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To: NYer
Jesus DID say to observe all that he commanded and all that he commanded was written down in Scripture ...

You just contradicted your previous statement "Scripture DOES say Jesus "did" many other things not written down and that if they could be, the world could not contain all that would be written."

No, actually I did no such thing. Wishful thinking? Can you understand that Jesus "did" and Jesus "said" do not mean the same thing? John said, Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written. (John 21:25). If what Jesus did would take up more than the entire world to write down, obviously, they were not written down for a reason. One day, we WILL know as we are known and nothing will be hidden from us and we will have the "mind of Christ" to be able to grasp what is the fullness of all things. The Apostles would not have left anything out of their writings to believers that mattered to our salvation and walk of life in Christ. That's why the Apostle John said, "Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name." (John 20:30-31).

That really is the point, what HAS been written is so we would believe and be saved. Whatever the "Church" decided centuries later were part of those things Jesus "taught" that were not recorded for us in Scripture, both when he was here on earth or when he ascended to heaven and the Holy Spirit revealed to Paul, Peter, James, Jude and John when they wrote their epistles to the churches they ministered to, they left NOTHING out that made believers complete and thoroughly furnished for ALL good works. And God is able by His grace to equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever (Hebrews 13:21).

72 posted on 03/11/2013 5:49:16 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: boatbums
That really is the point, what HAS been written is so we would believe and be saved. Whatever the "Church" decided centuries later were part of those things Jesus "taught" that were not recorded for us in Scripture, both when he was here on earth or when he ascended to heaven and the Holy Spirit revealed to Paul, Peter, James, Jude and John when they wrote their epistles to the churches they ministered to, they left NOTHING out that made believers complete and thoroughly furnished for ALL good works. And God is able by His grace to equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever (Hebrews 13:21).

According to scripture, what is the pillar and foundation of truth?

73 posted on 03/12/2013 4:38:22 AM PDT by NYer (Beware the man of a single book - St. Thomas Aquinas)
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