OLD REGGIE: Absolutely amazing! Scripture is secondary to this "Sacred Deposit of faith"?
Pretty astounding what men will cook up to deny God's word and will, isn't it?
Joseph Smith said the same thing. He "found" extra-Biblical "truth" outside the Scriptures. And we see how well that worked out for him.
I also seem to recall Roman Catholics on this forum telling us only the RCC contains the "true Gospels." And now we learn these "true Gospels" are somehow not enough, but only part of some "sacred deposit of faith."
As if God wrote in pencil, and skipped every other word to allow for the "deposit" of additional "truth." But that is not what God tells us about Himself or His creation...
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you." -- 1 Peter 1:23-25"[You] being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
Same question to y’all: how, do you think, St. Paul learned the doctrines he so ably explained in his letters?
***Pretty astounding what men will cook up to deny God’s word and will, isn’t it?***
More like what men will cook up to try and make themselves out to be equal to God. It is, after all, part of man’s fallen nature and straight from the serpent in Eden:
“You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God,....”
People who think that when God spoke it wasn’t enough are just living in their Adamic nature. Eventually, the Lord will sort them out. Scriptures are enough, which is why we are Sola Scriptura.
Amen, Dr. E. It kinda boggles my mind sometimes.