We call the Bible God's love letter, and it is, but a love letter exists for one reason: to bring you to the One who wrote it. The letter is not the beloved.
Well said, thank you. It frames the incredible problem of today's church. When you equate the Bible with Jesus, you can be convinced that only through the Bible can God communicate with you. As you say, the Bible points to a reality where the Spirit abides within us and leads us and guides from there, but because of this logical error (and fear of being led by the Spirit and not being able to control people), we now have generations of people who do not know how to hear the Spirit, much less be led by Him. We can lay this squarely at the feet of the Sola Scriptura reformers, who operated out of fear, not trust in the Lord.
Well said, thank you. It frames the incredible problem of today's church. When you equate the Bible with Jesus, you can be convinced that only through the Bible can God communicate with you. As you say, the Bible points to a reality where the Spirit abides within us and leads us and guides from there, but because of this logical error (and fear of being led by the Spirit and not being able to control people), we now have generations of people who do not know how to hear the Spirit, much less be led by Him. We can lay this squarely at the feet of the Sola Scriptura reformers, who operated out of fear, not trust in the Lord.
https://scotlahaie.substack.com/p/the-question-that-misses-the-point?r=6lmpal&utm_medium=ios
This post on my other blog resonates with this same thought.