The Clue of Christ

The knowledge of Jesus Christ is the very marrow and kernel of all the Scriptures...the right knowledge of Jesus Christ, like a clue, leads you through the whole labyrinth of the Scriptures.

John Flavel

The Bible can be hard to understand. It’s easy to get disoriented, especially in the Old Testament. The remedy is to take a step back and view the whole sweep of the Bible. What’s it all about? When we zoom out, we see that the Bible is a fairly simple story about God saving his fallen world through his Son Jesus Christ. In other words, the Bible is all about Jesus. Every smaller story in the Bible, every gem of wisdom, leads the believing reader to him. He is the key to understanding the Scriptures and obtaining the eternal life they offer freely to all. Let us follow the Clue of Christ in all our readings of God’s word.