I feel bad for new members to Christian forums that have to shovel through page after page of manure from people like you, and all those who support you.
This here is absolute sun-dried dog $4!7. You claim that the Bible is important for Christian development and Salvation, but only if it is first filtered through a church and then delivered to the seeker by a church.
HORSE MANURE!!
And you can't present a single verse that even closely implies that nonsense.
That is exactly why God created the Bible to begin with was so that the common man could seek, and find, God on his own.
That's one of the reasons Jesus died on the Cross was so that we no longer needed to go through fallible man to seek God's counsel, but can now rely on Him as our High Priest from within to teach us exactly what we need to know about His Word. That's why the veil separating the Holy of Holies was ripped from top to bottom upon Christ's death. We now have direct access to God via the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and can discern Scripture all by ourselves, all alone on a desert island if necessary.
There's not a church upon the earth today that the devil hasn't corrupted. You have no chance of putting together a comprehensive understanding of God's Word through the teaching of the church; any church for that matter.
You are guaranteed lost if you continue to believe this way; and you're teaching the devil's doctrine.
Who's surprised?
The authority of the apostles is required to know what is the scriptures and what is not, the church having wrote the New Testament by the authority of Christ the apostles determined what is scripture and the authentic interpretation there of!
Saint Jerome’s work of collecting the Bible and getting it approved did not happen until in 381 it was approved by the Pope, the valid successor of Peter having jurisdiction authority of the keys of the kingdom of heaven!
How did the church for almost four centuries live without the “Bible alone”?
The teaching authority of the apostles that’s how! The Bible’s is the Bible by the authority of the church, Christ’s authority given to His apostles!
Christ founded the church on Peter and the apostles to defend, to protect, and to teach “thee faith”
A fundamentalist is ruled by spiritual pride, self-righteous private judgement from scripture, or the humility to hear the teaching of Christ through the church of His apostles?
Obedience of faith: rom 16:26
We must be taught by Christ who is the way, the truth, and the life. Jn 14:6
Instructed: Lk 1:4 acts 8:31
Teach all nations: Matt 28:19
He who hears you (the apostles) hears me: lk 10:16
Hear the church: Matt 18:17
Church is the pillar and ground of truth: 1 Tim 3:14
Christ and his church are one, the church is an extension of Christ through the whole world and all time: acts 9:4
Not scripture plus private judgement
But guided by the teaching office of Christ and his church!
Without the teaching authority of the apostles you cannot know what is and what is not scripture!
Please explain how the church of Jesus Christ existed before the New Testament, the church taught and believed before the New Testament with the same authority of Christ!
Church of the apostles has the same mission, ministry, power, and authority as Christ! Jn 20:21-23
The church wrote the New Testament, the church gathered the cannon of scripture, the church alone has authority to say what is, and what is not scripture and to give the authoritative interpretation or meaning of scripture!
Not spiritual pride & self-righteous private judgement!