God has given us His word by inspiring God-fearing men to write the books we know as the Bible. He filled it with things we can do to obey Him, please Him, and glorify Him. We call it our life manual, because we believe that everything we need to know is laid out in that Book.
But what about the issues the Bible doesn’t address? Some people try to deduce answers by arranging verses in a logical statement that would conclude that _____ is wrong, or that God meant to say that we shouldn’t _____. But that is where you get into dangerous territory, especially when you start broadcasting these conclusions as fact. The fact is, they’re your conclusions, based on your logic and conviction. If you start arranging verses to make the Bible say something it doesn’t say, you really can make the Bible say a lot of things.
The Bible has given us so much to work on already. Look at Micah 6:8: “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” Personally, I have a difficult time with this one verse alone. Let alone the ten commandments.
If you’re wondering about a certain issue that the Bible does not address, try to focus on what it does address. There are so many grey areas that are not in the Bible explicitly, and there are times when we wonder if something is wrong or alright. But God has given you concrete things that you can do to make Him happy. Focus on those.
Think about it like this. When Moses brought down the ten commandments, imagine the Israelites saying “but it doesn’t say anything about weed!” He probably responded with some frustration, saying “Don’t focus on _____; follow what was actually commanded of you. Stop trying to figure out what these ten commandments haven’t addressed and follow the ten commandments.”
I have really been loving your posts of late. I hate using the word relevant because it seems like the “in thing” but these very much are. People are worrying about the wrong and little ideas, when we should be focusing on other greater things such as love.