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The Gospel and Bible Reading

The whole Bible is about the gospel of Jesus Christ, and as we read the Bible, we see Jesus through the eyes of faith. 

To understand the connection a little better, let’s take a look at an interesting story in Luke 24 where Jesus teaches about the relationship between Bible reading and the gospel.

Just after his resurrection, Jesus is walking on a road with two of his followers, but they don’t recognize who he is. They chit-chat about the goings-on in Jerusalem over the last few days and tell Jesus the story of his own death and resurrection. In response, Jesus explains that the events in Jerusalem are what the Old Testament prophets wrote about. Then, “beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself” (Luke 24:27 ESV). 

You see, when Jesus says, “Moses and all the Prophets,” that’s another way to say “the whole Old Testament.” Jesus taught his followers that the Bible is about him. That’s amazing! They heard the gospel according to the Bible firsthand from Jesus, but—they still didn’t get it …

… Until they were at dinner, when Jesus took the bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to them (just like in the Lord’s Supper). When they ate the bread, their eyes were opened, but no sooner did they recognize him than “poof!”—he was gone. 

Which is pretty weird. Why would Jesus disappear the moment they recognized him? Is this a weird resurrection game? Like hide-and-seek and when you find him, game over?

No. It wasn’t a game. Jesus wasn’t hiding. On the contrary—he had just taught them where to seek him and find him: the Bible. No sooner is he gone from their physical sight than they see him through the eyes of faith in the Scriptures.

They immediately remember how his retelling of his gospel from the Bible made their hearts “burn within [them]” (Luke 24:32). When they see Jesus in the Bible, they feel the fire of God’s presence burn inside them.

We are given the same invitation as we read the Bible—to see Jesus and feel the presence of God burn within us. Bible reading may seem like a mundane act, but no matter how normal it may seem, it is a sacred practice that allows us to be in the presence of God in Christ. 

So when we read the Bible through the eyes of faith, we grow in knowing, loving, and obeying God as we understand that the whole Bible is fulfilled in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Gospel-centered Bible reading fuels our worship, makes the love of God in Christ burn within us, and overflows from us as we proclaim Christ and lead others to do the same.