The men and women who actually knew Jesus personally and chose to follow Him...Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Peter, James, Andrew, Mary, Martha, and Paul...the men and women whose faith laid the groundwork for the evangelization of the entire world, did so without the Bible. They received salvation without the Bible. As did many, many followers of Jesus who came after them. The Bible didn’t even exist until the 4th century. Clearly, Christianity didn’t exist for these people ‘because of’ the Bible. The foundation of their faith, clearly, was not the Bible. The foundation of their faith was an event.
Originally Posted by SuperCub
Is the Bible not the infallible word of God for our direction?
I believe the original writings themselves to be inspired. Is what we have nowadays “infallible”...? It doesn’t matter, because the Bible is not the foundation of Christianity. It wasn’t for the earliest Christians and it’s not nowadays either. The foundation of Christianity is the same event that was the foundation of the faith of the earliest Christians. The resurrection of Jesus is the foundation of Christianity. It always has been. And it always will be.
Without the resurrection, the Bible wouldn’t even exist. Without the resurrection, none of the New Testament documents would have even been written.
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I would enjoy meeting you.
If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
