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To: Forest Keeper; HarleyD; Dr. Eckleburg; blue-duncan
Protestants put God's word over and above men. Other non-Protestant groups put men over and above God's word. If anyone is self-righteous, who would that be?

Have you been able to show in Scriptures alone that Sola Fide and Sola Scriptura, two pillars of Protestantism, are to be found in God's Word? It seems that you are defining your word and opinion to = God's Word.

Regards

5,172 posted on 04/26/2006 7:48:39 PM PDT by jo kus (I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart...Psalm 119:32)
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To: jo kus; Forest Keeper; HarleyD; Dr. Eckleburg

Sola Fide; Eph. 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Sola Scriptura; 2 Tim. 3:15-17 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.


5,174 posted on 04/26/2006 8:29:28 PM PDT by blue-duncan
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To: jo kus; HarleyD; Dr. Eckleburg; blue-duncan
Have you been able to show in Scriptures alone that Sola Fide and Sola Scriptura, two pillars of Protestantism, are to be found in God's Word?

Yes, you have been shown much scripture to support these ideas. There is just as much evidence of these ideas as there is of the idea of the Trinity. However, men in your Church have made interpretations of these scriptures to reject the plain meanings in order that they might be in line with Tradition. Another example of men putting themselves ahead of God's word.

The Bible is packed with examples of men using scripture as authority, not tradition. One glaring example is Jesus in the wilderness. When He answered satan, how many times did He quote tradition, and how many times did He quote scripture? Here are other examples: Matt. 21:42; John 2:22; 1 Cor. 15:3-4; 1 Peter 1:10-12; 2:2; 2 Peter 1:17-19, etc.

Acts 17:11 : Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.

Notice they did not examine the Tradition to see if what Paul said was true.

Note also that it is axiomatic to you that the Church is the only authority on earth to interpret scripture. This is to the exclusion of even the Bible itself. I cannot think of a clearer example of men elevating themselves above scripture.

5,198 posted on 04/27/2006 3:30:30 PM PDT by Forest Keeper
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