Fleshing Out the Essence

As I was reading the Bible this morning, I read, "The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined from ore and purified seven times in the fire." Psalms 12:6. Anything that has been refined 7 times in the fire has been reduced to its essence. The Scriptures are the essence of truth. It is each generations responsibility to give the essence flesh and in doing so, will flesh out the essence.

Or you could say that the words in the Bible are written in code. Code is an easy way, a shortened way of expressing a complicated truth. If you mistake the code for the sum total of its meaning, you will stumble.

In addition to all this, have you ever been around friends who have been around each other a long time? Have you ever noticed they almost talk to each other in code?

Maybe the Bible is a book for friends from Friends..