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NASB | Matthew 22:32 'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 22:32 'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living." [Ex 3:6] |
Subject: purgatory is it true? |
Bible Note: Hi Emmaus, If the Bible is not one's sole rule of faith and practice, why limit oneself to one or two sources of faith? Where does the Bible says that the Bible is the sole rule of faith, you ask? I think the answer is logical. First we have the explicit command to live by his word: Matt. 4:4 But He answered and said, "It is written, ' Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'" Then, God has given us in his word all the knowledge we need to live godly lives: 2 Pet. 1:3 seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. In His word we have all the "equipment" we need for every good work: 2 Tim. 3:16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 2 Tim. 3:17 that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. And we are told both in the Old and New Testaments that the only authority of what to believe is God's word. Is 8:20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn. Gal 1:8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! And the only authority the Church has is from the Bible alone. So again the sole rule is the Bible: Eph. 4:11 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, Eph. 4:12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; Eph. 4:13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fulness of Christ. Eph. 4:14 As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; Eph. 4:15 but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ, Eph. 4:16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by that which every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love. So from the Scriptures I see no logical alternative to the Scriptures being the sole rule of faith and practice, nor that there is a need for additional rules. Peace, Lionstrong |