Re: Verse reading—John 19:28-42 (day three)
“The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true.” The testimony of the church is that the Bible is the written word of God, infallible and trustworthy. But the Bible didn’t just drop in from heaven. Rather, “men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.” That is to say, it came to us through the eyes, ears, and minds of human beings. It’s for human beings because it’s by human beings. It’s what they heard. It’s what they saw. It’s what they knew. It’s the truth. The glory of the sovereign, triune God’s creative, redemptive work of unspeakable grace got written in a way that human beings can read it and understand it and find salvation through it. The Bible: the mysteries of heaven revealed through a voice we recognize as one of our own. Trust it.
