The problem is not that God hasn't spoken but that we haven't
listened.
Imagine your reaction if I were to take a telephone book, open it
up, and proclaim, I have found a list of everyone who's on
welfare! Or what if I said, Here is a list of college graduates! Or,
This book will tell us who has a red car. You'd probably say, "Now
wait a minute--that's not the purpose of that book. You're holding a
telephone book. Its purpose is simply to reveal the name and number
of residents of a city during a certain time frame."
Only by understanding its purpose can I accurately use the
telephone book. Only by understanding its purpose can I accurately
use the Bible...
The purpose of the Bible is simply to proclaim God's plan to save
his children. It asserts that man is lost and needs to be saved. And
it communicates the message that Jesus is the God in the flesh sent
to save his children.
Though the Bible was written over sixteen centuries by at least
forty authors, it has one central theme--salvation through faith in
Christ. Begun by Moses in the lonely desert of Arabia and finished
by John on the lonely Isle of Patmos, it is held together by a
strong thread: God's passion and God's plan to save his
children. Great House of God
What a vital truth! Understanding the purpose of the Bible is
like setting the compass in the right direction. Calibrate it
correctly and you'll journey safely. But fail to set it, and who
knows where you'll end up.
