[Steven Avery]

Hi Folks,

Originally Posted by BrianT

If a person believes only the 2007 New York City Yellow Pages is scripture, and claims doctrine can only come from scripture.

Personally I never say that (B) "doctrine can only come from Scripture" without first declaring (A) clearly and fully what is Scripture, the pure and perfect word of God.

(B) without (A) would be of course a silly claim, one without substance. Brian's telephone book might end up being the "scripture", what a quandary.

Oops.. oh yeah ... that is exactly what you do, Brian ... say all doctrine is dependent on Scripture without the absolutely necessary prelim .. the postulates and convictions of faith that identify Scripture, the full books and text. (And to the true believer such postulates and convictions have equal or more authority than the resultant doctrines, which are derivative.) So your claim is meaningless.

And that is why you refuse to answer my post right above.

The identity of Scripture is the first priority, the first "doctrine of the faith", all other doctrine is derivative.

Shalom,
Steven Avery

PS.
One of the most fascinating verse studies is Jeremiah 8:8, precisely because in many modern versions it represents the "liar's paradox", 'scripture' undermining its own authority. The Jewish versions and the King James Bible have no such problem.