BARNEY BRIGHT
Well-Known Member
I was in the process of doing so, when the thread was shut down.
1. Scriptures were repeatedly offered showing Sola Scriptura, and you rejected them. So be it. I will continue to post them as I read them.
Sola Scriptura is the Scriptural example of preaching and teaching the things of the God of the Bible according to the Scriptures.
Jesus did so concerning Himself as the promised Christ. His apostles did so concerning Jesus is the Christ.
They all warned against false teaching, traditions, and commandments that were of men taught for doctrine of God, and were not, because they made the commandments of God of none effect: Scripture of God contradicted. That does not happen, when all teaching and preaching and ministry is according to the Scriptures.
2. When you give proof of oral traditions, that were not in Scripture, and so there is true oral tradition not in Scripture, you defeat your argument, because you know those traditions by the Scriptures, that confirmed them to be true, when they were written in Scripture.
You stated that Jannes and Jambres were oral traditions not in Scripture.
They are:
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
You quote an oral tradition from Scripture, in order to prove oral traditions not in Scripture can be true.
You are therefore agreeing with Sola Scriptura, by going to Scripture in order to support your argument.
The oral traditions of Jannes and Jambres, prophecy of Enoch, contending over the body of Moses, etc...are all in Scripture, and so are true of the things of God.
There are plenty of oral traditions not written in Scripture, and we know there are false ones, because Scripture says so.
Therefore, Sola Scriptura says any and all teachings and traditions taught for doctrine of the God of the Bible, must be according to the Scriptures, in order to be believed as true of Jesus Christ and His gospel and Word of faith.
If it is not supported by Scripture, it does not make it false, but only a tradition of men, that may or may not be true.
It is only the traditions of men that contradict Scripture, and make the commandment of God in Scripture of none effect, that are proven false and to be rejected out of hand as heretical and are dangerous to the faith and commandment of Jesus Christ in them that believe.
You have already agreed with this. We are not apart on this.
If we have oral traditions we believe and are blessings to us, that do not contradict Scripture, then that is our right of personal faith, and so long as we do keep His faith and fulfill the royal law to love our neighbors as ourselves, then we do well. But if we then go on to teach those traditions as doctrine of Christ, and they are not proven so by Scripture, then we do not well.
I know and I believe what the True God says when he inspired the Apostle John to write at John 20:30,31; John 21:25. What God inspired to be written down is sufficient to know who the True God is who the Only-Begotten Son of God is putting the love of the True God and his Only-Begotten Son first in your life and loving your fellow man but especially your spiritual brothers and sisters, and about grace, and faith. Everything you need to know to get eternal life and live the way God wishes you to live is in the inspired word of God. The truth is that when God inspired the Apostle Paul to write 2Timothy 3:16, 17 this is a very very accurate scripture, all we need is the scriptures. Do we need to study them, yes. Also if counsels of men say something that agrees with scripture then I will agree with what they say, but if they something that doesn't agree with scripture or goes beyond what's written down in the scriptures I will not agree with them.