1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:06,100 We'll meet me again in Mark chapter. 7 together to look at 2 00:00:06,100 --> 00:00:09,600 one particular verse As we begin. 3 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,200 Is very important session in the word of God. 4 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:21,900 Mark chapter 7, And look here with me in verse 5. 5 00:00:26,700 --> 00:00:28,200 Before we read one, we pray again. 6 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:36,300 Oh, Lord. You are the truth. 7 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,800 Your word is truth. Help us understand. 8 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:45,400 It set us free by the truth sanctify Us by the truth. 9 00:00:46,300 --> 00:00:50,800 Lord, we trust that what is prepared for us today, will 10 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,000 advance us further into greater confidence. 11 00:00:54,100 --> 00:00:57,500 To contend for the faith. That was once delivered, we 12 00:00:57,500 --> 00:01:00,700 pray, Lord, that this would be maybe even a turning point for 13 00:01:00,700 --> 00:01:04,099 some. We just ask that what would be 14 00:01:04,099 --> 00:01:06,700 delivered would be done in the power of the spirit, the wisdom 15 00:01:06,700 --> 00:01:11,300 of the spirit, and faithfulness, to your will and your mind 16 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,700 pertaining and regarding this subject. 17 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,000 But we trust in you. We love you. 18 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:19,400 That's why we're here. Would you sense our love for 19 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:20,600 you? And Lord, more importantly, we 20 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:24,300 realize your great love for us. In Jesus name we pray. 21 00:01:24,900 --> 00:01:28,500 Amen. Mark 75. 22 00:01:29,500 --> 00:01:34,700 And the Pharisees. And the scribes ask them. 23 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:42,900 Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of 24 00:01:42,900 --> 00:01:47,300 the elders but eat with defiled hands. 25 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:53,600 There's no question that this interrogation was something that 26 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,900 the religious leaders of Jesus day brought to him. 27 00:01:57,100 --> 00:02:01,200 But I want to borrow the concept of this idea here and present 28 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:06,300 followers of Jesus Christ Here. And Now with a a similar 29 00:02:06,300 --> 00:02:10,800 question. Why do we as followers of Jesus 30 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:15,800 Christ? Not uphold or practice prominent 31 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,300 traditions in Christendom of our day. 32 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,600 I'm sure you are fully aware that there are many branches 33 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:29,500 within Christendom that champion and put great emphasis on 34 00:02:29,500 --> 00:02:33,600 certain beliefs and practices that are established in the name 35 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:38,000 of sacred tradition. And it's very likely that some 36 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,900 of you have been challenged by friends or family, who have 37 00:02:41,900 --> 00:02:45,300 wondered about your lack of adherence, to these specific 38 00:02:45,300 --> 00:02:50,200 customs and rituals or beliefs. That have no strong or 39 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:54,900 consistent basis in the Bible. and it's also very likely that 40 00:02:54,900 --> 00:02:58,100 your initial response to such inquiries have been something 41 00:02:58,100 --> 00:03:04,800 along the lines of well, because the Bible says And the reason 42 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:09,800 why you would give such a response is because you appeal 43 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:14,800 to scripture and the reason why you appeal to the authority of 44 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:18,800 the scripture is because you wholeheartedly believe that the 45 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:23,600 scripture alone is the Supreme and final rule regarding all 46 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:31,700 faith and practice. Now, that loyalty and that 47 00:03:31,700 --> 00:03:36,200 Fidelity to the scriptures was the very heartbeat of the 48 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:39,600 Reformation. One of the known slogans of that 49 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:43,300 time, is something that you are familiar with a Latin phrase 50 00:03:43,300 --> 00:03:48,500 called Sola, scriptura Sola scriptura, which was heralded 51 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:54,400 and declared charged by Martin Luther during the 1500s. 52 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,500 And some have a misunderstanding of what Sola scriptura means and 53 00:03:58,500 --> 00:04:01,300 believe it to understand that there are some within 54 00:04:01,300 --> 00:04:05,200 Christendom namely us who believe that the Bible is the 55 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:09,200 only Authority. And that is not what we 56 00:04:09,300 --> 00:04:12,700 necessarily agree to that. The Bible is just this 57 00:04:12,700 --> 00:04:18,600 Standalone kind of rule and measure meant of certain things 58 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,300 and there's no other sense of authority over us. 59 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,500 That's not how we understand. The term know the Bible itself. 60 00:04:24,500 --> 00:04:28,400 Testifies and speaks of various kinds of authority, there is 61 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,300 Parental Authority, there is civil Authority. 62 00:04:31,700 --> 00:04:35,700 There is even Church Authority among other types of authority 63 00:04:35,700 --> 00:04:39,800 and none of those things. Conflict with our faithfulness 64 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,400 and are surrendered to the scriptures or at least they 65 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:45,600 shouldn't. When we speak about Sola 66 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:50,400 scriptura, which simply means scripture alone with that 67 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:52,400 communicates, is that the Bible pay? 68 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:56,900 Very close attention to this? That the Bible is the only 69 00:04:56,900 --> 00:05:00,600 infallible. What is infallible mean? 70 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,700 It means incapable of making mistakes. 71 00:05:04,700 --> 00:05:10,600 The Bible is the only infallible and all-sufficient Rule and 72 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:15,000 standard for Spiritual truth. That is what Sola scriptura 73 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,200 essentially means. Parents can make mistakes 74 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:21,400 government can promote error. You can even have clergy and 75 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:25,100 leaders within the realm of the church who could be misguided 76 00:05:25,100 --> 00:05:29,300 with the presumptions and their judgments, but the Bible alone 77 00:05:30,100 --> 00:05:32,800 is unique in that. It has an inability to be 78 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:38,000 untrue. And by virtue of unable being 79 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:42,100 wrong, it demands all other authorities to submit to its 80 00:05:42,100 --> 00:05:47,400 inherent claims. you might be wondering why Sola scriptura was 81 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:51,500 Champion during the 1500s the 16th century in the main reason 82 00:05:51,500 --> 00:05:54,000 is because it was a statement of protest against the Roman 83 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,900 Catholic Church And why was the Roman Catholic Church being 84 00:05:57,900 --> 00:06:02,000 protested against because what they believed then? 85 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:06,000 And what they still believe today is nothing close to this 86 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:11,100 view of scripture. The Roman Catholics as well as 87 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,000 Ethan Orthodox and other traditional churches. 88 00:06:15,300 --> 00:06:21,100 They see the scripture as an authority but not the authority 89 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,200 and there's a big difference. It's important to note that 90 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:28,800 these branches of traditional and Orthodox Churches, if I can 91 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,200 use that word have their differences and we're not going 92 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,000 to speak on those differences today. 