What Is the Bible's Message? - a podcast by Lewis Marsh

Upon This Rock #2

What Is the Bible’s Message?

By Louie Marsh, 1-24-2021

 

Intro. 6 billboards that don’t make sense.

 

1) God has a PURPOSE for everything He does.

 

“10declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’” (Isaiah 46:10, ESV)

 

• This means that EVERYTHING in existence has a purpose.

 

“4The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.” (Proverbs 16:4, ESV)

 

• That includes ME!

 

2) God inspired the Bible for a REASON.

 

“10“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, 11so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” (Isaiah 55:10–11, ESV)

 

33  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34  And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” Jeremiah 31:33-34 (ESV)

 

19  And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, 20  that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. Ezekiel 11:19-20 (ESV)

 

3) The main purpose of the Bible is setting forth SALVATION.

 

“15and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus  (2 Timothy 3:15, ESV)

 

“30Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” (John 20:30–31, ESV)

 

4) So the main theme of the Bible is JESUS.

 

“15I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”” (Genesis 3:15, ESV)

 

4  But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5  to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. Galatians 4:4-5 (ESV)

 

7  To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Colossians 1:27 (ESV)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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