Originally Posted by antlers
Originally Posted by Rickshaw
How do we follow Christ without following his word?
The men and women who actually knew Jesus personally and chose to follow Him...like Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Peter, James, Andrew, Mary, Martha, and Paul...followed Him without ‘the Bible’. They received salvation without reading ‘any’ New Testament documents. And they were the men and women whose faith laid the groundwork for the evangelization of the entire world.
Some seem to think that Christianity depends upon the Bible. I don’t. Christianity would still be true even if every Bible and manuscript in the world were non-existent.




I appreciate your perspectives. You make some good points. I would agree that Christianity would still be true apart from the Bible. But I believe the scriptures are God breathed and given for a purpose. We wouldn't know of Jesus followers or the gospel so well apart from it. God could have passed on his truth through oral repetition, but that would be impractical. He has given his word that we might know him. I will look into your point about how scripture was used by Christ and others. I haven't heard that perspective. I appreciate the explanation.