God has provided His Word for us, and that Word is beautifully simple. The whole Bible has the ‘flavor’ of documents that were written by average people, though they were people through whom the Spirit worked extraordinarily. Obviously the content, structure, and language of the Bible are inspired and, therefore, infallible; from the broadest sweep of historical reporting to the smallest aspect of diction, everything is perfect as God intended it to be.
At the level of human authorship, though, God used people whom were relatively normal. This is reflected in the fact that the good news about God’s Messiah was often described with analogies and metaphors that were taken from everyday life.
Paul describes the union between a husband and wife as parallel to the relationship between Christ and His Bride, the church (Eph. 5:22-33). Marriage is such a common occurrence in life that, obviously, all of his readers would have seen it.
Likewise, Matthew and Luke can make use of a wedding feast to describe the time when Christ returns to reign and to put down all of His enemies (Matthew 25:1-13, Luke 12:35-36).
Likewise, Paul describes how we should act as children toward our Father (2 Cor. 6:18).
Likewise, preaching the Word is described with the analogy of sowing crops (Mark 4:1-20).
All told, the Scriptures come to us in terms that are easy to understand, even if the concepts behind those terms are difficult to grasp (2 Peter 3:16). God’s Word is beautifully written and constructed so that even though the most brilliant theologians can never plumb its depths, a child can still grasp its language. Today, be grateful that God used illustrations from the fabric of life so that we can understand His Word. He is good!
--Dean of Admissions
Amen-
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