Christ Is All: What Is the Bible to Me?

It is Christ, I need hardly say, of Whom the whole New Testament is full. 

The Gospels are Christ 

• living, speaking, and moving among men.

The Acts are Christ 

• preached, published, and proclaimed.

The Epistles are Christ 

• written of, explained, and exalted.

But all through, from first to last, 

• there is one name above every other, 
• and that is the name of Christ.

I need to ask myself frequently what the Bible is to me.

• Is it a Bible in which I have found nothing more than good moral precepts and sound advice?
• Or is it a Bible in which I have found Christ?
• Is it a Bible in which Christ is all?

If not, I have used my Bible to very little purpose.  

• I am like a man who studies the solar system, 
• and leaves out in his studies the sun, 
• which is the center of all.
• It is no wonder if I find my Bible a dull book!

Adapted Excerpt From

Christ is All

J.C. Ryle