You have nothing else to offer…and neither does anyone else.
I go with God’s Words…every time.
Okay. Then referring to your Bible, please tell us:
Where does the Bible tell you that there are three co-substantial persons in the one triune God?
Where does the Bible tell you that Jesus proceeds from the Father but that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son?
Where does the Bible tell you that Jesus is fully God and fully man with two natures and two wills?
Where does the Bible tell you that public revelation ended with the death of the last apostle?
Where does the Bible tell you which letters and books written by early Christians are to be considered “scripture”?
Where does the Bible tell you that it is the only infallible rule of faith for the believer (
sola scriptura)?
NOWHERE!
Where does the Bible tell you that you are saved by faith alone (
sola fide)?
NOWHERE!
Where does the Bible tell you to recite the sinner’s prayer and provide the precise words that you must say to do it correctly?
Where does the Bible tell you that once you are saved, you cannot lose your salvation?
Where does the Bible tell you not to baptize infants?
Where does the Bible tell you to baptize by sprinkling, pouring or immersion?
Where does the Bible tell you that the bread and wine used at the Last Supper were purely symbolic references to his “teaching” which we must “chew on” and “mull over” as “food for thought” in our minds?
Where does the Bible tell you to confess your sins to God alone?
Where does the Bible tell you not to confess to a man?
Where does the Bible tell you that you should not respect, honor, and follow the example given by those Christians who have led holy lives before you?
Where does the Bible tell you that the faithful who have died in Christ and entered heaven cannot hear you and that you are prohibited from talking to them?
Where does the Bible tell you that there is not a place of purgation of sins that one must go through before entering heaven?
And a few specifically for fundamentalists:
Where does the Bible tell you that dancing and drinking alcohol is prohibited?
Where does the Bible tell you to attend Wednesday night services?
Where does the Bible tell you to set up little “manger scenes” in places of honor at Christmas time with a “graven image” of the Baby Jesus surrounded by cows, sheep, wise men and angels?
Where does the Bible tell you that artificial birth control is acceptable to God?
Where does the Bible tell you that divorce is acceptable to God?
