the bible proclaimed to us. Hearing the message through the word of Christ. The bible is important. It is a shame that Satan has so deceived us to think that the bible is outmoded. We simply think that it is basic to our faith then we have liberty to go wherever we want from there... let our experiences shape our reality. But, the scripture is reality.
The question that I want to pose to you is, what is your regard for the bible? If it is low and a basic and small and insignificant then I worry for you. But if the bible is high and lofty and exulted and life then I join you in rejoicing that God has given us a book that documents his words. A book that by reading 'we may believe that Jesus is the Son of God' and enter into life.
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