November 8, 2020 · 2 Peter 1:20–21

More Than Human

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“He had this, his heart was moved by the Spirit. He started talking about the suffering servant. And in Israel, like the Jewish people after Jesus, many of them were convinced by this passage to become Christians. And in fact, it becomes to this day — I saw a video on YouTube where this passage was being read to some Jewish people in Israel. They're like, "What is this? I haven't heard this before." And they were asking, "Who does it sound like?" They're like, "Kind of sounds like Jesus." These were not Christians. But when you hear it, it just sounds like Jesus, doesn't it? This is the power of — God wrote things ahead of time, and they are powerful. The New Testament actually quotes these passages: eight of the twelve verses are referred to directly. This is important, because the New Testament writers saw this about Jesus. So what do we do with this truth, that there's this divine author behind the human authors of the Bible? Well, I want to point out three things. The first one is, every time you crack the book, you come face to face with God. You're not just reading the writings of Samuel — the story of Samuel. You're hearing about how God uses the story and the words of Samuel to bless his people, and to bless us. Reading the Bible is not a secular act. It's not like reading any other book. This is a divine encounter. You meet God every time you open this book. So how are you treating your Bible? Is it the key to your survival or reliability?”