93 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,900 But one thing that makes the Protestant Christian faith 94 00:06:37,900 --> 00:06:40,600 unique is this distinct conviction. 95 00:06:41,500 --> 00:06:47,000 Which is everything that God requires of us as found and 96 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,100 finalized in the written word of God. 97 00:06:51,500 --> 00:06:56,400 Notice that I'm not saying that everything that the prophet said 98 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,600 or everything that the apostles taught or necessarily are 99 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,500 necessarily found in the Bible but we do believe, is that in 100 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:05,200 God's? Providential wisdom, he has 101 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:08,600 preserved. What is sufficient and what 102 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:09,900 you're holding in your hand today? 103 00:07:10,900 --> 00:07:15,600 Scripture does not share its preeminent place, With the 104 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:23,500 papacy with Bishops with ancient oral teachings, with church 105 00:07:23,500 --> 00:07:27,500 fathers subjective Revelations or anything else for that 106 00:07:27,500 --> 00:07:30,600 matter. It stands alone as the source by 107 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:36,800 which we must judge everything. And I'm fully aware that as I'm 108 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:41,400 saying this, there are many objections to this principle. 109 00:07:42,100 --> 00:07:44,000 And I'm not going to pretend that in one session. 110 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,600 We're going to address every single argument, but my hope and 111 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:49,600 presenting this to you today, is that, for those who do hold to 112 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:53,700 this view, you would be more encouraged and strengthened in 113 00:07:53,700 --> 00:07:58,400 your faith and for those who might be conflicted that you 114 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:02,700 would at least reconsider The View that you might hold that 115 00:08:02,700 --> 00:08:06,100 scripture is not the only infallible source for Faith and 116 00:08:06,100 --> 00:08:10,000 practice and one of the most common objections to what I am 117 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,500 presenting to you, today's, for those who reject Sola scriptura, 118 00:08:13,500 --> 00:08:17,400 they kind of drum. This one argument over and over 119 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:21,400 and it's that scripture itself doesn't that teach Sola 120 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,200 scriptura. And so it's a self refuting 121 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,800 argument. It doesn't stand because it's 122 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,500 circular, there's nothing within scripture that says you need to 123 00:08:29,500 --> 00:08:32,200 hold to the infallibility of the Scripture alone, and that 124 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,700 there's no other source of infallibility that can help you 125 00:08:34,708 --> 00:08:36,500 in your faith or worship toward God. 126 00:08:36,500 --> 00:08:42,700 And so, it just has no legs. And what I want to say is that 127 00:08:42,700 --> 00:08:47,600 just because there isn't a particular or explicit statement 128 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:51,600 that is phrased to one's preference or like League liking 129 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:56,200 does not dismiss the conviction itself because what you will 130 00:08:56,200 --> 00:09:02,000 find in the Bible, undeniably is that it does declare its own 131 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,500 infallibility and its own sufficiency. 132 00:09:06,900 --> 00:09:09,900 And that is enough for us, to be honest with ourselves to make a 133 00:09:09,900 --> 00:09:14,400 logical conclusion, right? You might not find one specific. 134 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:17,900 Verse that says the written word of God Alone is the dominant 135 00:09:17,900 --> 00:09:20,700 source for what you need in. Your walk with God, you might 136 00:09:20,700 --> 00:09:23,300 not find something like that but you don't find something like 137 00:09:23,300 --> 00:09:26,900 that for the Trinity either. What you do is you gather the 138 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:29,700 evidence from cover to cover and then you are able to make it 139 00:09:29,700 --> 00:09:34,200 consistent and harmonious conclusion, based on the data 140 00:09:34,700 --> 00:09:36,500 that has been presented to us divinely. 141 00:09:38,500 --> 00:09:41,800 And so we see here that there is infallibility and sufficiency 142 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:43,200 and I'm going to show that to you in a moment. 143 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,900 And here's what I want you to do is that once you are able to 144 00:09:46,900 --> 00:09:53,200 hear and see the unique identity and the adequate function of the 145 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:57,400 word of God, you have to again And ask yourself is there a need 146 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:02,100 for a infallible source to work with the unrivaled? 147 00:10:02,900 --> 00:10:04,900 Nature and ability of God's word. 148 00:10:05,900 --> 00:10:09,900 Is there a need? Psalm 19:7. 149 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:19,100 The law of the Lord is perfect. Reviving The Soul. 150 00:10:19,700 --> 00:10:25,200 The testimony of the Lord is sure making wise, the simple, 151 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:29,400 the law of the Lord is perfect not just in its historical data 152 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:33,500 or whatever scientific inferences they're in, but its 153 00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:40,400 ability to revive the soul to take that dormant Spirit of 154 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:42,600 yours. And to Get into perfect 155 00:10:42,700 --> 00:10:46,400 alignment and right standing with your Creator and your 156 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:50,500 savior. Now, if it's perfect in that 157 00:10:50,500 --> 00:10:54,400 purpose, is there anything else that is needed to be added to 158 00:10:54,400 --> 00:11:00,400 accomplish that specific goal? If I claim anything is perfect, 159 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:04,100 but I am also claiming is that there is no need for 160 00:11:04,100 --> 00:11:09,100 supplementation or subtraction in order for it to be effective 161 00:11:09,100 --> 00:11:14,800 in its specific, right? The law of the Lord is perfect, 162 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:24,000 Proverbs 35 and 6 Every word of God proves true. 163 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:28,200 He is a shield to those who take refuge in him. 164 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:35,100 Do not add to his words. Lest he rebuked you and you be 165 00:11:35,100 --> 00:11:38,600 found a liar. Can the warning be any clearer. 166 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,900 The Holy Spirit, informs us that there is a serious danger for 167 00:11:41,900 --> 00:11:44,700 those who would claim that any ordinance? 168 00:11:44,700 --> 00:11:46,300 Any ritual? Any belief? 169 00:11:46,300 --> 00:11:49,100 Any Doctrine? Any practice is off. 170 00:11:49,300 --> 00:11:52,100 Authorized by God though. It is not warranted by the word 171 00:11:52,100 --> 00:11:55,600 of God. Do not add to his words. 172 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,700 Now, those who would again resist or argue against Sola, 173 00:11:59,700 --> 00:12:02,600 scriptura would say. Well, the written word of God Is 174 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,300 Not the Only manifestation of the word of God. 175 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,800 Because to them. There is also another stream and 176 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:14,200 that stream, mainly is sacred tradition, which is to believe 177 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:16,600 the oral law. The oral teachings of the 178 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:19,700 Apostles that were passed down in succession though. 179 00:12:19,700 --> 00:12:22,900 They were not recorded like what we have in our Bibles. 180 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:28,000 And to add to that, and we'll touch on what what I just said 181 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:29,600 later on. But to add to that, you have 182 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:31,600 specifically the Roman Catholic Church. 