The Bible Is All About Christ

And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. (Luke 24:27 KJV)

The Bible is all about Christ. The Bible is not about us. The Bible is focused on the Christ's redemptive work. He is the Hero in the Bible who worked out God's redemptive plan.

真理

It is not possible to be neutral to Jesus's message. You either love it or hate it. If you are neutral, then you don't understand the implications of what He said.

Essentially, Jesus said, "順我者昌 逆我者亡". Okay, Jesus did not speak Chinese and He didn't said that. But what He said essentially meant the same.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6 KJV)

Jesus said He is the Way. If you are not following Him, you are lost.
Jesus said that He is the truth. If you don't believe in Him, you are believing in lies.
Jesus said that He is the Life. If you are not in Him, you are dead.

順真理者昌 逆真理者亡

No Dreams, No Disappointment

My life is anchored beyond death, I don't need any dreams for this transient life. Even if it come true, it will soon pass away. If it does not come true, I will be disappointed. I thank God I never had dreams. If I had them when I was young, I had forgotten what they were. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil (Matthew 6:11-13 KJV).

Our Father In Heaven

Our Father which art in heaven, (Matthew 6:9 KJV)

Our Father in heaven. Before we can pray, we must have someone to pray to. We must have a relationship with this someone. Jesus told us that this person is God. We must have a paternal relationship with Him. If He is not our Father in heaven, we cannot even start praying. How can we get God as our Father? We cannot. Our iniquities have separated us from God and He will not hear us (Isaiah 59:2). But what we cannot do, God can. He came to seek us.

But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. (Galatians 4:4-5 KJV)

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. (Luke 19:10 KJV)

We can only come to the Father through the Son.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6 KJV)

Daily Provisions Only

When the layer of dew lifted, there on the desert surface were thin flakes, as thin as frost on the ground. When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, "What is it?" They didn’t know what it was.

Moses said to them, "This is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat. This is what the Lord has commanded: 'Collect as much of it as each of you can eat, one omer per person. You may collect for the number of people in your household.'" The Israelites did as Moses said, some collecting more, some less. But when they measured it out by the omer, the ones who had collected more had nothing left over, and the ones who had collected less had no shortage. Everyone collected just as much as they could eat. Moses said to them, "Don’t keep any of it until morning." But they didn’t listen to Moses. Some kept part of it until morning, but it became infested with worms and stank. Moses got angry with them. (Exodus 16:14-20 CEB)

Give us this day our daily bread. (Matthew 6:11 KJV)

So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matthew 6:34 NASB)

Strength And Weakness, Success And Failure

The strength of a person is usually the cause of that person’s failure. The strength of a company is may be the cause of that company downfall. The strength of a country could be the reason for that country’s decline. But for a Christian, the weakness of the Christian is the reason for the Christian’s success. For it is written, "And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (2 Corinthians 12:9 KJV)"

Truth

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. (Deuteronomy 6:4 ESV)

God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM"; and He said, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'" (Exodus 3:14 NASB)

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. (Romans 1:19-20 ESV)

For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. (Malachi 3:6 KJV)

Truth is one;
Truth is verifiable, objective (Romans 1:19-20);
Truth is immutable.

However, there is some caveats to the above attributes of truth. Truth is only verifiable by one with the mean to verify. For example, the sky is blue may be true, but a blind person cannot verify this truth. The immutability of truth also depend on the immutability of the object of truth. for example, one may be 5 kg at one year old but 50 kg at ten, so the weight changes with time. But the weight of a particular person at a point of time and location is immutable. [So not all truth are provable because of our limitations. That is why salvation is by faith, not logic. Updated 2020-04-11]

Opinion, perspective, knowledge and science are not truth. They may contain truth, or rather, truth in progress. They are products of man's experience in time and they change with discovery and increase of knowledge.

Only the Word of God contain pure truth.

Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. (Proverbs 30:5 ESV)