You really do you best to avoid the obvious that Scripture needs an interpreter, the right interpreter, and then they, after hearing the truth, must submit to be baptized. How many Jews walked away from Jesus because, hearing the truth, they still rejected it. The Word became flesh in order to save mankind. He did this by word and deed, but he wrote nothing. That task he left to the Church whom he then appointed to spread the Gospel. Our disagreement is over WHO the Church is. You say it is those who accept principles most definitelu laid down by Luther. I say that these principles do not accord with the Truth.
Are you a Jew? Peter had to have the revelation of 'who JESUS is' from The Father in heaven and that was before he was spirit filled. And Paul who never met Jesus in the flesh knew Him better - because HE KNEW HIM in the Spirit. 'God is a Spirit and you must worship Him in Spirit'. You can't know Him in the flesh!
And catholics hear THE Truth and reject it, also, because they are kept in the dark by man and chose to remain in the dark. While Christians are spirit filled and His Word/Truth is their Final Authority.
He did this by word and deed, but he wrote nothing.
HE, THE WORD, worked through His chosen writers by His Spirit. It's supernatural- so you cannot understand it because catholics have chosen to be part of a worldly church.
but he wrote nothing
Yet, He spoke the universe into existence. I guess you don't believe that either. catholics apparently serve an itty bitty god.
Our disagreement is over WHO the Church is.
NO!!! It starts with Who GOD IS!! You start out wrong you get everything else wrong which includes your destiny.
You say it is those who accept principles most definitelu laid down by Luther.
Show me where I even mentioned Luther. Is this your mo - putting your words, thoughts and focus - onto another? I don't follow man, you do. I follow GOD. Stay focused.
I say that these principles do not accord with the Truth.
HOW would you know what accords with the Truth?? ONLY GOD is Truth and HIS WORD is not your final authority - MAN'S is!
From now on for you to see things clearer - post 'man truth's' when they are 'of man' and then 'God Truth's' when they are 'of God'. 'Man is not God' - even though satan has lifted man up through catholicsm with 'infallibility'.