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Reading the Bible Like Jesus

February 26, 2025 By Peter Krol

Matthew Harmon thinks we should should read the Bible the way Jesus did, since obeying him should include obeying his instruction regarding the Scriptures.

If Jesus Christ is the fullest revelation of God, it makes sense that he’d be the person we look to for guidance on how to read the Bible. Not only should we have the same view of the Bible that Jesus had, but we should read it the way he read it.

And perhaps among other things, that at least means that we should view the Bible as:

  1. Fulfilling the Two Great Commandments
  2. A Narrative That Points to Him

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