I believe God left out the “thou shall” and “thou shall not” out of the New Testament for very good reason. He wanted us to look up the answers for ourselves. The book of Hebrews tells us that God chose to speak to us through His son, Jesus Christ in these last days. In the Gospel of John we have Christ explaining to us how He will do so:
25"These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
John 14: 25-26
The Holy Spirit will direct us to remembrance of the words of Christ and those words are in the Bible. As Christians we are to walk by faith, not by sight (2 Cor 5:7) and I believe that nothing pleases our Lord more than seeing His children with their hands on His Word and allowing it to direct their life. Only by dedicating ourselves to an in-depth study of God’s living, breathing and inspired Word can we truly discover His will and find the promises He makes us.
Many so called preachers have attempted to soften the Gospel message to make it more palatable and given rise to the greatest need ever for deeper, personal study of scripture. Only by active understanding of sin, its nature and our inability to deal with it on our own can we see the magnitude of the sacrifice that is represented by the cross. Only through the Holy Spirit guiding us through the very thought’s of God found in scripture can we re-new our minds and line our thoughts with His.
The Bible is the instruction manual to the abundant life Christ has promised available whenever we need it. The test of life is open book so any failure we take on is only by our choice.
"Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away."
Matthew 24:35
If life is throwing you a curve ball, go read the instructions, it’ll help!
Peace,
Jeff
