He didn’t say that, did He?
He didn’t say that, did He?
If I said, in 1935, that all cars had manual transmissions, was I talking about cars made today?
And the new testament is a collection of books. The old testament is scripture. The new testament includes a bunch of letters, a vision (revelation), a documentary account of the apostles up to a certain point and the life and times and teaching of Christ (the gospels).
It is extremely valuable teaching and very important, but it holds a lot of information that was specific to the culture (e.g. women talking in church) and other such stuff - at one point Paul even says, “this is me talking, not God”.
That last part is important because the clear implication is that the rest of the time it IS God talking. And I believe that.
So I see the bible as VERY important in expanding my knowledge of God and improving my relationship with Him and my fellow man (the only two things that really matter in the end), but I see it as a collection of what I mentioned above. I don’t worship it. If I had to choose between prayer and the bible, I’d choose prayer.