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Prologue: Raising the Curtain

Colin S. Smith and Tim Augustyn 173

You hear that he is the Son of God, but you don’t know who god is. You hear that he will save his people, but you don’t know who his people are or what they need saving from! That is the position many people are in today.

If you don’t know who god is, humanity’s problem, or the promise god has made, the coming of Christ will seem like nothing more than a sentimental story.

If you don’t know who god is, humanity’s problem, or the promise god has made, the coming of Christ will seem like nothing more than a sentimental story.




Prologue: Raising the curtain. A Daily Devotional by Colin S. Smith
In the beginning ... Genesis 1:1

Suppose you and a friend have tickets to a major play called The Bible Story, but because of traffic, you arrive late to the theater. You walk into the lobby and discover that it’s already intermission! You figure you might as well stay. Besides, you’ve heard that the new Testament is the best part.

You hear the buzz of conversation about Acts 1, then the lights fade. It’s time to get a seat. You sit down just in time for the beginning of Acts 2. But you have entirely missed act 1, so you know nothing about what came first, the Old Testament.

The curtain rises, and a manger and a newborn child are at center stage. as the scene unfolds, you learn that this is no ordinary child. Unlike any other character in human history, he has no human father.

He is born of a virgin, and an angel announces that this child is the Son of God, “God . . . with us” (Matthew 1:23), and that “he will save his people from their sins” (1:21).

You overhear a wife say to her husband, “This is it! He will be the one who was promised. You wait and see; it will all center around him. He’ll be the answer to the problem.”


But you’ve just arrived, and you don’t know what the problem is.

You hear that he is the Son of God, but you don’t know who God is. You hear that he will save his people, but you don’t know who his people are or what they need saving from! Having missed act 1, you struggle to grasp what this story is about.

That is the position many people are in today. They hear the story of Jesus, but they do not understand it because they don’t know the Bible story.

If you don’t know who God is, humanity’s problem, or the promise God has made, the coming of Christ will seem like nothing more than a sentimental story. This is why we need to unlock the Bible story. act 2 won’t make sense until we have grasped Acts 1.

For Further reading, see Acts 17


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Colin S. Smith

Colin Smith was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He came to personal faith in Christ at the age of six, and sensed God's call to pastoral ministry early in life. He has published several books and is the teacher of the popular evangelistic video series, 10 Keys for Unlocking the Bible Story.

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The One Year Unlocking the Bible Devotional

Colin S. Smith and Tim Augustyn
For years I’ve been encouraging people to read through the Bible in order to grasp the big picture of the Bible’s story line. In this devotional, I’ve collected and arranged that material—and added some fresh insights—so that it can most profitably be read over the course of one year.
His goodness is beyond our ability to comprehend, but not our ability to experience.

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The Reality Of Who He Is

Bill Johnson
I ’ve heard people say they don’t believe in God anymore after experiencing a disappointment or tragic loss of some sort. I don’t mean to treat their situation with disregard, but you can’t turn a consciousness of God on and off like that.
Al our vows and resolutions end in denial because we have no power to carry them out.

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The Afterwards Of The Life Of Power

Oswald Chambers
Between these times Peter had denied Jesus with oaths and curses, he had come to the end of himself and al his self-sufficiency, there was not one strand of himself he would ever rely upon again, and in his destitution he was in a fit condition to receive an impartation from the risen Lord.
When it is a question of the providential wil of God, wait for God to move.

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Why Cannot I Follow Thee Now?

Oswald Chambers
There are times when you cannot understand why you cannot do what you want to do. When God brings the blank space, see that you do not fil it in, but wait. The blank space may come in order to teach you what sanctification means, or it may come after sanctification to teach you what service means.
Si Él no me hubiera amado con un amor tan profundo como el infierno y tan fuerte como la muerte, se habría apartado de mí hace mucho tiempo.

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Jesus did Everything to Save Us

Charles Spurgeon
Pause, my soul, and wonder! You have goings forth in the person of Jesus from the days of eternity. Not only when you were born into the world did Christ love you, but His delights were also with the sons of men before there were any sons of men!
When you love you’re also generous, especially with your time, attention, assistance, and encouragement.

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The Pillar of Love

H. Norman Wright
Tom Marshall shares some wonderful insights on how to love. Here is an adaption from his book Right Relationships. It’s true. You’ve heard about the pillar before. Probably many times. But very possibly not in the following way.
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