The Book

If Jesus is alive and at God's right hand even now, we know there is a reality beyond the here and now that is paramount. But how can we know Christ and know this Spiritual reality that is the most important truth in the world? We have to go to God's Book, the Bible, to discover the teachings of Jesus to begin to know Him.  

The New Testament begins with the four gospels of Jesus' life in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These eyewitness stories of Jesus describe the historical and Spiritual accounts from four different personal perspectives as his life was documented in great detail.

Shortly after his life Jesus' disciples began to teach the truth of his message and the book of The Acts of the Apostles describes the early Church and its inception. Jesus commissioned his Apostles to go into the world to also make disciples and to build his spiritual kingdom.  

Through the lives and ministries of the Apostles, they also wrote books of their own teachings that we know as the Epistles. Peter, James, John, and Paul wrote several epistles that describe in greater detail the nature and works of having faith in Christ.

Finally, The Revelation of John describes future events of the kingdom of God. In this book, the apostle John describes a great battle of Armageddon, a final judgment of all people, the Book of Life, and the return of Christ to the earth to establish his eternal kingdom. There is much figurative language that makes the time of Christ's return uncertain. Yet there are also very clear descriptions of a culmination of all things.

The Bible's context and culture are much different than in our own times. Yet the descriptions of spirituality in the Bible have not changed at all from our own spirituality. We too recognize the need for relationships, for significance and purpose, yet we also know the reality of sin and death. Only God can give a true answer to all our needs, and he does so in his Book, the Bible. Only Christ can reveal God adequately because he is the Son of God.  

FAITH TODAY: John 8:12, "Again Jesus spoke to them saying, I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life."