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unveil Jesus to our hearts. We thank You, Lord, for every part of
Your word. In a special way tonight we thank You for John
chapter one. Show us Christ in a living way. We ask in Jesus’
name. Amen

We are looking at the great fundamentals of our faith and
I think one of the greatest fundamentals is revelation. Another
way to say that is, “How can we see Jesus when we study the
Bible?” We believe that Jesus is the theme of the Bible. Luke
24:27, “And beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He
explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the
Scriptures.” That was on the road to Emmaus. He opened the
Scriptures and showed things concerning Himself. John
5:39&40, “You search the Scriptures, because, you think that in
them you have eternal life; and it is these that bear witness of Me;
and you are unwilling to come to Me, that you may have life.”
They searched the Scriptures but they didn’t come to Jesus. John
6:45, “Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the
one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope.”

I hope the Lord has begun to teach you that you never
study the Bible to know the Bible. God didn’t give us the Bible
to know the Bible. You study Genesis to know Jesus. You study
Joshua to know Jesus. You study Psalms to know Jesus. Every
book in the Bible reveals the Lord in a different way. The only
way to know Him personally is to see Him in the word of God.

Jesus gave a great word to Peter in Matthew 16:16&17,
“And Simon Peter answered and said, ‘Thou art the Christ, the
Son of the living God.’ And Jesus answered and said to him,
‘Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not
reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.’” And there
He gave the secret to Peter that, “You didn’t give it; My Father
gave it to you.” Paul prayed for Christians in Ephesians
1:17&18, “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the
knowledge of Him. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be
enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of His
calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the