183 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:35,800 That would also say that not just sacred tradition, but we 184 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:41,500 also have a need, the church, their Church being the ultimate, 185 00:12:41,500 --> 00:12:46,500 interpreter and determiner of Truth since she has been given 186 00:12:46,500 --> 00:12:49,300 Authority by Christ to do. So what that means is this and 187 00:12:49,300 --> 00:12:51,600 it means many things. But here's the main concern for 188 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:55,100 that, That the leaders in the Roman Catholic Church can 189 00:12:55,100 --> 00:12:58,700 invoke. What they believe as their 190 00:12:58,700 --> 00:13:02,300 god-given Authority and make it binding on the conscience. 191 00:13:03,300 --> 00:13:05,500 This is something that you must believe in. 192 00:13:05,500 --> 00:13:09,100 This is something that applies to you as a Christian. 193 00:13:10,100 --> 00:13:15,900 And the magisterium has that apparently has that prerogative, 194 00:13:15,900 --> 00:13:20,500 given by God, that's the case that they make. and the main way 195 00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:24,800 that those teachings, and those doctrines are determined is 196 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:28,700 through ecumenical Church councils throughout history. 197 00:13:28,700 --> 00:13:32,700 There have been many of them and what that really means is that 198 00:13:32,700 --> 00:13:35,400 you have a gathering of Bishops worldwide who come to discuss 199 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:38,900 these matters and then they either affirm or refute 200 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:44,600 doctrines or heresies and then applies to the universal church. 201 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:47,800 And one that I want to bring to your attention to your attention 202 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:54,700 in particular is one of the most significant councils That make 203 00:13:54,700 --> 00:13:58,500 it obvious that where we stand. As Protestant, Christians is 204 00:13:58,500 --> 00:14:02,500 vastly different to where the Roman Catholic Church stands. 205 00:14:03,500 --> 00:14:07,200 Now, I'm fully aware that some of you might have Roman Catholic 206 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:09,900 friends more Roman Catholic family members. 207 00:14:10,100 --> 00:14:13,000 I'm not here to pick on your Roman Catholic family member or 208 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:17,100 your friend. My duty here is to speak about 209 00:14:17,100 --> 00:14:19,900 what the church teaches to present that data to you and 210 00:14:19,900 --> 00:14:24,400 then you make your conclusion. and so, the council that I am, 211 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:28,700 speaking of here is the Council of Trent The Council of Trent 212 00:14:28,700 --> 00:14:31,800 was a series of meetings that began in 1545. 213 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,100 And these series of meetings were organized for the sole 214 00:14:35,100 --> 00:14:39,000 purpose of refuting, the message and the movement of the 215 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:42,900 Reformation. And what I want to quote you in 216 00:14:42,900 --> 00:14:45,000 a moment here, some of the decrees that were determined 217 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,600 within that counsel over the years and there are two things 218 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:51,100 that you need to be prepared. For the first thing that you 219 00:14:51,100 --> 00:14:55,400 must understand is that these dogmas, these cannons that have 220 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:58,500 been defined during the Council of Trent have never been 221 00:14:58,500 --> 00:14:59,500 revoked. Since. 222 00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:02,600 In other words, they are still an application today. 223 00:15:02,700 --> 00:15:04,700 In other words, they still apply to you because you're going to 224 00:15:04,700 --> 00:15:06,100 realize that they do apply to you. 225 00:15:07,700 --> 00:15:10,500 Secondly, what you're going to hear is that quote, these things 226 00:15:10,700 --> 00:15:14,200 is the repeated word, anathema, anathema. 227 00:15:14,700 --> 00:15:17,000 Some of, you know, that word. Some you may not know that word 228 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:20,200 and are Roman Catholic friends would say that the definition of 229 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,400 that word varies there they would say that early on the word 230 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:28,300 anathema could have included the meaning of being accursed being 231 00:15:28,300 --> 00:15:31,600 cursed, right? We see that usage there even in 232 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:35,700 Galatians chapter 1, but they would also argue that later on 233 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,700 it took a more Dominant definition, which simply means 234 00:15:38,700 --> 00:15:41,500 to be excommunicated from The Community of Faith. 235 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:44,000 Here's the point that I'm trying to make regardless of what 236 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,200 definition you hold to and not them is not good. 237 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:51,300 Okay, it's not a pleasant thing. It's not good. 238 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,600 And it is regardless of the severity of the definition that 239 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:58,900 apologist might hold to. It is undeniably an expression 240 00:15:58,900 --> 00:16:02,400 of condemnation, an expression of condemnation for those who 241 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:06,300 would not hold to the belief that they say are crucial and 242 00:16:06,300 --> 00:16:08,600 essential to. What they would say, is the 243 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:12,600 Christian faith. And so I want to Simply quote to 244 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:15,100 you now and I need you to lean in and pay attention to the 245 00:16:15,100 --> 00:16:16,700 wording. And I'll my head's going to be 246 00:16:16,700 --> 00:16:18,700 down so that it's going to require you to lean a little bit 247 00:16:18,700 --> 00:16:21,300 more and use a little bit extra strength to pay attention. 248 00:16:21,700 --> 00:16:24,300 I'm going to read to you now. Few statements from the sixth 249 00:16:24,300 --> 00:16:30,300 session of the Council of Trent. Remember, this is on par with 250 00:16:30,300 --> 00:16:32,700 the authority of the word of God to them. 251 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:37,300 This is not subordinate, this is not opinion because of their 252 00:16:37,300 --> 00:16:42,100 view of the authority of the magisterium this is binding to 253 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:46,100 the conscience. The 6th Council. 254 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:50,500 Of the Council of Trent, the sixth session rather under the 255 00:16:50,500 --> 00:16:57,500 title justification, cannons. Quote Cannon, 12. 256 00:16:58,900 --> 00:17:04,700 If any one shall say that justifying faith is nothing else 257 00:17:04,700 --> 00:17:09,200 than confidence in the Divine, Mercy, pardoning sins for 258 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,599 Christ's sake. Or that it is that confidence 259 00:17:12,599 --> 00:17:16,800 Alone by which we are Justified. Let him be anathema. 260 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:24,099 Cannon, 14. If anyone saith that man is 261 00:17:24,099 --> 00:17:28,700 truly absolved from his sins and Justified because that he 262 00:17:28,700 --> 00:17:34,400 assuredly believed himself, absolved and Justified, or that, 263 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:38,700 no one is truly Justified, but he who believes himself 264 00:17:38,700 --> 00:17:43,800 Justified and that by this faith alone Absolution and 265 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:48,300 justification are affected. Let him be anathema. 266 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:52,700 Let me translate to that. If you believe in justification 267 00:17:52,700 --> 00:17:59,600 by faith, you are anathematized Canon 23. 268 00:18:01,100 --> 00:18:06,500 If anyone's saith that Justice received is not preserved and 269 00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:09,800 also increased before God through good works. 270 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:13,900 Now pay attention to this but that the said works are merely 271 00:18:13,900 --> 00:18:18,700 the fruits and signs of justification obtained but not a 272 00:18:18,700 --> 00:18:22,100 cause of the increase their of let him be anathema. 