How much of our Bible reading should be in Paul's epistles, according to Les?
For believers today, 90% of study time and Bible reading should be devoted to Paul's epistles, while the rest of Scripture is not to be forgotten. The Old Testament remains equally fitted and dovetails with the New, but the Pauline emphasis is primary.
Les emphasizes Pauline teaching. He states that for us today, 90% of our study time—and he thinks 90% of our Bible reading—should be in Paul's epistles. However, he never indicates that we should forget the rest of Scripture. He says the Old Testament is just as well fitted as the New, and it all dovetails together. He notes the Old Testament was predominantly under the economy of law to Israel, but now that God has turned to the Gentile, that economy has slipped off the scene, and we have something totally different. He also points to the revelation Paul speaks of, the mystery held in God's mind and now revealed.