Written for GanTV.com by host D. Scott Cook.
Is the Word of God a Book or a Person?
- By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete, and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear. –Hebrews 8:13
- He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. –2 Corinthians 3:6
If you were raised in the church or have attended for a while, you’ve been taught that the Bible is the Word of God—every word, every sentence. But nothing could be further from the truth. Because the Bible doesn’t claim that for itself! Read the Scriptures through the finished work of God in Christ Jesus, and you’ll see it too. As you read, remember we’re in the New Covenant, not the Old Covenant. A covenant of grace, not the law.
The Word of God is not a book but a person. The person of Jesus.
The Bible isn’t the Word of God Jesus is the Word of God. The Logos of God. Logos is Greek for expressing a thought or statement to a conclusion. Jesus is God’s Word TO humanity. He’s also God’s Word ABOUT humanity. Jesus is the truth about who we are—our very identity. To see Him is to see yourself because, in Him, you find yourself.
As He lived, you lived.
As He died, you died.
And as He rose, you rose in Him.
Your union in Him is the truth about you – and everyone. And everything.
- The Bible isn’t our rule book.
Our relationship, then, is with the Logos, not a book. The Bible is Christ’s servant, not His master. Therefore, it is a spiritual source of encouragement and support in that relationship, not a rule book for life.
Anything that distracts you from your union with Christ and the reality that everything is complete in Him is a distraction.
- The Bible isn’t our focus.
I’ve heard that reading your Bible (without centering everything on Jesus) is like sorting through a jumbled pile of Legos on the floor. Each piece has its own form. And these forms can be combined and connected in an almost infinite number of shapes. Which shape is correct?
- Only when we focus on Jesus, the Word made flesh, can we see all the pieces properly arranged.
“You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.” John 5:39-40 NKJV
Let Christ in you capture your attention, and everything else will take its proper place.
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