The clues and the answers are found in a mystery novel. Characters interact in a setting, driven by a plot within a theme (an overarching idea). A writer might tell you the theme (the type of mystery). But usually he or she allows the characters to develop a plot, and the plot may be a subplot within a plot that remains hidden until you read further into the book. Some clues can be distracting and do not serve to answer questions about the plot or the roles that the characters play within it.

One does not expect a biography or autobiography to be written as a mystery or to have hidden clues and answers to the plot. However, the Christian Bible has those elements. It is a book about God, what He wants from his precious creation (humanity), and deals with the interaction between God and humanity over a long period of time. It is a guide, however, it cannot easily be used to explain how you find your way to God. Why is that? Simple answer: Don’t bother God with that question. He doesn’t answer you. However, he wants you to find him, to know him, to interact with him (prayer), but still, he is God. Web search: Proverbs 3:5, Psalms 37:4-6, and Jeremiah 11:2-5.

The Old Testament Book of Jeremiah is addressed squarely to the Hebrew people, but if you are not a Hebrew (Jew), don’t be too quick to dismiss it. It is compatible with the other two verses. God expects all of us to trust him and obey his commands. He does not run a democracy and will not submit to his open-minded thinking. He sent you Jesus, his son, and allowed him to be sacrificed. But, before Jesus experienced that sacrifice, he undertook a three-year ministry and trained 12 of his carefully selected disciples as he traveled. Most of them wrote the words of Jesus and his writings became part of the New Testament, which completes the Bible. You’ll find clues in both the old and the new, but most of the answers are found in the New Testament.

The disciple Matthew described a time when a large crowd of people turned out to see and hear Jesus along the Sea of ​​Galilee. Jesus must have felt that the crowd was crowding in too tightly and he probably thought that his words would not be heard by many in the back. So, he had the disciples rent or borrow a boat that would take him and the 12 disciples. From the boat, Jesus taught the people, and the disciples could discuss with Jesus why and how he spoke to them, without being heard. Find the full story in Matthew 13. Pay close attention to verses 10-17. You may have to read this several times to grasp the magnitude of Jesus’ words. Matthew recorded that Jesus had been teaching him and the other disciples “the mysteries from heaven,” but God didn’t want ordinary people to know that much just yet. There are clues in the Scriptures as to why.

Find a different chapter/verse written by Matthew: Matthew 16:17. Jesus had not told his disciples that he was the Christ. However, the disciple Simon Peter decided yes and told Jesus. Now read further to Matthew 16:21-23. This same disciple, Simon Peter, once praised by Jesus for his insight into God’s purpose, is accused by Jesus of being Satan for having the audacity to insert his will about God’s purpose! You can begin to see from this why we are not ready to understand the mysteries of Heaven, why we are told to trust and obey, and how easily we can fall on the wrong side of God.

That is why the Christian Bible is written as a mystery to be solved, a book full of clues and answers, but without a clear path. Each of us must work to find our way back to God, and to the Hebrews, whom we read about in the Old Testament, i couldn’t do that. This is why we all needed God to send a Christ, and it is a testament to God’s love for all of us that he created a son, part man and part God, to be the bridge between us (the failing humans) and the God ).

The sacrifice of Jesus, his defeat of death and his resurrection. of death completes the part that we humans cannot. Jesus took sin with him to death, and there he died. Hears he was sinless. it was our sin that was destroyed. Find your clues and answers in the Christian Bible. Trust and obey so that on judgment day, God will look at you and how you lived your life through the lens of Jesus. God loves Jesus, and Jesus is the way for you to get to Heaven.