Many Christians fail to grasp the basic point of the Bible: to follow Jesus.

Unfortunately, many Christians love the Bible more than Jesus. They say things like “a biblical worldview” and “we’re a Bible-believing church” and “we believe in the Bible.”

But in reality, they should be having a “Christ-like worldview” where they “act like Jesus” and “believe in the words and actions of Jesus.” Even Satan quoted the Bible in an effort to tempt Jesus.

People sometimes say that the Bible is like a love letter to humanity. But imagine if someone gave you a love letter and instead of loving that person you actually just obsessed over the letter. Can you picture someone becoming so obsessed with the love letter yet ignoring the person who sent it?

This is what Christians are doing with Jesus. They’re using the Bible to avoid Jesus. Christ is the point of Christianity, and if the Bible isn’t making us more Christlike, then we’re using it wrong.