Jesus said, "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. But there are some of you who do not believe" (John 6:63-64).
We tend to want to interpret God's Word by our culture and traditions. But our human reasoning profits us nothing. It is important that we recognize that we need the Holy Spirit to interpret scripture.
This is not to say we throw out our reasoning. God is not the author of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33). But it does mean we need to be careful to rightly divide (interpret) the Word of God (2 Timothy 2:15). A reliance on Holy Spirit to speak to us as we meditate on God's Word will bring to life his words to our specific situation.
