Today while reading Ephesians & Colossians, the Spirit reminded me of how much we must depend on Him to receive from the Scipture. Without Him, the black and white is useless and can even damage us. The Spirit reveals the Word to us wrapped in the text.
Jesus told the Pharisees that they think they find life, eternal life, in the Scriptures but told them they failed to recognize eternal life. Eternal life is a Person. Behind Scripture is a Person that those words help reveal, but the Scripture is not that Life. Without knowing the sender, the letter in your mailbox is "junk" mail isn't it? The Words of the Bible have the greatest meaning and understanding within the context of an intimate, well-developed relationship. This is one of many reasons that there are so many interpretations of the same Scriptures. Some know the Author better than others, some better than you, many better than me. He is not known by the words on the page, but by private fellowship of the heart.
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