{"id":8935,"date":"2021-03-16T10:31:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedisciplemaker.org\/?p=8935"},"modified":"2023-09-26T14:13:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T19:13:05","slug":"how-can-i-love-the-bible-when-all-i-see-are-commands-i-havent-obeyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/2021\/03\/how-can-i-love-the-bible-when-all-i-see-are-commands-i-havent-obeyed\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can I Love the Bible When All I See Are Commands I Haven&#8217;t Obeyed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<p>Those most obedient to the Word of God aren\u2019t the most disciplined\u2014but those most deeply connected to his <a href=\"\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/2022\/03\/god-who-will-love-me-now-are-you-there\/\">love<\/a>. My friend Dan[i] served fourteen years in the Michigan prison system\u2014the last eight without a major ticket, which is an absolute miracle in the world of incarceration. When Dan was paroled, he gifted me his prison Bible. The day I opened it, the first thing I noticed were the colors\u2014more verses highlighted than not. But my favorite passage in Dan\u2019s Bible is Isaiah 53, where verses 3 through 5 are outlined in blue, underlined in red, and highlighted in yellow: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">\u201cBut he endured the suffering that should have been ours, the pain that we should have borne. .&nbsp;.&nbsp;. We are healed by the punishment he suffered, made whole by the blows he received\u201d (GNT).<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Just above this prophecy of Messiah\u2019s death for us, former violent criminal Dan wrote in bold pink letters, I LOVE YOU JESUS. Dan ravenously consumed and lived the <a href=\"\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/2023\/07\/how-to-ask-better-questions-while-reading-the-bible\/\">Bible<\/a>\u2014even behind prison walls\u2014not because he was so disciplined but because he was in love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what if we don\u2019t feel love from Scripture and in fact feel the opposite\u2014guilt and shame? In high school, my daughter Caroline asked, \u201cDad, how can I love the Bible when no matter where I look, all I see are commands I haven\u2019t obeyed or sins I might have committed?\u201d It\u2019s a fair question. What if, to us, the Scripture feels more like an accusatory indictment than a healing, life-giving love letter? And God, the author, seems more like a distant CEO we can never please than a loving Father? What then? My friend Dan\u2019s answer is clear: \u201cTake a look at Jesus.\u201d That\u2019s exactly what Jesus himself said: \u201cWhoever has seen me has seen the Father\u201d (John 14:9, NRSV). Again, Buechner brings this truth home\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>If ever there should turn out unbelievably to be a God of love willing to search for men even in the depths of evil and pain, the face of Jesus is the face we would know him by.[ii]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3bPF2zW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/Free-tDM-Article-Banner-1024x205.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8930\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Strong and courageous, merciful and loving\u2014the face of Jesus has done more to heal my damaged image of the Father and his Word, along with many other deep wounds, than any other single factor. Truthfully, without the face of Jesus, I\u2019m not sure if I would believe in God at all. If you are struggling with the Bible, with the God of the Bible, or with long-term, seeping battle scars .&nbsp;.&nbsp;. see Jesus. See him love, comfort, and forgive a wounded young woman in Luke 7 who bathes his feet in her tears of <a href=\"\/how-to-cry-out-to-god-the-4-steps-of-lament\/\">lament<\/a>. Feel Jesus gently holding and blessing vulnerable children in Mark 10. Immerse yourself in Jesus\u2019 crucifixion in Luke 23, where he ignores his own pain and compassionately reaches out to the suffering, unnamed criminal crucified next to him, freely promising eternity with him .&nbsp;.&nbsp;. in paradise. Turn to John 21 and drink in the radical love and sheer grace of Jesus\u2019 pursuit and emotional healing of his trusted friend, Peter, who denied him in his darkest hour. Ask God to help you see yourself in each struggling, wounded human being Jesus touches\u2014to see Jesus, through them, loving and healing you. Know this\u2014the more you engage Jesus\u2019 love in the Word, the more you will experience the Father\u2019s healing love in the Word .&nbsp;.&nbsp;. everywhere else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-4 wp-block-columns coblocks-author-columns has-background\" style=\"background-color:#8C8C971A;padding-top:2.5rem;padding-right:2.5rem;padding-bottom:2.5rem;padding-left:2.5rem\">\n<div class=\"wp-container-1 wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"311\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/BUTCHER-Author-Photo-bordered.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8933\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-3 wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<p><strong>Kevin Butcher<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>was a lead pastor for 35 years\u2014the last 17 in urban Detroit\u2014and is now the founder and executive director of Rooted Ministries, Inc., a nonprofit designed to come alongside isolated, wounded, discouraged pastors and their families. Butcher is the author of\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2No7NKR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Choose and Choose Again: The Brave Act of Returning to God\u2019s Love<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(NavPress, 2016). He has written numerous articles and has shared the message of the Father\u2019s love in 12 different countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-2 wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button alignleft\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/tag\/kevin-butcher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More from Kevin<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3bPF2zW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/Free_3D-833x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8926\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:9px\"><strong>Sources<\/strong><br>[i] For more on Dan\u2019s story, see J. Kevin Butcher, Choose and Choose Again: The Brave Act of Returning to God\u2019s Love (Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2016), chap. 1.<br>[ii] Frederick Buechner, The Faces of Jesus: A Life Story (Brewster, MA: Paraclete Press, 2005), 79.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those most obedient to the Word of God aren\u2019t the most disciplined\u2014but those most deeply connected to his love. 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