August Bible Journaling Gods Written Word week 1 and 2

 

August bible Journaling

Gods Written Word

Week 1 Luke 4:16-20

 16 And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read. 17 And the scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to Him. And He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:

18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He anointed Me to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent Me to proclaim release to captives,
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set free those who are oppressed,
19 To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.”

20 And He rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down; and the eyes of all the people in the synagogue were intently directed at Him.

Jesus is reading about Himself as the prophet Isaiah had written about Jesus many years before.  Gods written word is pointing toward the living word, Jesus.

This is the story of Jesus holding the scrolls of Isaiah, reading these words that were written about Himself.  This scene pops open for what would have been like to have been there and hearing His voice.  The bible wasn’t in book form back then just a collection of scrolls, even today these scrolls are prized possessions in the Jewish Synagogue, they are hand copied, decorated and are very expensive to create, there are elaborate files showing where the scrolls are kept.

Jesus preached His very first sermon that day, where He said “The scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.  Proclaiming who He was, basically saying He came and was there to address issues, freeing their hearts, heal the broken pieces as he still does for us today.  He has removed all binders from me (MY CHAINS ARE GONE) The living working power of Gods written word that became flesh in Jesus coming to earth.  Jesus began His public ministry reading a scroll, holding the written word, describing the character, compassion of the living word, which was Himself.















Week 2 John 5:36-40

Testimony of Works

36 But the testimony I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me.

Testimony of the Father

37 And the Father who sent Me, He has testified about Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form. 38 Also you do not have His word remaining in you, because you do not believe Him whom He sent.

Testimony of the Scripture

39 [a]You examine the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is those very Scriptures that testify about Me; 40 and yet you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.

           

Jesus was speaking to the Pharisees about the verses above, the leaders who were supposed to be leading the people.  It is as Jesus is condemning them for reading and studying the scriptures so diligently.  It is a sobering warning in the truth He speaks for us today.  The Pharisees were reading the word, but not turning to Jesus and weren’t allowing the words to point toward Him.  God’s word, <don’t get stuck on the words we are studying but, that our focus stays on the word, which is Jesus, THE LIVING WORD.>

Through our bible journaling it builds a personal relationship with Jesus, it becomes a help tool, hep us grow in Him, gives us Guidance, deliverance, provider, giver, translator, wisdom when we need it the most.  When we need a reminder of God’s word we can go back through our journaling.  The same God who rescued us back then is the same God who has the same power for us today.  Let’s all stop and think for a moment, about the people closest to us are the people we tend to spend the most time with, those we talk to and share with.  We read about and follow a person on social media, we know of them, and know a few things about them, but do not know them on a personal level.   Knowing Jesus is about the relationship we have with Him, not just reading abut Him in the bible.  We must let those words point to Him, His living word.   Our study of God’s word should {ALWAYS point to Jesus and draw closer to Him}















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