Subject: Sola Scriptura supported by bible? |
Bible Note: "Am I to understand that you consider Keith Mathison to be infallible?" Please tell me that you are kidding and not really this obtuse. Mathison, while not being infallible (which as I had previously stated, for those with reading comprehension disabilities, is characteristic of the Bible alone), has documented himself superbly and is very persuasive and well-reasoned. His book is not Scripture, but a historical theology work. Sorry I wasn't more clear on that. People can be RIGHT apart from Scripture, but only Scripture is infallible. You wrote: "The Bible says that the church is built on the foundation of apostles and prophets." The verse you refer to is this one: "So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone." Jesus Christ is the cornerstone. The apostles and prophets are the foundation of God's household. No Protestant will disagree with this statement. God used people in establishing His church, and part of that establishment was the inscripturation of the apostolic tradition. You seem to think that the writing of the Bible was some kind of unnecessary hobby of the apostles rather than an important element in preserving that apostolic foundation so it would outlive them. You wrote: "The Holy Spirit inhabits people, not books." The Bible is a uniquely "God-breathed" book 92 Timothy 3:16-17). People can err, even Spirit-inhabited people. You do agree with that, right? You closed with this alarming statement: "You ask if the church were to leave the doctrine of the trinity ...? Well, if they did, then we would have to assume that they were doing the right thing, since we are they." And here we have it. The fruit of placing man's traditions and opinions above God's clear self-revelation. Suddenly God's very nature depends on what a human sociological insititution says it does. He could be triune this week and unitarian the next! Jesus: God or not? Well, the church says He is, so He is. It couldn;t have anything to do with the fact that He is God whether the church recognized that fact or not. I guess God must feel pretty small, having everything about Himself being subject to the whims of His creation... --Joe! |