Sunday, April 19, 2020

His Story


“So it was, while they conversed and reasoned, that
Jesus Himself drew near and went with them . . .
Then He said to them, ‘O foolish ones, and slow of
heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and
to enter into His glory?’ And beginning at Moses and
all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the
Scriptures the things concerning Himself.”
     Luke 24: 15, 25-27 (NKJV)

This passage describes the encounter of Christ with the men on the road to Emmaus after His resurrection.  It give us great insight into what Jesus says about Himself and about Scripture.

Jesus is the living Word (John 1:1, 14) and all the Bible speaks of Him, as He explained to the men. A pastor I know likes to say that the Old Testament is not just history, it’s His story, and that Jesus can be found on every page in Bible. While we don’t have Jesus physically walking by our side as they did, we do have the Bible. And as He gives them understanding, so the Holy Spirit will help us understand as we read His holy word if we ask.

Notice that Jesus says the men were foolish not to have believed what was written in the Bible.  He’s physically, visibly in front of them, with nail-scarred hands, and yet he points them to Scripture.  We would do well to have such a high view of the Bible and affirm it’s inspiration and inerrancy. But it’s not enough just to read the Bible and know what it says. Jesus said they needed to have faith in Scripture and believe it as truth.  Let us not be foolish and slow of heart as they were.

Instead, we would be wise to pray, as the psalmist does: "Open my eyes, that I may see Wondrous things from Your law." (Psalm 119:18, NKJV) Let us come with open and humble hearts daily to read and learn from His story.

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