God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” (Exodus 3:14 ESV)
Sacred Scripture or the Bible, which is the living Word of God, His
communication to His people, is not just a collection of writings or a
simply a history. The Holy Spirit not only indwells Christians he also
indwells Sacred Scripture. When believers read and study the Word of
God, The Holy Spirit works through it to accomplish spiritual, eternal
work within them. God communicates with His people primarily through His
Word. One of the main goals in this is God’s revelation of Himself to
those who love Him.
Jesus Christ is the interpretive key to Sacred Scripture. Any other
hermeneutic will lead people into various forms of heresy or unbelief.
If anyone has ever debated a Jehovah Witness apologist or a Morman
apologist or an Islamic apologist then you know how difficult it can be
to address their complete misunderstanding of who Jesus Christ is and what His role is all things
pertaining to our faith and creation. However, if we do view all of
scripture from this key, it enables us to see clearly the utter
depravity of fallen man because it imparts this to us via God’s Word by
the Holy Spirit working in our consciences and minds. We see that the
Gospel is not what most of us have conceived of as we have listened to
some preacher’s water-down version of it. No, we see that Christ is the
center and purpose of all creation and that the Word of God clearly
shows us God’s plan of redemption of those chosen before the foundation
of the World. Continue at Mike Ratliff
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