Sally Lloyd-Jones - The Jesus Storybook Bible
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For Harry, Olivia, Emily, Eleanor and Jonathan Because the Fairy Tale really does come true!
SLJ
For Alex, my lovely wife, without whose help I could never have completed such an enormous book.
Jago
Jesus said, I am the Beginning and the Ending.
Revelation 22:13 (paraphrase)
Beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, Jesus explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
Luke 24:27 (NIV)
Jesus said, God loved the people of the world so much
that he gave his only Son.
So that anyone who believes in him
will have eternal life and never really die.
He did not send his Son into the world to punish people.
He sent him to rescue them.
John 3:16 17 (paraphrase)
Jesus said, I am the light that has come into the world.
No one who believes in me will stay
in the dark hiding anymore.
John 12:46 (paraphrase)
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away
all the tears from all the faces.
Isaiah 25:8
I had always felt life first as a story:
and if there is a story there is a story-teller.
G K Chesterton
Introduction from Psalm 19 and Hebrews 1
The Heavens are singing
about how great God is;
and the skies are shouting it out,
See what God has made!
Day after dayNight after night
They are speaking to us.
Psalm 19:1-2 (paraphrase)
God wrote, I love youhe wrote it in the sky, and on the earth, and under the sea. He wrote his message everywhere! Because God created everything in his world to reflect him like a mirrorto show us what he is like, to help us know him, to make our hearts sing.
The way a kitten chases her tail. The way red poppies grow wild. The way a dolphin swims.
And God put it into words, too, and wrote it in a book called the Bible.
Now, some people think the Bible is a book of rules, telling you what you should and shouldnt do. The Bible certainly does have some rules in it. They show you how life works best. But the Bible isnt mainly about you and what you should be doing. Its about God and what he has done.
Other people think the Bible is a book of heroes, showing you people you should copy. The Bible does have some heroes in it, but (as youll soon find out) most of the people in the Bible arent heroes at all. They make some big mistakes (sometimes on purpose). They get afraid and run away. At times they are downright mean.
No, the Bible isnt a book of rules, or a book of heroes. The Bible is most of all a Story. Its an adventure story about a young Hero who comes from a far country to win back his lost treasure. Its a love story about a brave Prince who leaves his palace, his throneeverythingto rescue the one he loves. Its like the most wonderful of fairy tales that has come true in real life!
You see, the best thing about this Story isits true.
There are lots of stories in the Bible, but all the stories are telling one Big Story. The Story of how God loves his children and comes to rescue them.
It takes the whole Bible to tell this Story. And at the center of the Story, there is a baby. Every Story in the Bible whispers his name. He is like the missing piece in a puzzlethe piece that makes all the other pieces fit together, and suddenly you can see a beautiful picture.
And this is no ordinary baby. This is the Child upon whom everything would depend. This is the Child who would one daybut wait. Our Story starts where all good stories start. Right at the very beginning
The Song of Creation, from Genesis 12
IN THE BEGINNING, there was nothing.
Nothing to hear. Nothing to feel. Nothing to see.
Only emptiness. And darkness. Andnothing but nothing.
But God was there. And God had a wonderful Plan.
Ill take this emptiness, God said, and Ill fill it up! Out of the darkness, Im going to make light! And out of the nothing, Im going to makeEVERYTHING!
Like a mommy bird flutters her wings over her eggs to help her babies hatch, God hovered over the deep, silent darkness. He was making life happen.
God spoke. Thats all. And whatever he said, it happened.
God said, Hello light! and light shone into the darkness. God called the light, Day and the darkness, Night. Youre good, God said. And they were.
Then God said, Hello sea! Hello sky! and a great space opened up, wide and deep and high. Youre good, God said. And they were.
Then God said, Hello land! and theresplashing up through the oceanscame cliffs, mountains, sandy beaches. Youre good, God said. And they were.
Hello trees! God said. Hello grass and flowers! And everything everywhere burst into life. He made buds bud; shoots shoot; flowers flower. Youre good, God said. And they were.
Hello stars! God said. Hello sun! Hello moon! And whizzing into the darkness came fiery globes, spinning around and aroundwhirling orange and purple and golden planets. Youre good, God said. And they were.
Hello birds! God said. And with a fluttering and flapping and chirping and singing, birds filled the skies. Hello fish! God said. And with a darting and dashing and wriggling and splashing, fish filled the seas! Youre good, God said. And they were.
Then God said, Hello animals! And everyone came out to play. The earth was filled with noisy noisesgrowling and gobbling and snapping and snorting and happy skerfuffling. Youre good, God said. And they were.
God saw all that he had made and he loved them. And they were lovely because he loved them.
But God saved the best for last. From the beginning, God had a shining dream in his heart. He would make people to share his Forever Happiness. They would be his children, and the world would be their perfect home.
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