Counsel #3 — Overriding Purpose

Picture: Counsel #3 — Overriding PurposeCCW 103.1

Amazingly, the Bible has one consistent theme despite many authors of different ages, languages, cultures, and educational backgrounds. The great purpose of the Bible is to reveal the truth about Jesus, so that we may love Him and live with Him in heaven throughout eternity. It answers the great questions of life: Why am I here? What is the purpose of my existence? Why is there suffering? What will happen in the future?^{[160]https://www.askanadventistfriend.com/adventist-beliefs/bible/}CCW 103.2

Jesus said to the religious leaders of His time, “You search the Scriptures… but the Scriptures testify of Me” —whom they were rejecting! (see John 5:39)CCW 103.3

“From childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.” 2 Timothy 3:15 NKJV.CCW 103.4

“The central theme of the Bible, the theme about which every other clusters, is the redemption plan, the restoration in the human soul of the image of God…. the burden of every book and every passage of the Bible is the unfolding of this wondrous theme—the uplifting of humanity.” Ellen White in True Education, p. 75CCW 103.5

Reflect: How do you read the Bible “with purpose?”CCW 103.6