God's Story

"For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures." (I Cor. 15:3-4)

The Bible is God’s Story. It is made up of a collection of 66 books, which reflect a wide variety of genres: history, poetry, prophecy, wisdom literature, letters and apocalyptic just to name a few.
Amazingly, these 66 books were written by 40 different authors who also came from a variety of backgrounds: Shepherds, fishermen, doctors, kings, prophets, and others. Most of these authors never knew each other. In fact these 66 books were written over a period of 1500 years. They were written in 3 different languages; the ancient languages of Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic, and they were written on 3 different continents: Africa, Asia, and Europe.

This collection of books all share a common storyline, the creation, the fall, and redemption of God’s people. They share a common theme – God’s universal love for all of humanity; and a common message –salvation is available to all who repent of their sins and commit to following God with all of their heart, soul, mind, and strength. And incredibly, these 66 books contain no historical errors or contradictions.

Now, God’s story begins with Creation, and in the book of Revelation we see that it ends with a new heaven and a new earth. Sin is destroyed, satan is punished. All of God’s redeemed are with Him forever. But in the center, the spiritual center of God’s entire Story is the Gospel message. And that is what Easter is all about. God's Story is unlike any other story, and this week we focus our attention of the heart and core of the store. It is the wonderful Gospel message.