Why should the Bible be important to you? One reason is that the Word of God is always relevant.

Note that God’s Word was relevant for Jesus’ life:

“Stop thinking that I have come to destroy the law or the prophets, I have not come to destroy by to fulfill.”1

Jesus said stop thinking…” The word “think” means to believe, hold, consider, to regard something as presumably true. In the language of the NT He said, “Stop thinking…” Cease regarding that I have come to destroy the Old Testament. “Abolish” means to destroy, overthrow, or cause to cease to exist. The disciples may have thought that Jesus, as the Messiah, was come to destroy the OT Law. Jesus’ mission in life was not to do away with the OT law or prophets but to fulfill them. He came “‘to give the true meaning to” or “to provide the real significance of” the OT.

Jesus never broke any of the commandments, he kept them perfectly – tempted in all points like we, yet without sin. Jesus fulfilled the prophecies concerning his birth and death. For example:

His birth place –

“But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” {{Micah 5:2))

His death -

“Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.  7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy LAW is within my heart.”2

“I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.”3

“Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.”4

Also, remember Jesus on the road to Emmaus?

“Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.”5

Jesus fulfilled Scripture, He obeyed Scripture, and He lived Scripture. The Word of God was relevant to Him and should be relevant to you…

- Pastor Stevens

  1. Matt 5:17 [↩]
  2. Psalm 40:6-8 [↩]
  3. Ps 22:14-16 [↩]
  4. Is 53:4-9 [↩]
  5. Lk 24:25-27 [↩]