Dr. Mike Jones

Q: [Dr. Mike] When we repeatedly see the same numbers or messages throughout the week, should we assume anything from it?

Q: [Dr. Mike] When we repeatedly see the same numbers or messages throughout the week, should we assume anything from it?

A: In the scheme of things, it means absolutely nothing! We as Christians know that it’s not uncommon to see a series of consecutive numbers or letters doing the day or throughout the week.
In today’s society, members of the ‘Illuminati’ (aka New Age Movement) would have us to believe that repeated numbers or symbols, especially to Christians, are messages from God; therefore, if you are driving along and see a billboard with this message, “This is YOUR day!” It is a direct message from God to you, and He meant for you to see it. Or, if you were driving behind and 18 wheeler, that has 777 on the license plate, that too is a direct message from God.

Believe it or not, I actually saw a religious television program, where the host and his packed Christian audience were in ‘AWE’ of this new phenomenon, because the two guests had written extensively in this area. One of gentlemen said, “God speaks to us every day through many ways, such as, movie titles, photographs, magazines, etc. Even if you’re reading an article, and it jumps out at you. Encoded in these things is a key that God wants us to open.”

In a nutshell, what I’m trying to relay to my Christian brothers and sisters, is that the art of ‘numerology’ has always been view as an occult practice by Biblical scholars and has no basis in sacred Scripture, nor in the life of a believer. The few instances where we see numbers used in Scripture, they represent specific things, such as, the number 3 (The Holy Trinity: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit), the number 7 (God’s number for perfection/completion), and the number 12 (Apostolic authority), etc. There’s no hidden meaning to be ‘UNLOCKED!’
In conclusion: for the New Testament believer, the Bible makes it perfectly clear that Scripture is complete and absolutely sufficient. How do we know this? Because of what’s written and 2 Timothy 3:14-17, “But you must remain faithful to the things you have been taught. You know they are true, for you know you can trust those who taught you. You have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip His people to do every good work.”
Being a student of Reformed Theology, The Westminster Confession of Faith, sums up the absolute sufficiency of Scripture, about as well as any other publication.

Westminster Confession 1:6:
The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for His own glory, man’s salvation, faith and life, is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture: unto which nothing at any time is to be added, whether by new revelations of the Spirit, or traditions of men. Nevertheless, we acknowledge the inward illumination of the Spirit of God to be necessary for the saving understanding of such things as are revealed in the Word: and that there are some circumstances concerning the worship of God, and government of the Church, common to human actions and societies, which are to be ordered by the light of nature, and Christian prudence, according to the general rules of the Word, which are always to be observed.