In the previous blog we
looked at “How do we safely read the Bible without overlaying our thoughts,
theology and interpretation onto it?” However, having said this, the greatest
theological perspective for reading the Bible is knowing God and His ways. In
addition to this, the greatest interpretive
revelation of God is Jesus Christ. Knowing these two things can bring greater
illumination to reading the Bible. Knowing God and His ways should be the greatest
purpose of all Christ-followers. Sometimes
it appears that for many, reading the Bible is just a task to be completed. How
can this be, when the Bible is God’s help to understand revealed theology
regarding Him? What have we missed?
If we try to take this theological feature out
of the Bible, I would be so bold as to say that we would end up with no more than a subjective humanistic process and historical
record like any other history. It may not be exactly atheistic in its stance,
but it would probably be theistic humanism. God becomes reasonable, rather than
the supernatural God, Saviour of the created historical
universe. But
if there is a God of the Bible then we need to read it to know Him. We need to
know Jesus Christ who came to reveal or exegete the Father to us. (Jn 1:18).
Pause in His presence for a moment and think
this over…
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