273 00:18:22,700 --> 00:18:25,900 In other words, if you believe that good works are the fruit of 274 00:18:25,900 --> 00:18:30,300 your salvation, you're wrong. You need good works to be 275 00:18:30,300 --> 00:18:34,000 justified, works are not the fruit of your salvation. 276 00:18:34,100 --> 00:18:38,200 They are a means, by which you can experience the grace of God. 277 00:18:41,700 --> 00:18:48,400 Canon 30. if anyone saith that after the, grace of 278 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:54,400 justification has been received, To every penitent sinner. 279 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:59,000 The guilt is remitted and the debt of Eternal punishment is 280 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:04,100 blotted out in such wise that there Remains Not any debt or 281 00:19:04,100 --> 00:19:07,900 temporal punishment to be discharged either in this world 282 00:19:07,900 --> 00:19:13,200 or in the next and purgatory. Before the entrance to the 283 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:15,500 kingdom of heaven can be open to him. 284 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,400 Let him be anathema. Did you understand that? 285 00:19:18,700 --> 00:19:21,900 If you believe that all your guilt, all your sins have been 286 00:19:21,900 --> 00:19:25,600 washed away and that you are not need in your not need for extra 287 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:28,300 cleansing in this life or even in the next life is something 288 00:19:28,300 --> 00:19:32,900 that you're familiar with which is Purgatory, then anathema. 289 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:39,600 And I was reviewing these things last night and thinking about 290 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:40,600 them. And here's the question that 291 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:42,400 came to my mind. Maybe it went through yours. 292 00:19:43,500 --> 00:19:45,600 Which interpretation of God's will do. 293 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:50,300 I yolk myself to if I hold to the view that scripture is a 294 00:19:50,300 --> 00:19:54,800 Authority but the magisterium is another which one do I obey? 295 00:19:56,100 --> 00:19:58,500 Which one do I submit to, which one do I say? 296 00:19:58,500 --> 00:19:59,400 Yes? And amen. 297 00:20:00,300 --> 00:20:02,000 Well, if you're Roman Catholic, you would have to say the 298 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:05,600 magisterium You would have to say the magisterium because the 299 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:08,100 magisterium has apparently been given the authority from Christ 300 00:20:08,100 --> 00:20:11,400 to interpret scripture. You can't do that with your 301 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,400 Bible alone necessarily and so you need to trust in the 302 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:18,400 institution that God has placed an inspired by his spirit. 303 00:20:18,500 --> 00:20:22,300 So that means what I just read to you is amen. 304 00:20:24,100 --> 00:20:27,300 So, what am I supposed to do? Am I supposed to trust the words 305 00:20:27,300 --> 00:20:30,300 of the Apostle, Paul who said, in Ephesians 2:8 and 9, for by 306 00:20:30,300 --> 00:20:33,000 Grace, we have been saved through faith, and this is not 307 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,300 of your own doing. It is the gift of God, not a 308 00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:37,700 result of works, so that no one may boast. 309 00:20:38,500 --> 00:20:42,300 Or am I supposed to put my trust in Canon, 14 of the 6th session 310 00:20:42,300 --> 00:20:49,900 of the Council of Trent? Am I supposed to put my absolute 311 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,600 heart? In the hand of the truth of 312 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:57,400 Hebrews. 10:14 that tells me that by one sacrifice. 313 00:20:57,800 --> 00:20:59,300 I've been perfected for all time. 314 00:20:59,300 --> 00:21:03,500 For those who are being Sanctified or my supposed to 315 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:07,000 live under the umbrella of Canon 30, that tells me. 316 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,600 That I might need some extra purging before the Gates of 317 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:15,200 Heaven are open to me. See, this is what it boils down 318 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:16,400 to. This is why I'm bringing this to 319 00:21:16,408 --> 00:21:20,400 your attention. The reason why I believe what I 320 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:24,600 believe is because I choose to put my trust in the clear 321 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,500 infallible, word of God, not in the word of fallible, men. 322 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:35,200 And I invite you to do the same. I love the words of the Apostle. 323 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:39,000 Paul who said this in First Corinthians 4:6, you can turn 324 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:43,400 there because it's a great passage and 1st Corinthians 4:6. 325 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:52,600 Paul says, I've applied all these things to myself. 326 00:21:53,900 --> 00:21:59,700 And Apollo's for your benefit brothers that you may learn by 327 00:21:59,700 --> 00:22:05,400 us, not to go beyond what is written. that none of you may be 328 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:09,600 puffed up in favor of one against another What is Paul 329 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,900 saying, you're he's calling the Corinthians to use the scripture 330 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,600 and, yes, Paul believed that his own writings were scripture. 331 00:22:15,700 --> 00:22:19,600 He called to the Corinthians to use their standard of judgment 332 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:24,500 concerning the leaders based on what has been written, not by 333 00:22:24,500 --> 00:22:27,300 their own imaginations, not by their own feelings, not by their 334 00:22:27,300 --> 00:22:29,200 own arguments, not by anything else. 335 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:33,400 Don't go beyond what has been already established and written. 336 00:22:35,100 --> 00:22:37,800 What about what he says to the same Corinthian Church who 337 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:39,800 thought that they had the authority to determine what 338 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,300 happened in the worship service and how Christians should 339 00:22:42,300 --> 00:22:45,100 exercise their gifts. And how do they should relate to 340 00:22:45,100 --> 00:22:47,300 one another? Well, the same Paul says, in 341 00:22:47,300 --> 00:22:51,100 First Corinthians 14, just scroll their few chapters later 342 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:55,000 and notice what he says to the same group of people and First 343 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,600 Corinthians 14. Verse 36. 344 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:05,900 Or was it from you that the word of God came? 345 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:09,900 Or are you the only ones it has reached? 346 00:23:10,500 --> 00:23:13,500 If anyone thinks that he is a prophet or spiritual, he should 347 00:23:13,500 --> 00:23:16,200 acknowledge that. The things I am writing to you 348 00:23:16,500 --> 00:23:18,700 are a command of the Lord. Wow. 349 00:23:18,700 --> 00:23:23,100 Paul actually believe that what he wrote was commands from God? 350 00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:26,000 Yes, she was fully aware of that as you're going to discover in a 351 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:30,400 moment and he's asking the same church to acknowledge that 352 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,300 regardless of gifting, regardless of any private 353 00:23:33,300 --> 00:23:35,800 experience as the prophets in the church might have 354 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,700 experienced, right? Right, no matter what kind of 355 00:23:38,700 --> 00:23:40,000 thus says the Lord? No matter what? 356 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:43,100 Kind of spontaneous leading of the spirit? 357 00:23:43,100 --> 00:23:45,800 There was Paul says, if you're really a profit you would 358 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:48,600 acknowledge my word, which is God's word and you would submit 359 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:52,600 to it, you would submit to it. You would realize that this has 360 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:56,900 supreme authority that this has ultimate say it has the final 361 00:23:56,900 --> 00:24:02,000 say of what you believe and how you practice your faith. 362 00:24:02,300 --> 00:24:04,900 Why is that? Because the Apostle Paul was 363 00:24:04,900 --> 00:24:09,500 among the other apostles who have been handpicked by Jesus, 364 00:24:09,500 --> 00:24:13,600 Christ, himself to lay the foundation of the church, 365 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:18,300 according to Ephesians 2:20 That's that's very important to 366 00:24:18,300 --> 00:24:21,800 understand the Apostle's have been handpicked. 