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Two ways to read the Bible

Tim Keller comments on Luke 24:27: “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.”

If you think the Bible is all about you – about what you must do and how you must live and how you have to do everything in order to get the blessing – then of course you don’t need a Messiah who dies for you. All you need is the rules.

But there are two ways and only two ways to read the Bible. You can read the Bible as if it is all about you and what you must do, and what you have to run around doing in order to get the blessing. Or you can read every part of the Bible as all about Him and what He has done for you. Is it all about you or is it all about Him?

(HT: Theocentric Preaching)

Filed under: Discipleship, Evangelical, Evangelism, Grace, Jesus Christ, Salvation, Sanctification, The Bible, The Christian Life, The Cross, The Gospel, The glory of Christ, The word of God, Tim Keller, Truth, Union with Christ

One Response

  1. Solomon Das says:

    Thanks for sharing such wonderful truth….many times i often evaluated people, judged them, compared on the basis of doctrinal truths…i often looked what bible says rather than what Lord Jesus want to say….i was trying what Bible want to..but forgot that it’s God who wants us live for Him by seeing ,hearing His precious living word in Bible.

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