We are to be changed by God's Word.
The Bible doesn't leave us as it found us. The Book of Revelation calls for a change in our way of thinking, a change of our way of living. It calls for a change of heart: "Be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any one opens the door, I will come in to him" (Revelation 3:19-20). God's Word comes to us with a call for obedience. It calls us to receive comfort. It calls us to worship. We haven't been given the Bible so that we can build up a great treasury of Biblical knowledge, and pat ourselves on the back, taking pride in our great knowledge. The Book of Revelation hasn't been given to us so that we become conceited in our supposed knowledge of the things to come. We have been given the Word of God so that we might learn to be obedient. This is the way of comfort. No less than any other part of Scripture, the Book of Revelation calls for our obedience. When we seek to obey its message, we will find that it will bring great blessing into our lives - "Blessed is he who reads, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written here" (Revelation 1:3).
The Bible doesn't leave us as it found us. The Book of Revelation calls for a change in our way of thinking, a change of our way of living. It calls for a change of heart: "Be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If any one opens the door, I will come in to him" (Revelation 3:19-20). God's Word comes to us with a call for obedience. It calls us to receive comfort. It calls us to worship. We haven't been given the Bible so that we can build up a great treasury of Biblical knowledge, and pat ourselves on the back, taking pride in our great knowledge. The Book of Revelation hasn't been given to us so that we become conceited in our supposed knowledge of the things to come. We have been given the Word of God so that we might learn to be obedient. This is the way of comfort. No less than any other part of Scripture, the Book of Revelation calls for our obedience. When we seek to obey its message, we will find that it will bring great blessing into our lives - "Blessed is he who reads, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written here" (Revelation 1:3).
