From the Life-Study of Genesis - What is the Focus of the Bible?

    A few weeks ago I started reading the Life-Study of Genesis with a friend.  This is my third time reading through this exposition on Genesis, and it has always been one of my favorites.  It's so eye-opening to see the spiritual meaning behind so many awesome accounts recorded in Genesis. Every time I read this Life-Study, I see something in a new way.  

   In the opening pages of Chapter 1 of the Life-Study of Genesis Witness Lee points out that 2 Timothy 3:16 tells us that the Bible is God's very breath.  And only something living has breath. So whenever we come to God's word, we should meet God.  

  The Lord in the Gospel of John made it really clear that it's possible to come to the Bible and not meet the Lord there:   You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is these that testify concerning Me.  Yet you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.  John 5:39-40

  All of this came together for me on page 3  of this Life-Study:

    Life is the focus of the whole Bible….But what is life, or who is life?  The answer is in the word of the Lord Jesus. He says, 'I am life' and 'I am come that you may have life.' The Bible is a revelation of Christ as life. Whenever we come to the Bible, we must realize that we are coming to contact Christ as our life.     ….Whenever we open the Bible we have to say, 'Lord Jesus, You have to be here.  This is not merely a book, this is Your revelation.  I don't like to read this book without contacting You.  I don't like to hear something from this book without hearing You.  I don't like to read this book without seeing You.  I like to see Your face.  I like to see what You are from the printed page.  O Lord Jesus, enlighten Thy Word and anoint every line that I may touch You.' We need such a spirit to contact this living Word (Lee, Witness. Life-Study of Genesis.  Anaheim:  Living Stream Ministry, Print, 1974).

This speaking and especially the prayer touched us both.  And I've read enough Life-Studies to know that in every chapter I am going to be brought to see the Lord, hear the Lord, and touch the Lord. 

You can  also listen to live excerpts from these messages on  Genesis on Life-Study of the Bible with Witness Lee.  

Other Posts on the Life-Study of Genesis:

From the Life-Study of Genesis - What is the Focus of the Bible?
What Happened Between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2?
Why Did God Create Man in Genesis 1:26?
Why Did God Create Man With 3 Parts in Genesis 2:7?
Why Did God Put Man in Front of the Two Trees in Genesis 2?
Seeing God's Purpose of Life & Building in the Book of Genesis
What is the Story Behind the Story of Cain & Abel?
What Did Enosh Learn to Do in Genesis 4:26?
How Did Enoch Escape Death in Genesis 5:24?
Why Did Noah Need to Find Grace in Genesis 6:8?
What Does the Rainbow Symbolize in Genesis 9:13?
How Did God Call Abraham in Genesis 12:1?
How Did God Fulfill the Birth of Isaac in Genesis 12:7?
What Does the Marriage of Isaac & Rebekah Show in Genesis 24?
How Does the Story of Jacob Show God's Selection in Genesis 25?
Why Did Jacob Dream About a Ladder in Genesis 28:12?
Seeing Our Spiritual Journey in the Lives of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, & Joseph
Why Did Jacob Call theTwo Altars in Genesis 33 & 35 By Different Names?
How Do the Stories of Jacob & Joseph Mirror God's Purpose in Genesis 1:26?
How Did Joseph's Dreams Really Get Fulfilled in Genesis 41?