Sola Scriptura is True

[DD2007]

do you read/watch the news? Some of the worst nutjobs are the most educated, right up to physicians and people with PhDs in physical sciences. Whatever qualifications Macarthur has, they fall down when he says the Pope is the anti-Christ. Common tactic. There is no basis for the Pope being the anti-Christ, and this is nothing new from the anti-Catholic world, we’ve heard it all before.

Thank God that His Church has not fallen for such false doctrines.

Here he is again on Larry King defending scripture:

youtube.com/watch?v=0xaGWE6gFdY&feature=fvw

He is a great apologist and defender of the Christian fatih.

 

[DD2007]

I guess it is clear to you, but it remains not clear to me.

But as I say, I have difficulty making leaps in Scripture that other folks seem to be able to make with ease.

Well, there were only so many apostles and prophets if they gave the people of God written teaching it is scripture.

 

[coolduude]

catholic.com/library/Scripture_and_Tradition.asp

 

[DD2007]

How is that?

Because the contradict the clear teachings of scripture by their actions. So it is obvious.

Faith without works is dead. Christians who have faith in Christ will do good works not wallow in evil.

 

[Lapey]

I believe that the Roman Catholic Church as it exists today is an apostate organization that teaches a false gospel. It is filled with deception and the office of the pope is anti-christ. I believe it is an affront for the kingdom of satan who loves nothing better than perverting the gospel of Christ and leading people away from the truth and into bondage to false doctrines based on fear.

However, there are some cathoics that are christians. I believe they should come out of the Roman Church and join the people of God.

I agree with Dr. John Macarthur’s position below:

youtube.com/watch?v=bpWDUt89t2g

Can you please tell us all where the term “anti-christ” came from, what context it was used and where can it be found in scripture? Most important of my questions to you is this, how is this term as used in scripture describe the Roman Catholic Church or the Pope?

After you do that research, please tell us, besides your assertion, where in today’s discussions is the term missused as you do here, John Hagee ring a bell??? Just remember, you will be judged as you judge, send me there for belonging to the church that Christ built upon the Rock, Peter, and I’ll see you there! That is unless I make it to the Kingdom.

It is always amazing to me how much history has to be ignorred to believe what you believe. One thing is definintly true however, if you make it to the kingdom it is because of the Grace of God that flows through the Roman Catholic Church. That my brother is in scripture, question is, can you see it???

 

[Religio71]

Here he is again on Larry King defending scripture:

youtube.com/watch?v=0xaGWE6gFdY&feature=fvw

He is a great apologist and defender of the Christian fatih.

So is Scott Hahn.

 

[DD2007]

and if you keep hyping up this guy because of all his qualifications, try reading some Scott Hahn. He has a B.A. (magna cum laude, triple major in economics, theology, and philosophy), an M.Div (summa cum laude), and a PhD in systemic theology. He is also a Professor, and has written extensively on Catholicism. He converted from the PCA.

I have read almost everything Hahn has written. I have the books and tapes at home.

He is mistaken, although I believe honestly and not deceptively, because I think he is simply in hermeneutical error.

 

[josie_L]

But for someone to come on here, and actually tell a RC to leave their Church, and then accuse the Holy Father as being the anti-christ. It just don’t get any more messed up than that. I would be afraid to death to go to sleep at night if I made a statement like that.

Then to accuse the Catholic CHurch that St Peter started of teaching the Blessed Mother is above Jesus Christ. I can’t believe what I am hearing. I can really say Now. I HEARD IT ALL.

I’ve heard all manner of evils attributed to the CC, everything from the Illuminati and communism . . . etc. It’s really bizarre, but at the same time it reminds me of Jesus’s words that the world will hate us and that the Church will be persecuted and I’m somewhat comforted.

 

[raumzeitmc2]

Here he is again on Larry King defending scripture:

youtube.com/watch?v=0xaGWE6gFdY&feature=fvw

He is a great apologist and defender of the Christian fatih.

There were plenty of John MacArthur types in Peter Damians’s day!

But why do I complain of the disparagement of priests and of the sacraments, when almost everything is torn to pieces by them, spat upon in contempt, and put up to public ridicule?

“There is no pope,” they say, “no king, and lastly, no bishop or priest.”

And so it happened, according to report, that nearly a thousand people were deceived by this trumpery and nonsense, and left this world without receiving the sacrament of the Body and Blood of the Lord. In fact, they are convinced that no true sacraments can be administered by contemporary priest. …

“They pass judgment on monks, disparage everything that smacks of clerics, and are careful not to offend laymen who, indeed, deserve to be more sharply and bitterly censured. Should they see a monk approaching, they will say, ‘Look, here comes one of those scapulars.’” -p. 163.

The Letters of Peter Damian, 121-150 (Fathers of the Church, Medieval Continuation), Owen J. Blum O.F.M., tr., 2004, ISBN 081321372X

books.google.com/books?id=cD_swYLRJOUC&pg=PA163&dq=%22why+do+I+complain+of+the+disparagement+of+priests+and+of+the+sacraments%22&lr=#v=onepage&q=%22why%20do%20I%20complain%20of%20the%20disparagement%20of%20priests%20and%20of%20the%20sacraments%22&f=false

And intelligence is no guarantee against evil and heresy:

A sharp mind is a great good, but still the sort that the good can use well and the bad badly; it’s not yet a good by which you can become good. All the perversities of all errors, all sects, preaching deviant morals and ungodliness, have had as their authors men of great brilliance. They weren’t the brain-children of any sort of men, they were started by men of the sharpest intelligence.

