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To: DungeonMaster
The Bereans search the scriptures daily to see if the oral traditions/teachings of the apostles were true. Therefore you are incorrect about what the scriptures say of themselves.

And what Scriptures were they searching? The Revelation of John? The four Gospels? Of course not - they were searching the Jewish texts. They were seeing whether the oral teachings of the Apostles were consistent with the Old Testament. They found that the oral teachings were consistent, and thus believed. See my post above addressed to Iscool, and how Scripture, at the end of the Gospel of John, specifically indicates it does not contain the whole of Christ's teachings.

151 posted on 07/20/2009 1:07:41 PM PDT by thefrankbaum (Ad maiorem Dei gloriam)
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To: thefrankbaum
They (Bereans) were seeing whether the oral teachings of the Apostles were consistent with the Old Testament. They found that the oral teachings were consistent.

Where does it say that?

195 posted on 07/20/2009 6:14:30 PM PDT by kosta50 (Don't look up, the truth is all around you)
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To: thefrankbaum; newgeezer
And what Scriptures were they searching? The Revelation of John? The four Gospels? Of course not - they were searching the Jewish texts. They were seeing whether the oral teachings of the Apostles were consistent with the Old Testament. They found that the oral teachings were consistent, and thus believed. See my post above addressed to Iscool, and how Scripture, at the end of the Gospel of John, specifically indicates it does not contain the whole of Christ's teachings.

Yes they obviously searched old testiment scriptures which is an even stronger argument for the excellence of the scriptures. The verse about Jesus doing more than what was written does not detract from the completion or excellence of the scriptures it just says tells us that the Holy Spirit, the perfect editor, did some editing yet gave us ALL we need.

221 posted on 07/21/2009 9:10:43 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (I can reach across the aisle without even using my sights.)
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