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I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached is not something that man made up. I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ. Galatians 12:11-12
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Paul calls the galatians "brothers", and states that the Gospel he preached wasn't made up. He claims to have gotten it directly from Jesus Christ, who revealed it to him.
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I often assume that what I know about God comes to me in the same way as the things I know about other stuff. I know about Los Angeles because I've read and heard a lot about it, plus, I've been there. So part of what I know about L.A. is from other people, and part is from what I've personally experienced. The Gospel is different, because it originates with God. In other words, the Gospel, or even the whole Bible, isn't made up of what other people say about God, but what God says about God. And it comes from him, even if he uses other people to write and preserve it. I need to remember that, and be impacted by the importance of what God's saying when I'm reading my Bible.
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Dear Lord, thank you for the Bible, and for your Spirit, who reveals the deep things of God through your word. Please let me always remember that when I'm in your word, I'm on holy ground.
1 comment:
I think you're right. It's so easy to get caught up in our own interpretations and ideas of what the Bible is really saying in this passage or trying to show us in another passage. We seem to quickly forget that it's divinely crafted words for us about and from God. Super cool! The best part is all we have to do is absorb his word and God will take care of the rest.
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