Reflections Along the Jesus Way
July 16, 2024 – Quote for the Day:
“According to the evidence of the Bible itself, Jesus is the Word (John 1:1) – not a book. We can capitalize ‘Word’ when we refer to Jesus but to call the Bible ‘the Word of God’ is a stretch, perhaps even an error. The title ‘Word of God’ refers ultimately and supremely to the second person of the Triune God, whom we know as Jesus Christ, specifically called ‘the Word of God” in the first chapter of the Gospel of John…
In fact, when the focus of the ‘word’ of God becomes the Bible, when the Bible, the word, replaces the Word of God who is our Lord and Savior – when this book overcomes our focus so that we look to it rather than to Jesus Christ, the Bible can become an idol. When it becomes an idol before God the Son, the Eternal Word of God, the Bible (the word) becomes bibliolatry.
You study the Scriptures diligently because you think in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have eternal life (John 5:39-40).”
Originally published in:
Wonders of His Word
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