That's just a nutty slander, A8.
And there is no "infinite regress." It ends in the word of God being rightly divided by men of faith. It does not end in men of faith rightly dividing the word of God.
That's a big difference.
"...The authority (of Scripture) is found in the sovereign God Himself. The God who "breathed out" the words through human writers stands behind every statement, every doctrine, every promise and every command written in the Scripture..."
It is all there. God's will is not so difficult to discern that we need massive overlays of men and magisteriums to interpret it and dispense it, as if it could be bartered away for a price.
"Buy the truth, and sell it not" -- Proverbs 23:23
"It is all there. God's will is not so difficult to discern..."
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What did Jesus say?
John 6:44 "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day."
Jesus didn't mention any middle men who would think for us.
The number is probably much higher. Every one has his own interpretation of passages of Scripture; that is in large part why there are so many different sects and independent groups. If you start putting all the permutations and combinations together the number is probably in the millions.
It ends in the word of God being rightly divided by men of faith. It does not end in men of faith rightly dividing the word of God.
Using the passive voice instead of the active voice does not make the act different. The notion that it does is mind-boggling. What you said is equivalent to saying: "The cake is being cut by her, *not* she is cutting the cake." Do you really believe that those are two different acts??
It is all there. God's will is not so difficult to discern that we need massive overlays of men
So why all the Protestant sects? It is the big elephant in the room that you are denying when you state that we don't need any men or magesterium to interpret it.
-A8
and here come the lawyers, adding opinion after opinion, until you get massive texts of legalese in which no one can make sense, then here come the pharisees to not teach us anything, just lay burdens upon us (now I know you'll like this Quizx!)
Certainly the more we listen and the more we obey, the more we hear.
But sometimes . . . God can seem to require some very persistent effort at hearing His precise word to us in a given situation well.
Oh my, you said that so much better than I tried to! :-) That is why I mostly sit back back, read, and let the rest of you handle these things! Well done!