Christians: Do you only have to heed the things in the bible that are quotes from Jesus?

Question

or God? If Paul says to do something, do you have to do it?

Answer 1

no.
2 Timothy3:14 You, however, continue in the things that you learned and were persuaded to believe, knowing from what persons you learned them 15 and that from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through the faith in connection with Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.

Many believe that the entire Bible is God inspired. As such, they, as Jesus did, refer to the entire work for instruction.
There are those that claim to be Christian, that like to ignore in part or whole the Hebrew(Old Testament) scriptures, yet, as Jesus freely qouted them, the Hebrew scriptures are inseparably intertwined with the Greek (New Testament) scriptures.

If any so-called Christian denigrates the importance of the Hebrew Scriptures(OLd Testament), maby they should check out the book of Hewbrews in the NT.

The record proves that the early Christians placed a very serious importance on the texts of the Bible back to the writings of Moses(the first 5 books of the Bible) and to non-chalantly disregard these texts is borderline blasphemy!

Answer 2

If something is in the Bible, we have to remember that it is in there for a reason. Odds are that we must obey.
The reason I say "odds are," is because of the Old Testament.
You have to read the Bible as one big book, not individual rules and lessons. Only then do you get an idea of the whole story here. For example:
In the old testament, we learn that you are not allowed to eat pork. In the new testament, we learn (from Jesus) that nothing that you eat makes you unclean, and (from Paul) that God has declared all the the previously unclean animals to be clean (book of Acts of the Apostles).
If you just read the first part, you don't learn about the second part.

Thus, if it is stated in the Bible as "you shalt do this," and nowhere after it does it say, "not anymore," or "from now on, do this," then you should do it.

Answer 3

Well, Jesus is God, and Paul was considered to have been led by the Holy Spirit, and the Bible is the word of God, so yes. Everything in the Bible is from Jesus.

Answer 4

We need to heed ALL the counsel and principals brought to our attention in the Bible.

It's written for a reason.

1 Timothy 2:16 states, "All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness."

Answer 5

To me the bible is a guide book interpreted differently from person to person. I think that you should not take things told in the bible so literally and instead try to understand the lessons they are trying to teach about morals, ethics, being a good influence to others, etc. Just be the best person you can be and let the bible guide you in an honest and good way. To me the bible is meant to help make you a better person, not by literally telling you something. Every thing in the bible is a lesson on how to live your life.

Answer 6

Quotes from Jesus Christ are more than sufficient since His followers only expounded on His teachings. He said that He spoke only what His Father told Him to so His authority was Almighty God. John said in chapter 1 that Jesus was the Word of God made flesh. Awesome, isn't it?

Answer 7

Only if Paul was dirrected by God to say it. The Old testiment has been superceded by the new so you don't have to follow anything in it. Paul was telling us what Jesus would have said so I would tend to follow his guidence but this is between you and God. Pray on it.

Answer 8

Most Christians believe the whole New Testament is authoritative. However, as a Zen Christian, I value the teachings of Jesus on a higher level.

Answer 9

Yes. the Bible says that man will have to give an account of himself at Judgment Day based on "every jot and tittle" from the Word of God and that we will be judged by "every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God". The men who penned the Bible were God's "mouthpieces" commissioned to take the Word to the people and teach it, preach it, and administer to the ones who didn't understand it. David was quoted in psalms praying to God and saying, "Thy Word have I HID (kept, studied and honored) in mine heart that I might not SIN against thee". He came to the realization that he would have to give an account of his sins and indiscretions before he died so that when he was judged, God wouldn't remember them anymore based on his obedience to God's word.

Answer 10

All Scripture is breathed out by God, not just the red letters. Hence one of the reasons why I don't care for "red lettered" editions of the Bible...since some people tend to place more emphasis on them than the dreaded "black" letters.