Ah, yes they were. Try reading the OP sometime.
Why would you expect an Old Testament book to teach salvation by grace through faith?
Ah, yes they were. Try reading the OP sometime.
No they weren't and yes I did read the OP.
Jesus Himself defined the OT Scriptures.
Now He said to them, "These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled." Luke 24:44 NASB
The apocrypha were not included in these.
Any appeal to the ECFs will further erode your position as there is no unanimous consent among them on this issue nor any of the other extra biblical issues Rome has defined.
Why would you expect an Old Testament book to teach salvation by grace through faith?
2Abram said, “O Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3And Abram said, “Since You have given no offspring to me, one born in my house is my heir.” 4Then behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; but one who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir.” 5And He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” 6Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.
Gen 15:15:2-6 NASB
Starts pretty early.
Why does the NT book; Hebrews; have an entire chapter about it?