Spirit-revelation gives life. Mere comprehension of Bible-
words kills, but the Spirit of Christ, the Living Word of
God, gives life. To the Romans Paul wrote, "we have been
released from the Law, having died to that by which we
were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and
not in oldness of the letter" (Romans 7:6). Christians are
not "bound" to the "letter" of book-religion. We live and
serve in the newness of the Spirit of Christ activating our
lives from within.
Without the indwelling of the Spirit of Christ, reading
the Bible will be like reading someone else's mail. You
cannot understand it because it was not intended for you.
Oh, you may be able to chart the history. You may be able
to discuss the theology. You might even be able to produce
detailed speculations about the future, but you will not be
able to receive the living, spiritual implications of the life
of Jesus Christ. This is why Martin Luther indicated that if
your spiritual condition is that of the unregenerate, being
devoid of the Spirit, you are better off reading some other
book! That is also why it is said, "the Bible is the only book
in the world that requires knowing the Author to
understand the book." One must "know" and have a
personal relationship with the Living Word expression of
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