St. Augustine, Sermon 374:5:2,

Part III - Sermons. Volume 11: Newly Discovered Sermons, ISBN 1565481038, pp. 394-395.

books.google.com/books?id=6TswAAAAYAAJ&q=%22had+as+their+authors+men+of+great+brilliance%22&dq=%22had+as+their+authors+men+of+great+brilliance%22&lr=&pgis=1

 

[rinnie]

Here he is again on Larry King defending scripture:

youtube.com/watch?v=0xaGWE6gFdY&feature=fvw

He is a great apologist and defender of the Christian fatih.

Now its larry king. Who is he gonna pick next Bozo the clown. How about someone who has Apostolic succession like the Bible says. Early Fathers of the Church. How about what they have to say.

Lord have Mercy, I never knew how mixed up People really could be.

How about Jimmy Dean. He sure can make some good sausage maybe he can teach us next. Goodnesss gracious:shrug:

 

[adstrinity]

Because the contradict the clear teachings of scripture by their actions. So it is obvious.

Faith without works is dead. Christians who have faith in Christ will do good works not wallow in evil.

You mean like that guy who shot up the gym and posted about doing so for over a year?

 

[Lapey]

Well, there were only so many apostles and prophets if they gave the people of God written teaching it is scripture.

You wrote in an earlier post that “…only the Apostles of Jesus…” can be an author of Sacred Scripture. That means only 12 men.

I don’t remember exactly how you worded it, but the way you did you left Paul out of the equation. Is Paul an Apostle of Jesus??? Or is he an Apostle of Christ, and is there a difference? Or is he neither, which would elliminate the majority of the New test.

 

[raumzeitmc2]

Because the contradict the clear teachings of scripture by their actions. So it is obvious.

Faith without works is dead. Christians who have faith in Christ will do good works not wallow in evil.

Really?

1. What about the Intercourse of the Betrothed?

Secret intercourse of those who are engaged to each other can certainly not be considered fornication; for it takes place in the name and with the intention of marriage, a desire, intention, or name which fornication does not have. Thus there is a great difference indeed between fornication and secret intercourse after the promise of marriage.

• Von Ehesachen (1530)

What Luther Says, Ewald M. Plass, Concordia Publishing House, 1959 (1994, three vols. in one), ISBN 0570042402, p. 896.

books.google.com/books?id=NQA5AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Secret+intercourse+of+those+who+are+engaged+to+each+other+%22&dq=%22Secret+intercourse+of+those+who+are+engaged+to+each+other+%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0

Primary Sources:
(W 30 III, 226f – E 23, 123 – SL 10, 781).
W= Weimar Edition of Luther’s Works. D. Martin Luthers Werke : Kritische Gesamtausgabe (1883 ff.).
E = Erlangen Ed. Dr. Martin Luther’s samtliche Werke (Erlangen: Heyder, 1826-1857)
SL = Saint Louis Ed. Dr. Martin Luthers samtliche Schriften, (25 vols.), based on the earlier edition by Johann Georg Walch, (Halle: J. J. Gebauer, 1740-1753, 24 vols.).

 

[DD2007]

You wrote in an earlier post that “…only the Apostles of Jesus…” can be an author of Sacred Scripture. That means only 12 men.

I don’t remember exactly how you worded it, but the way you did you left Paul out of the equation. Is Paul an Apostle of Jesus??? Or is he an Apostle of Christ, and is there a difference? Or is he neither, which would elliminate the majority of the New test.

Paul is an apostle of Christ.

Romans 1:1 ESV
1:1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

 

[Newbie2]

Because the contradict the clear teachings of scripture by their actions. So it is obvious.

Faith without works is dead. Christians who have faith in Christ will do good works not wallow in evil.

No, I was asking how it happens that you happen to be the only one in this discussion to be able to correctly interpret scripture.

 

[DD2007]

No, I was asking how it happens that you happen to be the only one in this discussion to be able to correctly interpret scripture.

I’m not. One must simply be open to instruction in righteousness when they read scripture. It is meant to teach us. It is not meant to be read only through the lense of an institution.

If you believe in Christ and hunger for the truth, you can trust the Holy Spirit to speak to you through the written word and do your best to cooperate with his grace by making an honest effort at rightly handling the word of God.

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV
15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

The scriptures are there to teach us. Having a Christian teacher that is very familiar with the scriptures is a wonderful thing. One major function of the scriptures is to keep the church in the apostolic teachings, because by scriputure we can discern if our teachers are correct or not. Scripture is the authority than binds all of our consciences.

 

[TristanCross]

Sola Scriptura!
Sola Fide!
Sola Gracia!
Sola Dei Gloria!
Solus Christus!

Amen.

 

[Newbie2]

I hope you realize how circular your arguments are. Having a teacher who is familiar with the scriptures can help us understand the scriptures so we can discern if the teacher is correct or not.

Truly dizzying.

I’ve had enough entertainment for the day…carry on, Lads.

 

[Newbie2]

Sola Scriptura!
Sola Fide!
Sola Gracia!
Sola Dei Gloria!
Solus Christus!

Amen.

Only Scripture…wait, Only Scripture and Grace…wait, only Scripture, Grace and the Glory of God…oops, wait, Only Scripture, Grace, the Glory of God and Christ.

 

[raumzeitmc2]

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV
15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

This passage applies to St. Timothy, a Catholic bishop, who was instructed by an apostle. It hardly applies to Protestants.

Btw, did they frantically IM you not to respond to me? LOL!