It is they that bear witness about me

   “Jesus Christ is the Alpha and Omega of the Bible. He is the constant theme of its sacred pages; from beginning to end they bear witness to Him. At the creation we immediately recognize Him as one of the sacred Trinity; we catch a glimpse of Him in the promise of the woman’s seed; we see Him pictured in the ark of Noah; we walk with Abraham as He sees Messiah’s day; we live in the tents of Isaac and Jacob, feeding upon the gracious promise; and in the numerous trypes of law, we find the Redeemer abundantly foreshadowed. Prophets and kings, priests and preachers all look one way–they all stand as the cherubs did over the ark, desiring to look within and to read the mystery of God’s great proitiation. Even more obvious in the New Testament we discover that Jesus is the one pervading subject. It is not that He is mentioned every so often or that we can find Him in the shadows; no, the whole substance of the new testament is Jesus crucified, and even its closing sentence sparkles with the Redeemer’s name. We should always read Scripture in this light; we should consider the Word to be like a mirror into which Christ looks down from heaven; and then we, looking into it, see His face reflected–darkly, it is true, but still in such a way as to be a blessed preparation for one day seeing Him face to face. The New Testament contains Jesus Christ’s letters to us, which are perfumed by His love. These pages are like the garmentst of our King, and they all bear His fragrance. Scripture is the royal chariot in which Jesus rides, and it is paved with love for the daughters of Jerusalem. The Scriptures are like the swaddling clothes of the holy child Jesus; unroll the, and there you find your Savior. The essence of the Word of God is Christ.”

 

***So this is how we live…this is how we treat one another. Looking the mirror constantly seeing His face. We never know how to live unless we read Scripture, this should be the cry of my heart, this should be the very essence of how we operate. this takes discipline. I think im mostly encouraged today by this, in the sense that whatever i look for in life, wherever i go or whatever i do it is to bear a witness of who Jesus is. I think when we give him room to move in our lives; big and small; he proves himself…sometimes over and over again b/c we are stubborn people. But he is persistant and patient. He loves DEEP. My prayer today is we search Scripture and get to know our God. That we begin to move into a deeper trust and love for Him and what he’s done for us.

Go and bear witness of Your God!