[Springfield Reformer]

Argh! Droid autocorrect error. “master of logical reality” should be “matter of logical reality.” Yikes. It’s a pain being a fallible human. :)

[Mrs. Don-o]

Hello, my friends. Good conversation.

Now, I'm not trying to be stupid here (although sometimes i manage to be stupid without trying!) but I've combed over previous posts and I don't see where Scripture says Scripture is "sufficient." Can you give me a chapter and verse?

And don't say 2 Tim 3:17, because that's the one that says Scripture is inspired and useful (which is indisputable),

[Mrs. Don-o]

My point being that Scripture is "inspired" and "profitable" for "teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness," --- Amen. Yes, it is --- but Scripture dosn't say it's sufficient. It says that YOU (the man of God) will be proficient and equipped (or perfectly furnished and complete) --- in other words:

Adj applied to Scripture: inspired and useful

Adj applied to the man: proficient, equipped, well-furnished

without implying that Scripture alone is enough to make him so.

It's like saying, "You already have the paint, the brushes, the drop cloth, the pan, the rollers, the masking tape -- so, here's a $50 gift card for Home Depot, which will be useful to you. to get whatever you need to be fully equipped and perfect."

Not a perfect analogy. Just the point that you might not even need the card, if you've got everything else. Like some good and holy Christian in Pakistan who lives and died without evhaving seeing a Pashto Bible. Paul himself says says he needs the the aid of Tradition (2 Thess. 2:15)