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The Indispensable Principle

As we come to look in the word there is a principle of Bible study
that is absolutely indispensable. If we substitute what is helpful for
what is indispensable God will not use it anymore. Only God can
reveal God. So, we come as little children and we say, “Show me
Jesus.” John 6:45, “It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all
be taught of God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the
Father comes to Me.’” Jesus said, “Anyone who is taught of God,
who has heard from the Father, comes to Jesus.” How do you know
if what you hear is from God? You know it’s from God if it leads to
Jesus. Everyone who is taught of God comes to Jesus.

Heavenly Father, we thank You for the indwelling Holy Spirit. You
put a Bible Teacher in our heart. We pray that You would 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