is the bible always the authority (heresy alert, dont click!)

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So the Bible isn't the Word of God?

If you are going to say that Word was with God and the Word was God then how can you have faith if faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God?

Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Luke 24:39

47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
48 I am that bread of life.
49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
John 6:47-51
No. The Word of God is those words in the Bible that are direct quotes from God and Jesus.
 
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I find that more confusing than your last post
the Bible, is not confusing and God said he places His word above His name
now find that in scripture and please tell me, did God say that or not?
now if He did, you need to change what you are saying about him
I think it depends on what a person may be reading to find.

As one man puts it concerning the Book of Revelation (though this could apply to the entire Bible):

As Philip Carrington argues, “It makes sense of the chapter. Of course if you want the book to be a Chinese puzzle, this will not weigh with you; but if you think that the author (or even the final editor) of the book intended this chapter to have a meaning, then you will think it reasonable to consider an interpretation of it which removes confusion.
 
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No. The Word of God is those words in the Bible that are direct quotes from God and Jesus.
Bear with them....... Some people will only hear (or read) what they WANT to find. And the object of their searching is sometimes not very pretty nor honorable.
 
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I find that more confusing than your last post

the Bible, is not confusing and God said he places His word above His name

now find that in scripture and please tell me, did God say that or not?

now if He did, you need to change what you are saying about him
now i believe the bible is 100% true....
also i trust it more than any man on earth
but....
in context though is that verse not speaking of Jesus himself?




John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.


John 1:14 - And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth





(i may be wrong... if i am sorry)
 

maverich

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the question isn't whether or not the bible is the final authority,
the question is who and what is the Word

In the begining was the Word, (Bible) no, Jesus yes. The word was with God(bible) no. Jesus yes The Word was God (bible) no Jesus yes.

Even John said that everything that Jesus did wouldn't fit in a world of books.

Jesus is, was, and always will be the final Word
 

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The Scriptures are the final authority in all things concerning faith and practice. The Scriptures themselves are sufficient.

If you're tired of enduring sound doctrine, well, cannot help you there...
 
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the question isn't whether or not the bible is the final authority,
the question is who and what is the Word

In the begining was the Word, (Bible) no, Jesus yes. The word was with God(bible) no. Jesus yes The Word was God (bible) no Jesus yes.

Even John said that everything that Jesus did wouldn't fit in a world of books.

Jesus is, was, and always will be the final Word
Glad you're back, Maverich.
 

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hahaaaaaa i know all heresy hunters will click on this........

but see i had a dream about this and im thinking does the bible always remain the final authority??????? its said today in many creeds and such..... but if u look at the bible, there are times when people are commanded to do something that the church would condemn today u see..... i mean the story where that mon is asked to marry a harlot and has to 'buy' her own wife back u see....... if u married a prost/harlot today ud be scolded for sure and bombed with bible quotes but this mon did it anyway...........
another situation is where rahab was commended for lying to the king's messengers which is in violation of the bible's commandments too (lies)............ and then we have the big patriach that big boi big man jacob who also lied to his own father and no consequences came......... there are probably more examples u see.

so what im saying is how does this fit with the bible final authority thing we read in all of the creeds these people disobeyed bible and it was fine and dandy sometimes even God ordained??????? the church would condemn all these people 100% if they did those things today........

and dont worry im not fikkle i got my helmet on its gonna be a bumpy ride for me hahahaha for this thread...... :D

Context ......
 

Zmouth

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No. The Word of God is those words in the Bible that are direct quotes from God and Jesus.
Bear with them....... Some people will only hear (or read) what they WANT to find. And the object of their searching is sometimes not very pretty nor honorable.
Like the passage written in Deuteronomy 18:18,
"I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him."

"For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak." John 12:49

So when Jesus said "I and my Father are one" then are you claiming that wasn't the man who was saying that "I and my Father are one" but rather it was the LORD speaking through the man saying that "I and my Father are one." ?





 
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Like the passage written in Deuteronomy 18:18,
"I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him."

"For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak." John 12:49

So when Jesus said "I and my Father are one" then are you claiming that wasn't the man who was saying that "I and my Father are one" but rather it was the LORD speaking through the man saying that "I and my Father are one." ?





Yes, the Lord did speak through prophets. Their words are recorded in the Old Testament. As for your last sentence, I couldn't understand what you were saying, but I believe Jesus was God in flesh, so when Jesus said something, that was God speaking.
 
