"Logos".
The word of God.
How many times, as Christians, have we heard the Bible referred to that way?
But is it THE word of God?
It certainly holds messages from him, and stories that tell of him! And Jesus, brought up in the Jewish culture, treated the scrolls with respect, as they did. But he also said something very interesting to those who poured over their words in order to get it all right.
"You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life." John 5:39,40. And John begins his writings with "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:1 "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us." John 1:14 He also says that that Word was the creator of everything!
So - yes - the Bible points us to who God is! Nature shares his beauty! But the Word of God - is Jesus himself! He was our clearest view of the truth of God! And everything needs to be understood through what we see in him!
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