Can you imagine reading only the second half of an amazing book and then telling the author how much the story meant to you? We dishonor Jesus when we believe the law doesn’t apply to us anymore. Rather, when you read the Old Testament, recognize that everything you read is something He fulfilled at the cross and/or something He preserved so you could continue to benefit by it.

As many young brains take up the great task of learning to read, it’s a good time for the rest of us to join them. In a post a few weeks ago, I considered some of the biggest and most common mistakes we make when reading our Bible: reading with doubt, with division, and with dissection. I’m convinced those errors are plaguing many churches and Christians, rendering large parts of the Bible confusing and irrelevant.

So, how should we read the Bible? Most simply, we should read the Bible the way Jesus does. We honor Him by watching and listening as He teaches us how to read God’s Word accurately.

We honor Jesus when we use the same glasses He did. In Luke 24, Jesus meets up with a couple disciples mourning His death and rather than simply proclaiming His resurrection to them, he begins with a rebuke. “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary that Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” (Lk. 24:25-26) What was their fault, their foolishness? Not understanding how all Scripture had been foretelling the very thing they were mourning.

Then Jesus began the greatest Sunday school lesson ever taught: “Then beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.” (Lk. 24:27)

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