What if you never had access to the written Word of God? What if you never had the chance to study and read? The presence of the Bible is not a requirement to fulfill the commands of Jesus. What is required is a teacher and a student. Having said that, The Bible is our absolute go to for truth. We cling to it like no other physical thing. But we cannot make the mistake of replacing Who has been given to us with what is written. They go hand in hand.
Jesus told the Pharisees, in John 5:39
“You search the Scriptures, because you think in them you have eternal life. These are they who bear witness of Me.” We cannot make the same mistake. We have been given the Spirit of Truth to lead us into all truth. This Truth is the revelation of the mystery of the ages, Christ in us. If you had no Bible, this revelation would be enough to accomplish anything: Jesus was the first born of a “new man”.
These new men are just like Him: sinless with the Spirit of God baptizing them, indwelling them. He made us like Him for a purpose… to do what He did, announcing the kingdom is at hand; until all of His enemies are made His footstool. That, at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.