Jesus is our blueprint

So, I have been reading a book entitled "The Death of the Custodian". It is a small little book that packs a huge punch. I will give a full review when I finish, but something I read tonight triggered my thoughts relating to another blog awhile back.

I was exploring whether the New Testament is to be viewed as a blueprint or a case study. Ketcherside, states in his book that the letters which we commonly give the name New Testament can't be a blueprint simply because there were Christians living before the letters were written. It is probable that there were Christians that lived that never read any of the letters. Our example is not a working out of the letter of the law like in the Old Covenant, but a following of the example of Jesus, the Christ. He is our "blueprint".

Thought that was an interesting take on the issue. Though it doesn't answer the question of how then do read the Scriptures. I guess, if you adopt this view that you would read them as more of a case study.