September 8: John 5:36-40
 
Key Verse: John 5:39
You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me
 
Devotion:
How many times have you got tied up with the wording in the Bible? We can look back in time and see how many people got confused by the Scriptures and how to interpret them. One case which spring to mind was the Ethiopian Eunuch; he could not get his head round the words of the scriptures after hearing about Jesus and had to have them explained.
 
We have many scholars available to us – far more nowadays because of such things like the Internet. It does not mean these so called scholars are the definitive guides we should believe without question... God wants us to understand things so has given us enquiring minds. The disciples had to be taught what the relationship was between Jesus and God. Christ had to explain it a few times too!
 
What I'm saying is we are not alone when we question things and get confused. Ours is not to know every minutia about Christ and God, but to know enough to believe. When we believe, then our dependence comes down to our faith in what we receive from God and no longer on having to know the details.
 
If we have enough knowledge to give us faith, then we have enough to accept Christ as our Saviour and to get our free pass to Heaven. The stumbling stone for many is the belief Jesus Christ is the Son of God who came to give us a way of attaining eternal life through what He did for us thousands of years ago. Once we have enough faith to step on the stone and not fall over it, we have enough to accept what Christ has done for us!
 
Points to Ponder:
Do you still struggle with the details?
 
How willing are you to accept and believe the basics?