Don’t miss this one thing in your Bible reading

Many Christians start a Bible reading plan at the first of the year … but we often miss one important thing while reading the Bible.

In this episode, Nathan gives a fresh reminder on the one thing we should be most aware of as we read through Scripture this year. 

Don’t have a Bible reading plan? Here are some helps to get started:

• 5 Creative Ways to Read the Bible This Year That WON’T Be Boring
• Why This Is The Best Time To Start A Bible Reading Plan
• How to craft a plan to read the Bible
• 10 Ways to Read the Bible
• Spurgeon on How to Read the Bible

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Luke 24:13–35 – And behold, two of them were going that same day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem. And they were conversing with each other about all these things which had happened. And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus Himself approached and was going with them. But their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him. And He said to them, “What are these words that you are discussing with one another as you are walking?” And they stood still, looking sad. And one of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, “Are You the only one visiting Jerusalem and unaware of the things which have happened here in these days?” And He said to them, “What things?” And they said to Him, “The things about Jesus the Nazarene, who was a mighty prophet in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people, and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to the sentence of death, and crucified Him. But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened. But also some women among us astounded us. When they were at the tomb early in the morning, and not finding His body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive. Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just exactly as the women also said, but Him they did not see.” And He said to them, “O foolish ones and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?” Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He interpreted to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures. And they approached the village where they were going, and He acted as though He were going farther. But they urged Him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is now nearly over.” So He went in to stay with them. And it happened that when He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and blessed it, and after breaking it, He was giving it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him. And He vanished from their sight. And they said to one another, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was opening the Scriptures to us?” And they stood up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found gathered together the eleven and those with them, who were saying, “The Lord has really risen and has appeared to Simon.” And they were relating their experiences on the road and how He was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread.

Notes

• Luke 24:27 – Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He interpreted to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.
• Luke 4:17–21 – And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the scroll and found the place where it was written, “THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED, TO PROCLAIM THE FAVORABLE YEAR OF THE LORD.” And He closed the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him. And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
• Matthew 5:17 – “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.”
• John 5:39 – “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that bear witness about Me …”
• John 5:46 – “For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me.”

The entire Old Testament points to Jesus

• Covenants
• Promises
• Prophecies
• People (types)
• Histories
• Sacrifices and Offerings
• Lineages
• Geography
• Tabernacle and Temple
• Festivals and Holidays
• Jewish Calendar
• Names of God
• Overarching Story of Scripture
• Individual Books

Heartburn through the revelation of the Word

Luke 24:32 – And they said to one another, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was opening the Scriptures to us?”

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