Second question. How can Jesus and the Father be "two members of the God family" when the holiest prayer of the Jewish people is, "Hear, O Israel, the L-rd your G-d, the L-rd is ONE"?
Hi Campion...I'll try to answer as best I can..
Where in the Bible does it say that Romans or Revelation or 1 Timothy are part of Scripture?
It doesn't explictily. But it doesn't say that any of the other books, old or new testament, are part of scripture either. If your question is "how" was the new testament canon decided upon then scripture seems to indicate that God was guiding it even during biblical times. For example:
2Pe 3:15 and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you,
2Pe 3:16 as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.
Peter ranks the writings of Paul with the "rest of the scriptures" which seems to indicate that they had already gained a preeminence among Christians.
How do you respond to someone who rejects the entire NT and says that only Tanakh is Scripture.
Usually I wouldn't. :-)
They haven't come to the point yet where they believe Jesus Christ is the prophesied messiah and Lord. That's a revelation that needs to be given by God and the difference between our positions is too vast to ever hope to be fruitful.
Thanks and take care...