Would you agree that we are meant to ' rightly divide " the scriptures .
I use this verse to make a more obvious point.
We can trust that God has made his word clear to understand.
This command for example is not for us today . Its not written TO us . Its an account of a command given to Noah specifically.
Genesis 6:14
“Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.”
Now its FOR us to understand,but its not for us to follow by building an Ark in our back yard . Yes there is so much to gain from understanding the flood account .
I see people doing this with Jesus words . Instead of understanding who Jesus is speaking too , when he is speaking and why people just go for the ' spiritual ' " I feel God is speaking to me in this verse ' ect .
I use this verse to make a more obvious point.
We can trust that God has made his word clear to understand.
This command for example is not for us today . Its not written TO us . Its an account of a command given to Noah specifically.
Genesis 6:14
“Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.”
Now its FOR us to understand,but its not for us to follow by building an Ark in our back yard . Yes there is so much to gain from understanding the flood account .
I see people doing this with Jesus words . Instead of understanding who Jesus is speaking too , when he is speaking and why people just go for the ' spiritual ' " I feel God is speaking to me in this verse ' ect .
The letter does not always give the actual meaning of what we are required to understand. For example, check the parable of the sower and the meaning our Lord Jesus ascribed to it or his other parables. In most cases, there are hidden treasures of truths in the letters. These treasures are hidden in this earthen vessels so that the excellence of the power of knowledge may be of God and not of us.
It doesn't matter who the audience are or were. That I was not part of the crowd that gathered to hear Jesus speak on the parable of the sower does not mean that the parable does not apply to me and my generation.
In a nutshell what is important and relevant today is -- in your own words, that so much we gain in understanding the flood account. What then do we understand is the question?
It is not a question of building a physical Ark in our backyard that is important, but the spiritual lessons/truths lined up in that story which is important, which are still relevant today.