What happens if you take Romans through Hebrews out of the New Testament?
Removing Romans through Hebrews from the New Testament guts it. Those epistles are written directly to the church age believer, while the rest of Scripture is written primarily to the Jew under the Law, so they are essential for the church.
Les explains that if you take Romans through Hebrews out of the New Testament, you have gutted it. He notes that many people refuse to look at this area of Scripture as much as they should, though they may make reference to it. He stresses that these epistles are written directly to the church age believer, whereas the rest of Scripture is written primarily to the Jew. We can take profit and make applications from the Jewish writings, but what was written to the Jew under the Law does not directly apply to us. This is why he takes his time moving through these epistles, and why Paul's writings originate not from Paul himself but from God and Christ in glory.