You need the rock of revelation and the authority it brings to succeed.
All the while the the God of the bible you claim is insufficient says you are wrong...Curious that, eh???
BTW, what’s the method of anointing for the sick?
You douse the head with x-tra virgin olive oil and pray to Mary???
Iscool: All the while the the God of the bible you claim is insufficient says you are wrong...Curious that, eh???
The entire Bible was received by revelation. There is no Biblical precedent for God's word/knowledge not to be received by revelation. Each book of the Bible individually received by revelation; that's the history of the Bible. At no point does sacred scripture state that revelation has ceased or will ever cease for God's Church. Christ himself emphatically states the opposite to Peter and to us. Revelation, prophetic and angelic, is the Christian expectation and standard, even in our day.
1010RD: BTW, what’s the method of anointing for the sick?
Iscool: You douse the head with x-tra virgin olive oil and pray to Mary???
You shouldn't mock the mother of our Lord. She is a special and unique vessel to house our Lord, Jesus Christ the son of the Living God. God chose her and it's foolishness, unchristian and ungodly to make a mock of God's choices. At the same time it is a violation of God's commandments to give our devotion to anyone other than God. I would not pray to Mary, but to Heavenly Father in Jesus' name as Christ himself taught us.
My point, and you've proven it, is that although James 5:14 clearly states that the Christian expectation is that the elders of the Church of Jesus Christ can anoint with oil for the blessing of the sick. The blessing is for physical ailments, but also for the forgiveness of sins (missing the mark). Using the Bible alone you cannot know how to do this ordinance. The Christian expectation is that Christ's true Church will contain that information by revelation. The Bible alone and without continuing revelation is insufficient.