Scriptures

I was reading the SS lesson tonight, and one thing impressed me in Luke 4:16-21:

"16¶And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

"17And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

"18The ^aSpirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath ^banointed me to ^cpreach the ^dgospel to the ^epoor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to ^fpreach ^gdeliverance to the ^hcaptives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at ⁱliberty them that are bruised,

"19^aTo preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

"20And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.

"21And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture ^afulfilled in your ears."

I noticed how Christ read directly from the Old Testament. He didn't paraphrase, he didn't summarize. He read, and then he testified, and he discussed. This shows us just how important it is to use the scriptures.

Another thing that I was excited about was when Christ referred to Elias in the Old Testament, I remembered Elijah (Elias in NT), and I remembered the story surrounding this reference. I am so impressed with how all the books work together, and when you understand the OT, it's easier to understand the NT. And the B of M, too.