March 4, 2025
Lent: Seeing Jesus - Part 2
Luke 18:31
03/04/2025
31 And taking the twelve, he said to them, ``See, we
are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is
written about the Son of Man by the prophets will
be accomplished.'' (ESV)
While on His final journey to Jerusalem, Jesus continued to
teach His disciples.
And taking the twelve, he said to them, ``See, we are
going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written
about the Son of Man by the prophets will be
accomplished.''
We believe, teach, and confess that the Bible, the prophetic
words of the Old Testament and the apostolic writings of the New
Testament, are the inspired and inerrant Word of God. Therefore,
what was written millenia before the birth of Jesus still stands
as true, as a witness to that which we need in order to have
faith in God's promise of the forgiveness of sins and life
everlasting.
Jesus said, ``everything that is written about the Son of
Man.'' Unless God clearly says, ``This no longer applies because
the purpose has been fulfilled,'' that which was written still is
in force. The daily sacrifices in the Temple pointed to the
sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, so we no longer need to
slaughter lambs or bulls for a burnt offering. The dietary laws
which set the children of Israel apart from the gentiles were
abolished by Jesus as recorded in Mark's Gospel, and as recorded
by Luke in Acts.
Therefore, the work of salvation was foretold and explained.
Jesus points us to the Old Testament to see why and how He
fulfilled that which was foretold. The New Testament is the
eyewitness accounts of that fulfillment, and how the Church grew
in the first decades after His resurrection.
May our Lord grant us faith to hear and trust in His Word.
Amen.