Day 24

“The truth transforms me.”
Purpose Driven Life
Point to Ponder: Day 24

I follow Jesus.

I gave my life to Jesus. Jesus is my Lord. It is my deepest desire to know Jesus and to do all that Jesus wants me to do.

I love Jesus. Jesus is alive.

But I would like to make one thing clear.

The Bible is not Jesus.

I do not worship the Bible. I do not follow the Bible. I did not give my life to the Bible. The Bible is not my Lord.

The Bible is not Jesus.

Everything that I get from the Bible must be interpreted through the lens of Jesus.

I eat pork. I like shrimp. I go to church on Sunday. I do not do everything the Bible says I should do. Nor do you. So unless you want to worship the Bible, let’s stop acting that we do.

I worship Jesus.

The Bible tells me about Jesus and about the God who is Jesus. The Bible is very important and deserves more respect then most people give it (including people who say they believe in the inerrancy of it). But the Bible that you can buy at Wal-Mart or even LifeWay is not Jesus.

Jesus is God’s Word. Jesus is the logos. Jesus is the truth and the life.

Please don’t worship anything else and call yourself a follower of Jesus (a.k.a. Christian).

If God thought the Bible was all we needed then why did Jesus have to show us what it meant?

Jesus is the truth and the truth will set you free.