Red Letter Edition

From Uplook's Pioneering magazine from last summer (yes...I'm just now getting around to reading it):

Supposedly it was the brainchild of Louis Klopsch, then editor of The Christian Herald magazine. It was 1899, and his idea was to accentuate the words of Jesus by printing them in red. Although he highlighted only those words spoken by the Savior during His time on earth, some of the newer Red Letter editions also include what Christ said following the ascension, for example His words to the Seven Churches.

Are His words of more moment than those left in black? What does the Scripture itself say? "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works" (2 Timothy 3:16-17). I think the irony is that many believers have a tendency to take the teachings of the Lord Jesus in the Gospels as having less significance for us than the epistles of Paul. Some are quick to claim that the Sermon on the Mount, for example, is unreasonable and was not meant to be applied to our lives today. 

But what does Paul say? "If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ,...he is proud, knowing nothing..." (1 Timothy 6:3-4). Solemn words indeed. The teachings of our Lord while He was here on earth are both pointed and practical.