God's Glory Church

“You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures or God’s power.” — Matthew 22:29

For decades, McDonald’s dominated the fast food industry thanks to its Quarter Pounder burger. In the 1980s, a rival chain came up with the idea of ​​dethroning the company with the golden arches. A&W offered a burger called the “Third Pound,” which was larger than a McDonald’s burger, but sold it at the same price. In addition, the A&W burger won numerous tastings. However, this idea failed. Nobody bought it. The study found that consumers got the math wrong and thought that a third of a pound was less than a quarter of a pound. A grandiose idea failed: people did not understand the basics.

Jesus warned about how easy it is to forget the basics. The religious leaders, trying to trap and discredit Him, put forward a strange, hypothetical scenario about a woman who became a widow seven times (Matt. 22:23-28). Jesus responded by saying that the problem was that the religious leaders “did not [know] the scriptures, nor the power of God” (v. 29). Scripture is not meant to answer logical or philosophical conundrums. On the contrary, its main purpose is to bring us to the knowledge and love of Jesus and to eternal life in Him (Jn. 5:39). These are the basics that leaders lacked in understanding.

We often miss the basics too. The main purpose of the Bible is our encounter with the living Jesus. And it would be very painful to miss her.

Are you missing the basics of scripture? How to get back to basics… to Jesus?

Dear God, sometimes I get lost even in the midst of good things. Please help me.

Author: Wynn Collier