I was immediately amazed at some really interesting things that were coming up in my review of Jesus words. The first words recorded having been spoken from Jesus (more on that later), the patterns He was setting, the placed He said them, the specific people He said them too, all brought wonderful revealing truths about Jesus. Nothing I had not read before mind you, but new in the context in which they are being read.
Beginning in Matthew, the first book of the NT it did not take long before I realized how much Jesus really has said! Sure, I passed over and made some notes from early statements and short conversations. Reading them in the context of the weight of Jesus words I was slammed in the face by Chapter 5; The Beatitudes! Thee full chapters of teaching lay right before me! And of course we know that John said near the end of his gospel that if he had written all the things that Jesus said... I'll just let you read it for yourself:
And there are also many other things that Jesus did,
which if they were written one by one,
I suppose that even the world itself
could not contain the books that
would be written. Amen.
Folks, Jesus speaks, and He speaks in volumes! The great and wonderful result of this is that we are not left guessing. God has told us that His word is not something that is hidden or hard to understand, but that has been spoken and now revealed (Isaiah 45:19, 48:16, Matthew 10:26).
Jesus has answered our questions before we have even asked them. We however, tend to answer them ourselves first, based on tradition, half truths, or a misinterpretation or misunderstanding of what Jesus really did say. it is for this reason that we must make it our desire to know Jesus, and know what He said.
Let's say you get asked a question, any question.To answer that question, Jesus simplifies our lives with His words. If there is a word spoken by Jesus is comes from the mouth of God. If we know what Jesus said about any topic, how He reacted to a similar situation, what He taught on any issue, we know the heart and character of God.
Jesus is the center. He is the center for a reason. Do you know what Jesus said? Do you really know? The crimson conversations in scripture will reveal so much. As we go through the postings on this blog we will be reviewing what Jesus said, word for word. Then, you will be challenged to live out what you read.
Are you ready for that?
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