June 15, 2006
Somewhere It Says...
Fear of misquoting Scripture or not knowing where to find Scripture silences many Christians. Somehow we feel we must know exactly where a verse is located in the Bible before we can use it. I love a Biblically literate Sunday school class or Bible study where I can say, ‘Somewhere it says,…’ and a voice in the room will supply the appropriate Bible reference. I found a great passage in Hebrews that should give all of us courage. “For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: ‘And on the seventh day God rested from all his work.’ And again in the passage above he says, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’” Heb 4:4-5 NIV The writer of Hebrews gives us two quotes and doesn’t identify the speaker (God). He doesn’t say when or where it was spoken, nor does he give the location of the Scripture passage he is quoting (Gen 2:2). What a relief, ‘Somewhere it says…fear not’!
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Gail;
----What gets my goat even more than someone who expects to hear book, chapter, and verse before they will hear your scripture are those who will hear your scripture but will still disregard its import unless it is accompanied by all of its brother, sister, aunt, uncle, and cousin scriptures. I know that there are some principles in the Word that are not apparent until several related scriptures are brought together. But each little morsel of the Word carries a bit of its own nutritional value whether or not it has its locator tag or all of its relatives with it.
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