The B-I-B-L-E, Part 1

When it comes to the Bible, practicing the way of Jesus together means adopting the perspective, posture, and practices that Jesus Himself had toward the Bible.

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Our hope is that the next six weeks will help you to become:
– A reader of the Bible.
– A better reader of the Bible.
– A more responsible reader of the Bible.
– A reader transformed by the Bible.

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How will these conversations help us to be better at practicing the way of Jesus together?

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Luke 24:13-24
That very day, two of them [disciples] were going to a village called Emmaus, which lay about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were discussing with each other all the various things that had taken place. As they were discussing, and arguing with each other, Jesus himself approached and walked with them. Their eyes, though, were prevented from recognizing him. “You’re obviously having a very important discussion on your walk,” he said; “what’s it all about?” They stood still, a picture of gloom. Then one of them, Cleopas by name, answered him. “You must be the only person around Jerusalem,” he said, “who doesn’t know what’s been going on there these last few days.” “What things?” he asked. “To do with Jesus of Nazareth,” they said to him. “He was a prophet. He acted with power and he spoke with power, before God and all the people. Our chief priests and rulers handed him over to be condemned to death, and they crucified him. But we were hoping that he was going to redeem Israel! “And now, what with all this, it’s the third day since it happened. But some women from our group have astonished us. They went to his tomb very early this morning, and didn’t find his body. They came back saying they’d seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. Some of the folk with us went off to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they didn’t see him.

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Luke 24:25-27
“You are so senseless!” he said to them. “So slow in your hearts to believe all the things the prophets said to you! Don’t you see? This is what had to happen: the Messiah had to suffer, and then come into his glory!” So he began with Moses, and with all the prophets, and explained to them the things about himself throughout the whole Bible.”

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Luke 24:32-43
“Then they said to each other, “Do you remember how our hearts were burning inside us, as he talked to us on the road, as he opened up the Bible for us?” And they got up then and there and went back to Jerusalem. There they found the eleven, and the people with them, gathered together. They were saying, “The Lord really has been raised! He’s appeared to Simon!” Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread. As they were saying this, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and said, “Peace be with you.” They were terrified and alarmed, and thought they were seeing a ghost. “Why are you so disturbed?” he said. “Why do these questionings come up in your hearts? Look at my hands and feet; it really is me, myself. Touch me and see! Ghosts don’t have flesh and bones like you can see I have.” With these words, he showed them his hands and feet. While they were still in disbelief and amazement from sheer joy, he said to them, “Have you got something here to eat?” They gave him a piece of baked fish, which he took and ate in front of them.

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Luke 24:44-45
Then he said to them, “This is what I was talking to you about when I was still with you. Everything written about me in the law of Moses, and in the prophets and the Psalms, had to be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Bible.

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Luke 24:46-53
“This is what is written,” he said. “The Messiah must suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and in his name repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, must be announced to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are the witnesses for all this. Now look: I’m sending upon you what my father has promised. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.” Then he took them out as far as Bethany, and lifted up his hands and blessed them. As he was blessing them, he was separated from them and carried into heaven. They worshipped him, and went back to Jerusalem in great joy. They spent all their time in the Temple, praising God.”

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TaNaK
– Torah
– Nevi’im
-Ketuvim

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Luke 24:44-45
Then he said to them, “This is what I was talking to you about when I was still with you. Everything written about me in the law of Moses, and in the prophets and the Psalms, had to be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Bible.

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You cannot understand the Bible in its deepest and truest sense without Jesus.

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Luke 4:21
“Today,” he began, “this scripture is fulfilled in your own hearing.”

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John 5:39-40
“You study the Bible,” Jesus continued, “because you suppose that you’ll discover the life of God’s coming age in it. In fact, it’s the Bible which gives evidence about me! But you won’t come to me so that you can have life.”

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Practices for the Week Ahead

1. Write out your “Bible Story”
– What is your view of the Bible?
– Where did it come from?
– What role has it played in your life?
– What is/are the biggest obstacle(s) you in engaging the Bible?
– What about Jesus?

2. Check out The Bible Project
– The BibleProject Podcast #1
– The BibleProject Podcast #2
– The BibleProject Podcast #3