Listen

"They have Moses and the prophets, let them listen to them," Luke 16:29.

And with this line, Jesus unequivocally sets up the Bible (specifically the Hebrew Bible, that is, the Old Testament) as adequate to bring people to faith in God and his will. If a person refuses to learn from Moses' law and from the prophets' writings, neither will that person come to believe God's warnings if someone rises from the dead to teach the same. I mean, that's what Jesus taught, anyway. But why did the discussion even come up? Because a guy, formerly enjoying the good life (but now dead and in torment) wanted another dead guy, formerly really bad off (but now comforted in the good life), to warn the formerly rich guy's brothers back home to share their good fortune with poor folk. The response: They've already got all the warning they need.

Visiting with a brother or sister today, we share with each other from the wealth of God's storehouse. And, together, we praise God for the adequate provision of his sufficient word.