The Bible's True Purpose
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"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God" (Matt 3: 4). Many people act as if after the Bible was completed, God stopped speaking. This is because a lot of people misunderstand the Bible's true purpose. And this, in turn, has led many people to lose faith in the Bible. The Bible was never meant to be a substitute for a personal relationship with God. The Bible is to point you to a relationship with God. But most evangelicals have a relationship with the Bible and know nothing of God. The Bible is not God's word to you. God can speak through the Bible, but the Bible is not God's word to you. Yes, it's for you, but not to you. God is not telling you to sacrifice your son Isaac. Be careful about applying specific directions to your own life, not everyone should quote, go and sell all you have and give to the poor. The Bible is not a message from God, it's a message about God. It records people's experi