Sublime

It is within this perspective that the Marrow Brethren believed that the three-dimensional character and the ongoing significance of the Decalogue were mandated not by “traditionalism,” or by “proof texting,” but by a careful biblical-theological handling of the text of the whole of Scripture.

It was difficult, if not nearly impossible, for a writer to state that Jesus was High Priest. But even in the midst of these challenges, the book of Hebrews, appealing to Psalm 110:4, makes the bold declaration that God made Jesus a High Priest forever in the order of Melchizedek (Heb. 5:6, 10; 6:20).

The stories of the Bible, for example, were essential for the Christian Church, but there would have been no Bible if church bureaucrats hadn’t curated, edited, and disseminated these stories.

One of the major players in this cover-up operation was a character called Eusebius who, at the beginning of the fourth century, compiled from legends, fabrications and his own imagination the only early history of Christianity that still exists today.

As D. L. Moody said, “The Bible was not given to increase our knowledge but to change our lives.”

“Having faith” in Christ is not merely believing that he exists or even believing certain propositions about his nature; rather it is more than anything trusting him with one’s life.