367 00:24:22,500 --> 00:24:24,500 Have been hand-picked in such a way that they've been in dude, 368 00:24:24,500 --> 00:24:27,600 with a specific kind of responsibility and that 369 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:32,000 responsibility is whether by word or by writing what they 370 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:36,300 said was determined as foundational to the faith of the 371 00:24:36,300 --> 00:24:39,400 church when you lay a foundation. 372 00:24:40,300 --> 00:24:42,500 It's something that says you're building on this. 373 00:24:42,900 --> 00:24:45,700 You're not adding to this, you're not expanding on it 374 00:24:45,700 --> 00:24:48,300 unless you are building upon what it says and what it 375 00:24:48,300 --> 00:24:51,900 determines already. So the foundation has been laid 376 00:24:52,100 --> 00:24:54,700 and Paul and the other Apostles realized that they had that 377 00:24:54,700 --> 00:24:58,500 unique call a call. That could not be passed down a 378 00:24:58,508 --> 00:25:00,400 call. That was not succeeded. 379 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,600 A call that was unique to them and to them alone. 380 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,600 And what about that? Perfect, I believe it's one of 381 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,400 the greatest Declarations of the marriage, between the 382 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:11,700 infallibility, of the word of God and the sufficiency of the 383 00:25:11,700 --> 00:25:14,300 word of God. And those who oppose the view of 384 00:25:14,300 --> 00:25:16,800 Sola scriptura don't like when it's quote, and I'll tell you 385 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:18,800 why in a reason. But you know what, you probably 386 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:20,800 memorize it, but let's just rehearse it again. 387 00:25:21,300 --> 00:25:26,100 Second Timothy 3. Verse 15 to 17. 388 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaking to Timothy and he says, oh, and how from childhood you 389 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:36,200 have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able 390 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:39,600 to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 391 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:43,500 Notice that the, the sacred writings are able to make you 392 00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:47,100 wise unto salvation. In other words, if you if you 393 00:25:47,100 --> 00:25:50,900 engage with the Bible. Yes, there are some things that 394 00:25:50,900 --> 00:25:54,100 are harder to understand but not impossible, to understand, 395 00:25:54,100 --> 00:25:56,300 right. Because the claim is that we 396 00:25:56,300 --> 00:26:00,400 cannot Stand the Bible. So that we need the help of the 397 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:05,000 church at large who have infallible ability to determine 398 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,300 what the Bible says. Okay. 399 00:26:07,300 --> 00:26:12,000 It might be hard but what is essential the main things are 400 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:15,000 the plain things. And what we have here is that if 401 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:18,000 you engage with the Bible, you will have the direction. 402 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:22,500 You need enough to be saved. Why isn't the Salvation verse 403 00:26:22,500 --> 00:26:26,200 16? All scripture is breathed out by 404 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,700 God. And Profitable for teaching, for 405 00:26:28,700 --> 00:26:32,100 reproof for correction, and for training in righteousness. 406 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:35,500 And I love this in verse 17, that the man of God, may be 407 00:26:35,500 --> 00:26:42,000 complete equipped for every good work wise unto salvation and 408 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:46,300 equipped, to be what God calls me to be as a man of God, when 409 00:26:46,300 --> 00:26:49,700 God calls you to be, as a woman of God, it is sufficient. 410 00:26:50,300 --> 00:26:53,100 And I know those who, again, resist this proponents, that 411 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:56,400 that view tradition and others, as the same as scripture, in 412 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,000 terms of its Authority. I don't like this and they have 413 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:03,300 two main arguments to why the first one is that they don't see 414 00:27:03,300 --> 00:27:09,400 Paul's words here as excluding, any other type of authority by 415 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:13,200 which we can be made Sanctified. There's nothing here. 416 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:14,700 This is the argument. There's nothing here that says 417 00:27:14,700 --> 00:27:17,500 okay we believe scripture is inspired by God but it doesn't 418 00:27:17,500 --> 00:27:22,100 mean that God can Inspire other means other systems to also help 419 00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:27,800 us grow to help us know. And I can see where they're 420 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:31,500 coming from because you look at James chapter 1, you don't have 421 00:27:31,500 --> 00:27:34,600 to turn there but if you want, you can James chapter 1 verse 4 422 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,200 and James, they're speaking about trials and he's calling 423 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:40,600 the Christians to be faithful in their Trials of the let those 424 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,200 trials have its full effect on them. 425 00:27:43,300 --> 00:27:48,300 Why that they may be complete. That they may be matured. 426 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:52,400 In other words, God has ordained specific things in your life, 427 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,400 difficult things in order to Chisel you and to make you more 428 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,400 of the man that he wants you to be or the woman that he's called 429 00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:00,100 you to be. I'm not arguing that the Lord 430 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:04,800 doesn't use the church that the Lord doesn't use people with 431 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:08,300 specific gifts to help us or even trials and Life to assist 432 00:28:08,300 --> 00:28:11,000 us and to guide us into the will of God. 433 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,500 What I am saying is that, nothing else in all the Bible 434 00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:17,900 says that something is breathed out by God except for the 435 00:28:17,900 --> 00:28:21,900 scriptures. Infallible infallible. 436 00:28:23,900 --> 00:28:27,600 Infallible and inerrant unable to make a mistake and it is void 437 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:29,200 of error. That's what we believe and 438 00:28:29,200 --> 00:28:32,700 that's what is only declared concerning the very word of God 439 00:28:32,700 --> 00:28:37,500 that you and I love. Secondly, some would propose 440 00:28:37,500 --> 00:28:39,100 that. What Paul is speaking here of 441 00:28:39,100 --> 00:28:42,600 concerning all scripture is just the Old Testament. 442 00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:46,100 It's just the Old Testament and New Testament was a recognized 443 00:28:46,100 --> 00:28:47,300 though. They didn't have a new testament 444 00:28:47,300 --> 00:28:49,400 library. And so what Paul is really 445 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:53,500 speaking about here is the Hebrew scriptures and that opens 446 00:28:53,500 --> 00:28:55,600 up too many other problems, right? 447 00:28:57,700 --> 00:29:00,600 But, you know, very well and I hope you do that even at this 448 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:06,900 time, Paul recognized New Testament books, as scripture, I 449 00:29:06,900 --> 00:29:09,200 can spend the next 10 minutes to show you how Paul believe that 450 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,600 about his own writings and various Epistles. 451 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:16,400 But Paul also believe that about his contemporary writers and 452 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:17,700 just in case you don't know these references. 