In John 17:16-18 Jesus pray to our Father in Heaven, “They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. Just as You sent Me into the world, I also sent them into the world.”
Continuing Pastor Chan’s study on “learning”, he points out that in the Bible, God reveal Himself to us. We find God’s perspective on who He is, who we are, and the way this word operates. The more that we study Scripture, the more confident we become in the answers that God gives to life’s most important questions. This confidence in the Word of God will lead us to teach the other people in our lives because God’s Word is truth. In John 8:31-32 Jesus was saying to those who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly My disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” By the Word of God, we develop an appropriate boldness in the fact that we can share God’s heart with the people in our lives.
Jesus commanded in Matthew 28:19-20a “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you.”
God’s truth in the Holy Scriptures are eternal and unchanging. We can stand and should stand boldly on God’s truth, but we must balance the boldness that comes through knowledge of the Bible with humility. 1 Corinthians 15:10a says, “But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain.” We have to remember that as soon as we step beyond the simple written Word of God in Holy Scripture and stand firm on our own interpretation of them, we are in danger of acting in pride.
It’s not about our opinions, views and feelings about the Bible; it is about learning about the Word of God and growing in our understanding of it, and applying its truth in our lives, then sharing what we have learned with others in humility and love. In Philippians 3:12-14, the Apostle Paul equates the Christian life to running in a race to win the prize. But, it’s not about you crossing the finish line alone; it’s about all of us crossing the finish line together. That finish line is at the gate to Heaven. It matters that those people “attain the prize” as well.
In God We Trust by faith. In Christ We Believe. By the Word of God We Live, And by the commandment of the Great Commission of our Lord, we go make disciples of all the nations with the Gospel of Salvation, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that our Lord has commanded.
In Christ, Brian
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