Then what’s your advice to a new Christian? How do they grow in knowledge apart from the Bible?
That Jesus doesn’t want robots. He wants fellowship. That obtaining knowledge of God and growing spiritually isn’t ‘only’ accomplished through Bible reading. That reading the Bible isn’t the ‘only’ avenue to know the way and the truth and the life. That the Spirit of the Living God dwells inside of you, and reading the Bible isn’t the ‘only’ way to know this. Not to place ‘all’ of your faith and trust and abilities and confidence and hope in ‘only’ the Bible...rather than in the Living God Himself. To pursue and petition God through prayer, rather than ‘just’ through Bible reading. To trust that God is leading and guiding them, and not ‘only’ by reading the Bible. To ask God for wisdom and discernment, and know that He’ll provide it, other than by ‘just’ reading the Bible. That God can use circumstances...and not ‘just’ reading the Bible...to communicate with you, and provide you with wisdom to discern His hand in the circumstances. To not be motivated by fear and uncertainty, but instead by faith...and realize that it doesn’t ‘only’ come from reading the Bible. To take Jesus into consideration in whatever you do, and seek God first, and trust that the things you need in life will be added to you...and know that this isn’t ‘only’ accomplished by reading the Bible. And to seek to line up your life with God’s design, and know that God faithfully reveals the specifics of His will, and not ‘only’ by reading the Bible.
What do you do with, "There is no other name than Jesus by which we are saved,"? Could we learn that from our own minds?
"Only Christ is the fullness of God's revelation." Everyday Hunter