453 00:29:17,700 --> 00:29:20,200 I want to give them to you, so that you are mindful of this. 454 00:29:20,500 --> 00:29:22,400 And the reason I'm going to tell you why this is important in a 455 00:29:22,408 --> 00:29:24,300 moment here, but look here with me. 456 00:29:24,700 --> 00:29:27,300 I first Timothy 5:8, you're in. Second Timothy scroll, back to 457 00:29:27,300 --> 00:29:31,300 First Timothy 5:8, excuse me? 5:18 and notice the words of 458 00:29:31,300 --> 00:29:35,000 Paul here, when he's seeking to teach about pastors in the 459 00:29:35,008 --> 00:29:39,700 church, For the scripture says so. 460 00:29:39,700 --> 00:29:44,800 So, Paul says, and First Timothy 5:18 For the scripture says you 461 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:47,200 shall not muzzle an ox when it Treads out. 462 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,700 The grain stop. That's in Deuteronomy. 463 00:29:50,700 --> 00:29:52,200 That's something that's found in Deuteronomy. 464 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:56,200 Paul pulls that out by principle to apply to how leaders should 465 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:59,100 be compensated to some degree for their service in the church. 466 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:02,300 You shalt not muzzle an ox, when it turns out the Grain and then 467 00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:05,900 beautifully, he says and the laborer, deserves his wages, 468 00:30:05,900 --> 00:30:08,000 where's that found? Luke. 469 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:15,200 Paul puts the Gospel of Luke on par with the book of 470 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:18,600 Deuteronomy. Paul believed that Luke's 471 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:23,500 writings had the same Authority as the writings of Moses in 472 00:30:23,500 --> 00:30:27,300 Deuteronomy. And so he brings Luke and he 473 00:30:27,300 --> 00:30:30,000 brings Deuteronomy and the same breath, he exercised the 474 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:34,300 authority of the word of God from both sources during his own 475 00:30:34,300 --> 00:30:36,600 lifetime. During the infancy of the early 476 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:40,000 church. First Timothy 5:18, what about 477 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,500 Peters words? And second Peter chapter 3. 478 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:46,900 There he is. Discussing Some people who are 479 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,700 pressing the church about different doctrines and he says 480 00:30:50,700 --> 00:30:54,600 here in 2nd Peter 3:15. And count. 481 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:59,100 The patience of the Lord. I salvation just as our beloved 482 00:30:59,100 --> 00:31:01,200 brother, Paul. Also wrote to you concerning the 483 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:05,200 wisdom, given him as he does in all his letters, all his 484 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,600 letters. When he speaks in them of these 485 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,400 matters, there are some things in them that are hard to 486 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,100 understand, pause, that comforts me. 487 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:15,100 Because if Peter had trouble understanding Paul's writings, 488 00:31:15,100 --> 00:31:18,100 that means when I come to a text like Romans, I'm like this is 489 00:31:18,100 --> 00:31:20,400 kind of difficult. Well, Peter struggled to do some 490 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:24,200 reading regard. That are hard to understand 491 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:28,700 which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, 492 00:31:29,100 --> 00:31:37,800 as they do the other scriptures. Paul's writings is in the same 493 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:44,900 category of scriptures. So if second Timothy 3:15 to 17 494 00:31:44,900 --> 00:31:48,300 scriptures there refers solely to the Hebrew scriptures then 495 00:31:48,300 --> 00:31:49,600 what do you do with text like this? 496 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:55,500 When Peter says if a Paul's letters are also scriptures this 497 00:31:55,500 --> 00:31:58,500 also shows and this is the point that I want to make this also 498 00:31:58,500 --> 00:32:04,300 shows that the recognition The circulation and the formulation 499 00:32:04,300 --> 00:32:09,000 of the New Testament library was in operation during the lifetime 500 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:12,800 of the Apostles. And why I say that is because 501 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:18,100 those who hold to sacred tradition would say that if you 502 00:32:18,100 --> 00:32:21,100 don't hold to sacred tradition, then you got to deny what you 503 00:32:21,100 --> 00:32:24,700 believe to be the Bible. Why is that? 504 00:32:24,700 --> 00:32:28,600 Because it's tradition that has compiled. 505 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:32,800 What you claim to be your Bible. In other words, at some point in 506 00:32:32,808 --> 00:32:37,800 history, you had Christians who had the leading and the 507 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:40,900 authority to determine which books belong here and which 508 00:32:40,900 --> 00:32:43,900 don't, there is no index in your Bible that says these books 509 00:32:43,900 --> 00:32:45,600 belong. Who's going to determine with 510 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:47,300 all the different letters going around? 511 00:32:47,300 --> 00:32:49,400 What belongs in the library and what doesn't? 512 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:52,900 And if you if you don't say tradition, then you have to also 513 00:32:52,900 --> 00:32:57,600 deny your Bible. But hold on let's just make this 514 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:01,400 point clear to recognize what is authoritative in the Bible. 515 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:04,200 Does not automatically equate that you are infallible, does 516 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:08,300 it? I don't have to be infallible in 517 00:33:08,300 --> 00:33:10,900 order to recognize what is divine. 518 00:33:10,900 --> 00:33:14,600 And there is a Criterion by which the early Christians were 519 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,700 able to identify what was scripture and what could be 520 00:33:18,700 --> 00:33:20,900 disregarded. But we don't have time to get 521 00:33:20,900 --> 00:33:23,700 into that. What I want to say is this that 522 00:33:23,700 --> 00:33:27,700 even if it is a tradition Okay, it's a tradition that's founded 523 00:33:27,700 --> 00:33:30,700 in the Bible. It's not something that happened 524 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:32,600 outside of the Bible. Outside of the scripture. 525 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:36,000 We just had to references right there to show us that it was 526 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,100 birthed and it was happening and it was occurring during the 527 00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:42,000 lifetime of the Apostles, when the very scriptures you and I 528 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,800 love were being formulated. That's something very important 529 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:49,400 to understand. Now, I know some of you might be 530 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:53,500 wondering something because I know this, I'm not a prophet nor 531 00:33:53,500 --> 00:33:57,000 son of a prophet. Because some of you and some 532 00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,100 others have messaged me concerning one particular verse 533 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:02,300 that is troublesome. It's kind of a thorn to this 534 00:34:02,300 --> 00:34:07,900 whole belief in this conviction. It's in second Thessalonians, 2 535 00:34:08,699 --> 00:34:12,500 verse 15. Here's a Paul says and it seems 536 00:34:12,500 --> 00:34:16,600 to be a proof text that confirms how the written word of God is 537 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:23,400 appear to sacred tradition. Second Thessalonians 2 verse 15. 538 00:34:26,100 --> 00:34:29,300 We read here. So then Brothers. 539 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,800 Stand firm and hold to. What's that word? 540 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:39,100 The Traditions that you were taught by us either by are 541 00:34:39,100 --> 00:34:43,500 spoken word or by our letter, uh-huh. 542 00:34:44,699 --> 00:34:49,800 You see Paul mentions Traditions that were taught by him and the 543 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,500 other church leaders. And some of them were 544 00:34:52,500 --> 00:34:56,900 transmitted by his word which confirms that there is some kind 545 00:34:56,900 --> 00:35:01,800 of oral Doctrine. That was transmitted that they 546 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:05,500 taught and was passed down from generation to generation. 