God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son - Hebrews 1:1-2a
One cannot know God except through his son Jesus Christ. It is impossible for sinners to approach God without a mediator. Creation reveals God's glory, but we cannot perceive it. The best man can get is a fuzzy notion of an unknown God, but whoever has seen the Son has seen the Father, whoever believes the Son sees the glory of God (John 11:40, 12:45)
That's why scripture is so important. Without scripture we don't know Christ, without Christ we don't know God, and not knowing God means we are eternally damned, because eternal life is to know God and his Son Jesus Christ.
Where else can we find Christ revealed truly? The world? The best the world can give us is some moral teacher, some prophet, some liar, because the world does not believe. Historians might agree Christ was a real man, but think of his deity as foolishness, or they might have some notion of him as a doer of wonderous works but never be clear that he is God in the flesh, came to save sinners.(look up Josephus) Only scripture bears witness of Christ truly and fully for us. Therefore understanding what the bible says is important, doctrine is important. There is an error of mystifying the bible, and there is also an error in thinking eternal life is in the scripture, thus stopping at doctrine and knowledge.
O God, let us be wise in reading your word, help us to understand and love your Word.
Word, bro.
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