The Jews in Berea and Thessalonica approached the Bible in vastly different ways. The Thessalonians rejected it and the Bereans received it eagerly. This brings up a good question: What should we think about the Bible? Here are five:

1. It’s the Word of God, without error (we can trust it)
2. It’s authoritative (we must obey it)
3. It’s clear (we can understand it)
4. it’s sufficient (it reveals how we’re saved and how we can live lives of meaning
5. It’s necessary (it alone reveals who we truly are and how Jesus saves from sin and death

If this is true, what should we do with the Bible? The Bereans give us a great example to follow. They received it with eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily, and they believed what God communicated in His Word. What you’ll find as you examine the Word is not just a supremely perfect and divine set of laws; what you’ll find is a supremely perfect and divine Person who upheld the Law. His name is Jesus. The whole Bible is about him. He is the incarnate Word of God; the truly inerrant, authoritative, clear, sufficient, and necessary One that came to redeem sinners by grace.