547 00:35:05,500 --> 00:35:09,800 That's the argument. But here's the question, we have 548 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,000 to ask ourselves. Do you really believe that when 549 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,900 Paul used the word tradition here that he is referring to 550 00:35:14,900 --> 00:35:19,200 extra-biblical Revelation? That is equal to God's word? 551 00:35:20,900 --> 00:35:23,300 There are very there, are two very important words in this 552 00:35:23,300 --> 00:35:25,900 verse and depending on your translation in might be one word 553 00:35:26,100 --> 00:35:29,000 and it's word that that expands our understanding of the 554 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:33,400 scripture. So then you see that so then 555 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:37,000 your translation might say what they're for, okay? 556 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:41,700 What is therefore, therefore see what I did there, what is there 557 00:35:41,700 --> 00:35:45,000 for there for? You gotta zoom out, you gotta 558 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:48,200 understand a pulse tires connected to a larger context 559 00:35:48,700 --> 00:35:51,800 and what is that larger context? What We here in verse 15. 560 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:56,700 Are we not? Now come here verse 13, but we 561 00:35:56,700 --> 00:36:00,500 ought always to give thanks to God for you Brothers beloved by 562 00:36:00,500 --> 00:36:05,200 the Lord because God chose you as the first fruits to be saved 563 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:08,700 through sanctification, by the spirit and belief in the truth 564 00:36:08,700 --> 00:36:11,300 to this. He called you through our gospel 565 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:13,900 so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord. 566 00:36:13,900 --> 00:36:17,400 Jesus Christ. So then Brothers stand firm and 567 00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:19,800 hold to the Traditions that you were taught by us. 568 00:36:21,500 --> 00:36:25,700 Whatever tradition Paul was referring to was in connection 569 00:36:25,700 --> 00:36:29,700 to their confidence of their standing in the gospel. 570 00:36:31,300 --> 00:36:33,800 And if you want to expand the context, we know that in the 571 00:36:33,808 --> 00:36:36,500 beginning of chapter 2, he speaking about the second coming 572 00:36:36,500 --> 00:36:41,800 of Jesus Christ. So, these traditions and all the 573 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:45,100 word, Traditions really means in the original is handed down. 574 00:36:46,500 --> 00:36:49,400 These Traditions things that were handed down. 575 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,800 Paul was speaking about clearly were linked to and consistent 576 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:59,300 with the substance of his Apostolic teaching and you would 577 00:36:59,300 --> 00:37:02,400 find it yes through his word. But it would also be found in 578 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,600 his letters. That's why he says buyer word or 579 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:08,200 by our letters, right? The idea that what he spoke by 580 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:12,100 his word is some additional peripheral kind of thing. 581 00:37:12,500 --> 00:37:16,100 It doesn't make sense because the very connection To the 582 00:37:16,100 --> 00:37:18,700 tradition. There is what was handed down? 583 00:37:18,700 --> 00:37:21,600 Concerning the gospel and choose about the return of the Lord. 584 00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:25,900 Jesus Christ, not things out there that, that we can't find 585 00:37:25,900 --> 00:37:28,100 in our Bibles or things. I might even conflict with our 586 00:37:28,100 --> 00:37:32,900 Bibles, no simply things that were handed down, and because he 587 00:37:32,908 --> 00:37:35,500 was an apostle, he could do that by word, or he can do that by 588 00:37:35,500 --> 00:37:39,600 letter, which is also important. There is no indication here 589 00:37:39,700 --> 00:37:43,500 whatsoever that this verse teaches that things would be 590 00:37:43,500 --> 00:37:45,800 passed down by word from one generation. 591 00:37:45,900 --> 00:37:48,900 You to the next. There's nothing of that. 592 00:37:50,100 --> 00:37:52,200 All Paul is saying is I'm an apostle. 593 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:57,100 And as a living Apostle, at this time, when he wrote this, he 594 00:37:57,100 --> 00:38:00,700 sang and it's logical. That my word is just as 595 00:38:00,700 --> 00:38:04,200 authoritative as my writings are, my writings are just what 596 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:06,700 my thoughts are, obviously inspired by the spirit recorded 597 00:38:06,700 --> 00:38:10,700 on Papyrus, right? So I can speak to you, what God 598 00:38:10,700 --> 00:38:13,500 wants you to know? Because I'm alive, or I can 599 00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:19,200 write these things to you and he has And they were equally 600 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:20,900 authoritative as long as they were alive. 601 00:38:20,900 --> 00:38:22,800 But what do you do when they cease to live? 602 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:28,300 What is the church to do? If they don't have access to the 603 00:38:28,300 --> 00:38:32,600 living, active voice of these apostles who been endowed with a 604 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:36,500 specific portion of the spirit and Grace to lay the foundation 605 00:38:36,500 --> 00:38:38,000 of the church for the people of God. 606 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:42,200 Well, let me put it this way. One thing is for certain there 607 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:47,500 is no hint that the New Testament teaches that there is 608 00:38:47,500 --> 00:38:52,900 some infallible rule that is coming your way that will help 609 00:38:52,900 --> 00:38:56,200 you determine things. In other words, there's nothing 610 00:38:56,200 --> 00:39:00,500 in the Bible that says, there is a post Apostolic Authority, that 611 00:39:00,500 --> 00:39:04,900 is on the same level as the Bible that you can rely on very 612 00:39:04,900 --> 00:39:06,700 soon. Nothing. 613 00:39:07,900 --> 00:39:11,200 So what are you left with a very comforting truth? 614 00:39:11,900 --> 00:39:14,000 You are comforted by the realization. 615 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,500 That the very testimony of the Bible calls us. 616 00:39:16,500 --> 00:39:23,200 And invites us to look to its unparalleled perfectly reliable 617 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:28,600 guide. To who God is what he has done, 618 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:32,900 what he will do and what it is that he demands of us. 619 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:37,400 And this, he has placed in the possession of his people. 620 00:39:38,300 --> 00:39:40,700 People often quote, 1st Timothy 3:15. 621 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:43,200 That the church is the pillar in the butcher's of Truth. 622 00:39:44,100 --> 00:39:47,600 As a proof, text of the church is authoritative in the same 623 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:51,300 regard as the scripture. But they didn't finish the verse 624 00:39:51,300 --> 00:39:53,000 early on. Paul says, I'm writing these 625 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,500 things to you. So that, you know how to conduct 626 00:39:55,500 --> 00:40:00,200 yourself in the house of God. What I'm writing to you is what 627 00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,800 is authoritative? What? 628 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,500 I am delivering to you is to determine how you conduct 629 00:40:05,500 --> 00:40:08,100 yourself in the church. And what is a pillar do? 630 00:40:08,700 --> 00:40:12,100 Does it create truth? Like what we see in the Council 631 00:40:12,100 --> 00:40:13,900 of Trent? No, a pillar. 632 00:40:13,900 --> 00:40:17,900 Uphold something. So the church has any relation 633 00:40:17,900 --> 00:40:21,300 to the word of God. It is to guard the truth. 634 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:24,800 Protect the truth. Be faithful to the truth. 635 00:40:28,100 --> 00:40:31,600 And I use this verse to end last week session. 636 00:40:32,100 --> 00:40:34,300 And if you haven't heard last week session, and you want to 637 00:40:34,308 --> 00:40:38,200 know more because I could take us to Jesus appeal to the 638 00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:40,100 scriptures as his ultimate Authority. 