John 1:1 states "And the Word was God". So the Lord Jesus Christ and the Word are one and the same. You cannot split the Lord Jesus Christ and the Scriptures (His inspired Word). To do so is an attempt to destroy His authority and His word.
His word encompasses that which was written, and that which was spoken, and passed onto the Apostles.
That’s why it’s called the Word of God in the first place. The Bible is the oral transcription of many of the teachings of Christ.
For another example, the Father is God, Jesus is God and the Holy SPirit is God; but Jesus is not the Holy Spirit and Jesus is not the Father. And while Jesus is a Person, Scripture is a Book: but Jesus is not a Book.
Neither Jesus nor Scripture teach "Scripture alone."
It's the "alone" part that gets you into trouble. If what we needed is Scripture "alone," then the Son might just as well have stayed in Heaven, and John might just as well have said,
"For God so loved the world, that He sent a Book."
And people who had no Book --- illiterates, for instance --- could not be saved. Which is nonsense: it is not what any of us believe.
“John 1:1 states “And the Word was God”. So the Lord Jesus Christ and the Word are one and the same. You cannot split the Lord Jesus Christ and the Scriptures (His inspired Word). To do so is an attempt to destroy His authority and His word. “
Huge assumption here. You think the Word is something written. That doesn’t necessarily follow.
In the beginning was the Word. (God spoke and created the world) And the Word was with God. (The Son, the second person of the Trinity) And the Word was God. (Father, Son and Holy Spirit)