Acts 13 - knowing the Word

... they did not know Him, nor even the voices of the Prophets which are read every Sabbath... (Acts 13:27)

Isn't this scary?

It's like something supposedly so familiar, yet we do not really know...

It's like friends with someone for years, and then only we discover some secrets about him and we start to think twice whether we have really known him.

Those people read the words of the Scriptures every week. They read about the coming Messiah; they know that He is coming. Yet when He is here, they did not know Him. And it also turns out that they did not even know the voices of the Prophets which they read every week.

Aren't we also reading the words of the Bible every week at church? In fact, we could be reading the Bible every single day! The Word of God is something so familiar to us. Perhaps we could even go on and on telling bible stories without even referring to the Bible!

However, do we really know the Word that we read? Do we really know Him, the Word made flesh?

Something that is crucial for a writer of God to think about..