The Lord Jesus publicly condemned the Pharisees because their traditions contradicted Scripture and led men away from the pure truth of God's Word
(Mk. 7:6-13). He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
7:8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
7:9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
7:10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
7:11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
7:12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
7:13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
The Pharisees claimed to be the divinely ordained caretakers and interpreters of God's Word, just as the Roman Catholic pope and bishops claim today. Jesus is not on earth now bodily, but He is in Spirit, and through His Spirit He continues to condemn those who, by their traditions, contradict and deny the Scriptures. He condemns the Roman Catholic Church and any other group which places its own tradition on an equal footing with the Bible.
Theres the first one pegleg and in record time I might add. :)
BigMack
You're into this I can tell. This time I really am signing off.
Peace
He didn't, the Father did, so I guess he did you know that Trinity thing.
The Apostles had special inspiration and guidance for writing Scripture. The work of the Apostles is called foundation work in Ep. 2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
They were appointed by God to lay the foundation of the church. This indicates a temporary, passing, one-time work. Once a foundation for a structure is laid, it is not laid again. Likewise, the Apostles did a work which has no need of repeating. They established the first churches and wrote the New Testament, thus completing the Bible, God's Book for this age. To the Apostles was revealed the "faith once delivered to the saints"
Jude 3; Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Ep. 3:3-6 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
3:4Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
3:5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
When their unique foundational work was finished, they passed off the scene.
BigMack
1) Where did Jesus give instructions that the Christian faith should be based exclusively on a book?
And you ran away from the question, because Our Lord never wrote nor did he imply that a book would be written which would contain the whole Gospel. The Gospel canot be be contained.
The Lord Jesus publicly condemned the Pharisees because their traditions contradicted Scripture and led men away from the pure truth of God's Word
7:13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
The Pharisees claimed to be the divinely ordained caretakers and interpreters of God's Word, just as the Roman Catholic pope and bishops claim today.
OK. And didn't Jesus also tell the crowd to listen to what the Pharisees taught? Though they may be hypocrites they still taught from "Moses's Chair" and deserved respect for their teachings?
And another thing. We know Paul told his audience to hold fast to the traditions taught by mouth or written. Tradition is not always necessarily bad, nor is having appointed official interpreters. This is your thesis and it falls.
SD