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Like the passage written in Deuteronomy 18:18,
"I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him."

"For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak." John 12:49

So when Jesus said "I and my Father are one" then are you claiming that wasn't the man who was saying that "I and my Father are one" but rather it was the LORD speaking through the man saying that "I and my Father are one." ?





Yes, the Lord did speak through prophets. Their words are recorded in the Old Testament. As for your last sentence, I couldn't understand what you were saying, but I believe Jesus was God in flesh, so when Jesus said something, that was God speaking.
By the way, thanks for reminding me about the prophets. When I get to defining what I believe the Word of God to be, I forget that he also spoke through his prophets.
 

SovereignGrace

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The Bible is not the authority. The Lord is the authority. The Bible is a faithful testimony of what happened and who said what.
Huh? The bible is our authority, seeing the Christ does not speak to us verbally. It is His words written to us. Without the scriptures, none of can know 'what sayeth the Lord'.
 

SovereignGrace

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yea this is what i mean....... bible cant override God himself.......... He has had exceptions in the past too..........
But the bible is God breathed. It won't override Him, but confirms what He has done, is doing now, and will do in the future.
 

SovereignGrace

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The Scriptures are the final authority in all things concerning faith and practice. The Scriptures themselves are sufficient.

If you're tired of enduring sound doctrine, well, cannot help you there...
You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to preacher4truth again.

Drat and double drat! And I have been spreading some reputation around! :mad: :mad: :mad:
 

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The Scriptures are the final authority in all things concerning faith and practice. The Scriptures themselves are sufficient.

If you're tired of enduring sound doctrine, well, cannot help you there...
Some of these posts reek of this...

 

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hahaaaaaa i know all heresy hunters will click on this........

but see i had a dream about this and im thinking does the bible always remain the final authority??????? its said today in many creeds and such..... but if u look at the bible, there are times when people are commanded to do something that the church would condemn today u see..... i mean the story where that mon is asked to marry a harlot and has to 'buy' her own wife back u see....... if u married a prost/harlot today ud be scolded for sure and bombed with bible quotes but this mon did it anyway...........
another situation is where rahab was commended for lying to the king's messengers which is in violation of the bible's commandments too (lies)............ and then we have the big patriach that big boi big man jacob who also lied to his own father and no consequences came......... there are probably more examples u see.

so what im saying is how does this fit with the bible final authority thing we read in all of the creeds these people disobeyed bible and it was fine and dandy sometimes even God ordained??????? the church would condemn all these people 100% if they did those things today........

and dont worry im not fikkle i got my helmet on its gonna be a bumpy ride for me hahahaha for this thread...... :D
In the Old Testament things were done physically that are now done spiritually in the New Testament. God created a physical example of what it's like to be spiritually married to Him, because we 'cheat' on Him continually, yet He is still faithful to us.

Yes the Bible is our only authority, but we have to rightly divide the Word- Old Testament and New Testament. We are no longer under Moses, but under Christ (Romans 7:1-4, Matthew 28:18). It would now be wrong to do the things they did in the Old Testament- like take a sinner outside the city and stone them to death, or sacrifice a physically perfect lamb now that we have the Lamb of God (Christ).

In the Old Testament were physical examples of the spiritual things to come. But now that the spiritual way is here (the reality found in Christ) we no longer need them to be represented. Like we no longer need a physically perfect lamb to represent Christ, because Christ is here now.
 
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"When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said" (John 2:22)

"LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven" (Psalm 119:89)

"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:" (2 Timothy 3:16)

"Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (John 8:31-32)

We debate the authority and at times even the authenticity of Scripture, but when Jesus was tempted by Satan in the wilderness, He used the Scriptures to rebuke Satan. If even Jesus used Scripture (as it is instructed in 2 Timothy 3:16), then who are we (his "disciples") to question it? If Jesus Himself (and how many times does He say: it is written) uses Scripture as the truth and as an authoritive written account of God's laws and commands etc, then I will gladly take His word for it.
 

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I think Muzungu256 put it best in his post: "The Bible can't override God himself." Many people equate God with the Bible, but they are two different things. God and Jesus are both quoted many times in the Bible, and you can believe that the quotes are accurate. But the Bible is not God.
God's Word is God's Promise and God is faithful to his promises.

Even when he wanted to destroy every Israelite, he still planned to start a new lineage through Moses.

Really God's Word is indistinguishable from God himself
 

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God is not a liar, and so therefore cannot break, (override), his own Word

Psalm 119:160

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