Learning

 

Learning about Jesus and the Plan of God for humanity, which is the Word of God, is the initial step towards perfection in Christ Jesus. It serves as the foundation for redemption, salvation, and eternal life.

Mt 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. 

Mt 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 

Mt 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

This yoke of the Lord, encompassing the “Word of God” in its entirety and implications, carries a light burden, serving as a guiding light for our comprehension. This burden is “easy” because surrendering is a far more manageable option compared to death. “Rest unto your souls” finds solace within the embrace of Abraham and the security of eternal life.    

Heb 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Your faith must have substance. Substance is built upon your beliefs and what you know God can accomplish. It serves as evidence that certain promises have yet to be fulfilled. This can be found in the Bible. Your substance is a combination of your knowledge and your personal experiences with the Lord.

Eph 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise. 

Paul explained that we acquired trust by hearing the word of truth. Before we can believe and trust in Jesus, we must first learn faith, as Jesus is our hope for eternal life.

Hope flourishes as we comprehend the divine plan for our lives. It offers us the assurance of eternal life in Christ. This promise is revealed through the word of God, which we can hear, read, and understand. The Bible, the sacred written word, holds God’s plan and roadmap. It is easily accessible, readily available, and freely given as gifts by various religious groups to anyone who seeks it.

However, one challenge associated with the Bible’s accessibility is its prevalence. Like the Lincoln penny, which has become commonplace and often overlooked, the Bible has lost its significance. It is rarely used and discarded as being somewhat useless.

Our Bible, the roadmap, is disregarded. Our tool, the Bible, has been discarded because someone has declared that it no longer applies to our lives. Our unique circumstances are not addressed in the Bible. Honestly, most of us simply don’t make time to read our Bibles, and it has become irrelevant, replaced by the media.  

Our sole hope lies in acquiring the word! Our education in the Bible constitutes the entirety of our faith. Our faith is as robust as our comprehension of the Bible. The Bible is the repository of Christ’s knowledge. Our faith will falter if our understanding of the word is diminished. Our faith in Christ will be weakened if we possess insufficient and erroneous information. Ignorance will render us incapable of singing the Song of the Lamb in triumph!

Rev 14:3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

We must comprehend and believe that the song we are learning, composed by Jesus, is about Jesus and his father, the All-Mighty God. This song, written in Jesus’ blood, imprints itself upon the hearts or minds of the one hundred forty-four thousand, with a stipulation that they LEARN it.

Jesus’ song, the song of the one hundred forty-four thousand, serves as Jesus’ testimony, which he desires to establish in our hearts. Through this testimony, he seeks to redeem us from this generation of evil. If we possess his testimony within our hearts, it will become our own testimony. His testimony is the divine word of God. 

  Eph 1:12  That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 

  Eph 1:13   In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 

 Eph 1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.             

We must learn about the “gospel of our salvation”. Once we grasp this concept, it’s time to embrace faith!

Written by: Charles E. Cohenour Jr.