Monday – Gospels

Reading – Matthew 22

Highlight Verse:

“Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭22‬:‭29‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Jesus made this bold statement to a group of people, the Sadducee’s, who studied the Hebrew Bible religiously, literally.

And yet, they didn’t get it because they didn’t know the power of God.

They read the Bible with an eye toward reinforcing their long-held beliefs rather than being open to what God would teach them of it.

How often do we do that now?

I’ll admit, I’ve done that myself and am still sometimes guilty of reading only to reinforce my own biases. I need to remind myself even tonight to pray before I read and to keep an open attitude toward what God would teach me.

It’s not easy.

And sometimes it hard to know what God wants us to learn from a specific passage. In fact, sometimes God uses the same passage to teach us different lessons that apply to our lives in different ways at different times.

With the Holy Spirit’s help, the guidance of those who have studied before us, and our own increasing knowledge of Scripture, our study of the Bible will help us live a richer, more fulfilling, and God pleasing life.

How do you know when you are hearing from God through His Word?
How has your understanding of the Bible changed as you have grown to know it better?