True believers pick and choose frequently. After we learn new Bible doctrine we are frequently tested to see if we remain in fellowship with Him by choosing and acting upon doctrine in our hearts, not merely our reason. There are deceivers who attempt to call their religious country clubs, 'The Church', demanding obedience to that counterfeit group acting independently of faith in Christ. The true believer picks and chooses what he discerns to be from God through faith in Christ.
The complete canon of Scripture is sufficient for every good work, not requiring extrabiblical tradition to perform good works.
Those who fail to pick and choose are still accountable for their cowardice and nonchalance, ignoring faith through Christ in favor of cultic assemblies and obedience to systems of idolatry.
And how does one recognize a "true" cherry-picking believer from an "untrue" one?
According to Mark (16:17), true believers will "cast out demons" with Jesus' name, and "speak with new tongues."
Likewise, there will be "signs" (16:18) of the believers to include picking up serpents, drinking any deadly poison without getting hurt, and curing the sick by laying hands on the them.
That sounds great, except (1) Mark's Great Commission does not even resemble Matthews' (who otherwise borrows from Mark not only verses but whole paragraphs verbatim!); when it comes to the Great Commission, the two are like night and day. (2) Many, more like all of them, who show these "signs" are clowns and impostors. And (3) that part of Mark's Gospel (16:9-20) where these verses are found is missing from all older manuscripts and is a latter-day addition to the "word of God."
***”A Christian cannot pick and choose. Either he follows the commands of Christ including instructions as to the Church or he does not.”
True believers pick and choose frequently.***
Then what sets you guys apart from the Reformers, the JWs, or the Christian Scientists? They pick and choose at will, and seemingly at random in order to come up innovative theologies.
***’The Church’, demanding obedience to that counterfeit group acting independently of faith in Christ. The true believer picks and chooses what he discerns to be from God through faith in Christ.***
Lord save us all from the whims of men. Either you believe in the canon or you do not. The measure of Christianity is the adherence to the canon and to the Church’s teachings. Picking and choosing results in the creations of theologies of men.
Cause and effect are reversed. Instead of man being made in the image of God, the Reformed (and now the Judaizers if I understand your position as posted) have created their own little pocket God that they keep on the hall stand and rub His head for luck when they walk by.
Scripture says that we are made in the image of God. If you pick and choose Scripture to create your own theology, you are making God in the image of yourself.
***The complete canon of Scripture is sufficient for every good work, not requiring extrabiblical tradition to perform good works.
Those who fail to pick and choose are still accountable for their cowardice and nonchalance, ignoring faith through Christ in favor of cultic assemblies and obedience to systems of idolatry.***
Those who pick and choose are deliberately jettisoning the word of God without authority. I believe that there is a verse in Revelation that addresses that.