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[quote:23ce88322d][i:23ce88322d]Originally posted by pastorway[/i:23ce88322d]
Further, EVERY single fallible page that men write about the infallible Scriptures gives us more opportunity to confound the Word of God. The discussions of late about Sola Scriptura have neglected the doctrine of the [i:23ce88322d]sufficiency[/i:23ce88322d] of the Bible.
We do not come to know God through the writings of men. We come to know Him through His Word. It is in His inspired, infallible, inerrant Word that He has chosen to reveal Himself to us, so Bunyan would have been fine with ONLY a Bible. He did not need the other two books he had. They were not necessary. Only the WORD of GOD is necessary and sufficient.[/quote:23ce88322d]
No one is arguing against the sufficiency of Scripture. What we are saying is that there is insufficiency in man. A man not understanding the Scriptures is not the Scriptures fault. But, the Scripture can and only does mean one thing. All other things must be false. What you fail to see is that the only way we can know what is true and what is false is by the interpretation of the Holy Spirit. That interpretation remains the same to all generations since it points to the only true meaning the Scripture has. There is therefore, no reason to refute the clear meaning, since it is well established on the testimony of the Spirit and the church.
It is also a most preposterous statement to say that we do not come to know God by the writings of men. Indeed, no. And no one I know of has claimed that on this board. We come to know Him by His Spirit working in us. But here is where you overlook the fact that the Spirit does work in and through our teachers. Have you not learned of God through His Spirit, through Calvin? Or, did you happen to learn the doctrines of grace on your own, without any help?
Reading books and learning from the wealth of knowledge that we have been given does not necessarily make us puffed up in our knowledge. But if you point fingers, remember that you would also be guilty of believing that you have something you did not receive but came to because of your own abilities. No doubt, you give this glory to God, we have heard that. However, you do not acknowledge, much of the time, that you are the sum of many men's work - men the Spirit has used to help you know God.
I know this has nothing to do with the thread, but your view of Sola Scriptura must be refuted each time you say it. You are not arguing against us, you're arguing against the RCC. You're missing the Reformation. Read more about their position and perhaps you'll see that is what we are saying.
In Christ,
KC
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