Don't try to 'tame' your Bible. Don't try to make every loose end and jagged edge fit the system you think has to contain it. Whatever excellent summary systems we compose - and we need these badly - they cannot contain all Scriptures says in neat, orderly rows.
If you're a teacher, don't fool people into thinking the tidy system answers all the questions; it won't because it can't. Despite our best efforts, some parts of the Bible you wish would fit your system better just won't be crammed in there - such stubborn unrelenting words!
Let the Bible shock you and anger you and baffle you and humble you and convict you and rattle you and undo you. There, in those places of unexpected & uncomfortable encounter with the voice of the Almighty, you will be transformed by the non-conforming words of the Scriptures...
... alive and made effectual by the Holy Spirit, who is definitely out to get you and change you, doing a deep work in you so he can do a great work through you.
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