639 00:40:40,100 --> 00:40:44,400 Visit that sermon again to get an idea of how Christ leaves no 640 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:47,900 room or no entertainment of thought that he actually 641 00:40:47,900 --> 00:40:50,300 believed there was something on par with the word of God. 642 00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:54,900 When he dealt with Satan, he said it is written when he dealt 643 00:40:54,900 --> 00:40:57,900 with Pharisees and Sadducees says the scripture, the 644 00:40:57,900 --> 00:41:02,200 Commandment of God the word of God when he instructs his own. 645 00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:05,300 I think of the two on the road to Emmaus who are heavy of 646 00:41:05,300 --> 00:41:08,900 heart, confused about the events that took place concerning what 647 00:41:08,900 --> 00:41:12,600 they believed to be the Messiah. Jesus went to the law to the 648 00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:15,200 prophets. He went to the Hebrew scriptures 649 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:18,400 and walk with them, and open up to them what the word of God 650 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:23,400 says concerning his suffering. The word, the word, the word you 651 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:27,600 have Paul the word, my writings scripture, scripture. 652 00:41:27,700 --> 00:41:29,500 All scripture is breathed out by God. 653 00:41:29,900 --> 00:41:31,900 Yeah, the tradition is there. We don't believe tradition as a 654 00:41:31,900 --> 00:41:33,600 dirty word as Protestants by the way. 655 00:41:35,900 --> 00:41:37,400 Hold whatever tradition you want. 656 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:39,600 Does it submit to the word of God? 657 00:41:41,900 --> 00:41:44,000 And this is why this is important. 658 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:47,300 Again, you're saying, what's this session about you thought, 659 00:41:47,300 --> 00:41:49,000 last week as a foundation? Well, here's a little another 660 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:52,000 layer to the foundation because everything hinges on this. 661 00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:54,600 Oh, we can talk about me, rheology. 662 00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:58,100 We can talk about icons. We can talk about Mass. 663 00:41:58,100 --> 00:42:01,000 We can talk about the Saints. We can talk about all of that, 664 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:04,400 but if we don't deal with the sole Authority for the church, 665 00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:06,800 then we're just swinging at nothing. 666 00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:14,600 Is scripture supreme authority, if not if not I make the case. 667 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:21,100 That there's trouble ahead for any Institution for any person. 668 00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:25,300 There's trouble ahead and what I seek to prove to you again. 669 00:42:26,300 --> 00:42:29,200 Is that in the coming weeks after a short little break, I 670 00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:30,700 would present you. Some of the troubling things 671 00:42:30,700 --> 00:42:32,200 that have immersed from The View. 672 00:42:32,300 --> 00:42:36,300 That scripture alone is not. Sufficient is not the sole 673 00:42:36,300 --> 00:42:38,700 standard and measuring stick for all truth. 674 00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:42,700 But as Believers, what are we encouraged to do? 675 00:42:42,700 --> 00:42:46,600 Let me reinforce this to test all things to that, which has 676 00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:49,900 already been determined. It's not comforting. 677 00:42:51,700 --> 00:42:53,800 This truth is not just to pick a fight. 678 00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:59,600 This truth is about where we put our rest in where were relieved 679 00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:03,000 and God's goodness and Redemptive history to say you 680 00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:12,900 can trust in this. So near the end of the very 681 00:43:12,900 --> 00:43:17,100 Cannon itself. Jude says in verse 3 again. 682 00:43:17,100 --> 00:43:22,000 Let me remind you what was said last week, beloved, although I 683 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:25,400 was very eager to write to you about our common salvation. 684 00:43:26,300 --> 00:43:29,700 I found it necessary to write appealing to you and I appeal to 685 00:43:29,700 --> 00:43:33,300 you. Appealing to you to contend for 686 00:43:33,300 --> 00:43:37,800 the faith. That was once for all delivered. 687 00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:43,700 To the Saints, once for all delivered. 688 00:43:44,300 --> 00:43:46,200 Why do I believe in scripture alone? 689 00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:49,900 Because the scripture has a unique nature. 690 00:43:50,700 --> 00:43:54,200 The scripture. Has a unique function. 691 00:43:54,700 --> 00:44:00,200 This scripture has a testimony that no other source, no other 692 00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:03,500 claim. No other system can claim for 693 00:44:03,500 --> 00:44:06,800 itself. And because it has that unique 694 00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:08,900 claim, the claim is being infallible. 695 00:44:08,900 --> 00:44:13,400 Insufficient then, isn't it logical for all other sources of 696 00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:16,500 authority to submit to the only thing that is perfect. 697 00:44:17,300 --> 00:44:19,800 That's all. It is nothing complicated. 698 00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:24,600 Nothing. Philosophical. 699 00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:29,600 Very simple and I pray just like how the gospel simple you would 700 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:32,100 see the Simplicity of this principle and you would know the 701 00:44:32,100 --> 00:44:53,300 freedom there and let's pray. Lord. 702 00:44:53,300 --> 00:44:57,300 As we have been brought by you to Mark chapter 7, we want to 703 00:44:57,308 --> 00:45:01,000 honor what your word says. Will we see clearly in that 704 00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:04,700 chapter? That you regard the word of God, 705 00:45:04,700 --> 00:45:08,600 the Commandment of God as Superior to all other things. 706 00:45:10,100 --> 00:45:13,100 Well, we just ask that in this time of reflection. 707 00:45:15,900 --> 00:45:19,800 There would be no mixture of personal opinion, but that we 708 00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:24,500 would simply seek the voice of God. 709 00:45:26,100 --> 00:45:31,800 The inscribed speech of God. we pray for those who might be 710 00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:36,500 struggling in this area, That they would know that you are 711 00:45:36,500 --> 00:45:41,100 gracious in our struggle. And that you Lord are willing to 712 00:45:41,100 --> 00:45:44,000 guide us into truth. If truth is that which we want 713 00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:48,600 Or for those who don't see the importance of this. 714 00:45:49,700 --> 00:45:53,800 Help them realize that if what was said is true then the 715 00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:59,100 evangelism field as much larger than what we thought Lord for 716 00:45:59,100 --> 00:46:01,100 those who might still have questions. 717 00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:06,100 With this ministry and other faithful Ministries and other 718 00:46:06,100 --> 00:46:09,900 faithful, men, and women, who love your truth with, they be 719 00:46:09,900 --> 00:46:13,400 brought to them, the answers that they are looking for. 720 00:46:13,900 --> 00:46:19,300 Would you guide them guide us? And Lord though this is not a 721 00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:23,600 exhaustive, understanding of this truth, may be a starting 722 00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:26,500 point, maybe for some to dig, even deeper. 723 00:46:26,700 --> 00:46:30,500 And to become even more encouraged by the authority of 724 00:46:30,508 --> 00:46:34,800 the word of God. But for now, Lord, we pause we 725 00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:38,800 pause to reflect what was given. And now, we give to our worship 726 00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:40,800 and we want to let you know. Oh Lord. 727 00:46:42,300 --> 00:46:44,100 That we believe your law is perfect. 728 00:46:44,700 --> 00:46:46,700 We believe it has been preserved. 729 00:46:46,900 --> 00:46:48,900 We believe that it is free from error. 730 00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:51,500 We believe that it is enough to help us. 731 00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:57,600 And that what has been made clear to us is necessary and 732 00:46:57,600 --> 00:47:00,100 complete. Oh, Lord. 733 00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:04,200 Bless our hearts. And this time of serious 734 00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:08,000 discussion investigation, and Lord, guide us into the truth, 735 00:47:08,300 --> 00:47:10,400 and Jesus name, we pray. Amen. 736 00:47:10,700 --> 00:47:12,000 Let's stand and worship the true. 737 00:47:12,100 --> 00:47:15,700 Ruth, the Living God, who has given us his truth.