Shakespeare's plays were not written to be studied, but to be acted. The reason why we read the Bible is not simply to study the text or to understand the words on the pages. The reason why we read the Bible is to live, understand life, and to know Jesus. ... In coming to know Jesus, we come to know ourselves and others, as well as God. Jesus himself warned us not to confuse knowledge of the Scriptures with knowledge of God. In belittling the Pharisees' vaunted scholarship, he said:
"You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that testify on my behalf. Yet you refuse to come to me to have life."
John 5:39-40, NRSV
The text is not the absolute. The text can only point to the Absolute. John 5:39-40, NRSV
Leonard Sweet
We earnestly pursue Jesus. We earnestly pursue our faith in God and we strive to live these difficult, complicated, upside down truths in our regular lives with all those whom we interact with. We challenge ourselves to put God first in the mundane and in the spectacular and then watch Him transform us, our lives and circumstances around us. I must decrease, He must increase. We pursue what we think about most. What/Who are you thinking about most?
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We earnestly pursue Jesus. We earnestly pursue our faith in God and we strive to live these difficult, complicated, upside down truths in our regular lives with all those whom we interact with. We challenge ourselves to put God first in the mundane and in the spectacular and then watch Him transform us, our lives and circumstances around us. I must decrease, He must increase. We pursue what we think about most. What/Who are you thinking about most?
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