John 12.48 promises the word I have spoken will judge you at the last day.

While Jesus was teaching, the people questioned Him for they had heard something different from what He was telling them (12.34), yet Jesus insisted it was His words that would be the standard on judgment day. If Jesus is God as He claimed to be then His words must be considered true but if He is not God then neither is He a good man for He deceived many and His words should be ignored.

Believing that Jesus is God, the Savior of the world and the Judge of all humanity, why do we ignore His words relying instead upon what we have heard about Him?

The final exam God will give to us is no secret; all the answers are in the book so that we might pass the test. Yet most Christians struggle to spend any time reading the Bible.

Christians should be reading the Scriptures as much as possible so that they can know their God and obey His commands.

Certainly God will consider us without excuse for failing to live in obedience to Him when we were given His clear teaching to follow.

Why do we give the outcome of our eternal destiny to others instead of owning the responsibility to know God for ourselves?

God’s Word is clear and we have been blessed with the capacity to study God’s word for ourselves – something most of humanity throughout history never had the privilege to do. To whom much has been given much will be required taught the Lord Jesus, and we have been given very much.

We have no excuse beyond our selfishness and laziness for not taking a few minutes per day to read the Scriptures so that we can know deeply our God and obey His commands.