The Bible is an amazing book. It is literally God’s Word. As 2 Timothy 3:16-17 says, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” And 2 Peter 1:20-21 says, “knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.”
This means that though the Bible does not tell us EVERYTHING, it tells us what we need to know. We can be certain of this because the Bible is not just the product of fallible men, but men were moved along by the Holy Spirit (moved by the very “breath of God” as wind fills a sail) to communicate accurately what we need know to be “complete” – not just in knowledge but in behavior as well.
So, if this is the case, we may want to ask a couple of representative questions.
The Bible DOESN’T tell us what exactly happened to the dinosaurs. We WANT to know the answer to that question, but we don’t apparently NEED to know the answer to that question.
The Bible DOES tell us a surprising amount of information about genealogies. The book of 1 Chronicles alone features nine straight chapters of genealogies (1 Chronicles 1-9) and over 600 verses in our Bibles deal with genealogies. This may be info we think we DO NOT WANT to know, but that we apparently NEED to know.
But why do we need to know about these genealogies? If all Scripture is breathed out by God and is profitable … how would our lives be enriched if we focused on any of these genealogies?
This Sunday, February 8 at Wildwood Community Church in part 6 of our sermon series “Prepare the Way” (studying the first 30 years of Jesus’ life from Luke 2-4), we will look at Luke 3:23-38. These 15 verses provide us with Jesus’ family tree. Inside of His genealogy we will see some important reminders about Jesus’ identity … but we will also see something essential regarding our family tree as well.
Make plans to join us in our 8:30, 9:45, or 11:00 service for singing, prayer, study of God’s Word, and celebrating the Lord’s Table together. See you there … and bring friends!