I've rediscovered the best part of the Bible. The 4 Gospels. I have found that we tend to skip over Jesus' words and his changing the Mosaic Law and His message of peace too often. We tend to quote snippets of scripture that "apply" to a situation of ours but then when we do that we are forgetting that that particular scripture is used in a completely different context in the Bible. We are forgetting that what Jesus' words to His disciples were and we only focus on "The Christmas Story" or "The Story of Noah and the Arc".
We generalize His word so much that most of the contextual meaning is lost as well as the spiritual message! Believe it or not, even His parables are completely relevant in this day just as it was in His day. I understand that we do love our Saviour and we do know that He spoke the Word of God, but we are forgetting the little things He preached.
I realize that this may just be a personal observation, but while reading St Matthew I realized that I myself have been generalizing His word and focusing on just loving my Savior and less on what Jesus taught. There is a wealth of knowledge in those books on how to act and how to be and even if I am the only one who may follow it, then perhaps I might be able to be an example to others.
I am excited I have re-discovered the Gospels! They truly are the best literature I have ever read. I hope this post made sense, I'm having a hard time concentrating today.
2 comments:
I thought your post made perfect sense! :)
This is so funny to hear because I recently have rediscovered the Gospels as well. I completely understand what you are talking about concerning forgetting Jesus' *actual* words. It is so refreshing to read His very words.
Glad I am not the only one! :)
God bless.
Kaysie
Kaysie- Oh Im so glad that made sense!! I had it perfect in my mind but it just didnt come out the way I had it in my head. Isn't it comforting to re-discover our Saviour? God bless you too!
Courtney
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