The Most Important Theme of the Bible

The opening lines of Genesis are written so simply that it is tempting to jump ahead to when the story starts jumping. But still waters can run deep, and so it is with the opening of the Bible. Much later in the story, when God gives Moses the Ten Commandments, we learn that God stretched out the creation process over six days and then rested on the seventh, so that Man would follow His example (Exo 20.8-11). Why didn’t God just tell us that in Genesis? The answer is God did tell us. He told us by what He did. Everything God does in Genesis 1-2 tells us something, not only about God’s intentions for Man and the world, but about God Himself. So we need to pay careful attention to everything God does. When we do, we will see that the God who “so loved the world” makes His debut not in John 3.16, but in Genesis 1.1. (See John 1.1-5.) We will also see that among all the important themes of the Bible, the most important of all is God Himself.

Thus says the LORD: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let the rich man glory in his riches; But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me.” (Jer 9.22-23.)

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   Kelly Kitchens says:

   March 22, 2012 at 10:28 am

   Great words of wisdom.