The Word of God well understood and religiously obeyed is the shortest route to spiritual perfection. And we must not select a few favorite passages to the exclusion of others. Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian.
A W Tozer
How important is the Word of God? Three times when the devil tempted Jesus, He said, “It is written.”
Also to pick and choose what one wants in the bible is worth nothing. It’s like picking a couple of things in your job description and not doing the others. The Word of God is our manual to get back to being the type of person that we are supposed to be before the fall happened.
It’s easy to pick a couple of things that come naturally to us. Even people who don’t know the Lord can do that.
Use the Word of God as a living manuscript that helps guide you towards a closer relationship with the Lord.