The Bible is such an awesome and beautiful tool with rich application for understanding and relating to our God and with one another. But we must not forget that God existed before written scripture and that the God of Abraham still wants to commune with us.
Is this admonishment an attempt to deemphasize scripture? NO! Not at all, but it is a reminder that the letter alone kills but the spirit makes alive. Be reminded that within biblical text we are challenged to be living epistles read of men. Jesus Christ who was the living word has past the Christness on to us, calling for us to rise up to live as God's word made flesh.
Legalism calls this relationship obedience to commands but those in love with God call it the joy that is our strength, our reasonable service, our meat and our renewing.
To learn how much God loves us and to fulfill his loving wishes for us, is to become the heros mentioned in Hebrews 11. We become the new "men of old" earning a good report and are the NEW New Testament.
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