Jesus is the Sum and Substance of the Scriptures
The most important thing about the Scriptures – the reason we need them above all else – is that they take us to Jesus for salvation. The chief subject of the Scriptures is Christ our Saviour.He's the One:
- Through whom the world was made.
- Who walked in the garden and was promised in the garden.
- Whom Abraham saw & in whom Abraham rejoiced.
- Who is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
- Who redeemed Israel from the house of bondage.
- Whom Moses saw face to face.
- Who gave Israel her inheritance in the Promised Land.
- Of whom David sang.
- Whose glory filled the temple.
- Whom Isaiah saw enthroned in holiness.
- Who stood with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the Fiery Furnace.
- Who was born of the Virgin in Bethlehem’s stable.
- Who lived and obeyed perfectly for us.
- Who bore our sins in His body on the Tree.
- Who crushed the serpent’s head and gives His people the victory.
- Who rose victorious from the Tomb.
- Who has raised us to newness of life and seated us with Him in the heavenly places.
- Who will return in glory to judge the living and the dead.