[Petronski]

Well I have to say you're going through a lot of effort to discredit the entire verse so you can hold on to your tradition.

I'm not discrediting the other verse, I have demonstrated it is only figurative, and the tradition is not mine, as I am just a man. Rather it is the Holy Tradition of the Church founded by Christ (the Second Person of the Holy Trinity).

No burden remains for me. I reject both sola scriptura and sola Bullinger and all the juicy rationalizations that come with such errant traditions of men.

[big'ol_freeper]

I reject both sola scriptura and sola Bullinger and all the juicy rationalizations that come with such errant traditions of men.

Indeed.

[DouglasKC]

I'm not discrediting the other verse, I have demonstrated it is only figurative, and the tradition is not mine, as I am just a man. Rather it is the Holy Tradition of the Church founded by Christ (the Second Person of the Holy Trinity).

Thank you. I don't find the words "holy tradition" in the bible. Instead I find instructions such as:

1Th 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

I also read how Jesus berated the Jews for their tradition at the expense of scripture:

Mat 15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

We're always going to be at an impasse because we completely disagree on a basic premise. You think your tradition is holy. Jesus never said it was or is.