tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614009373413502880.post3237204082720487296..comments2024-01-10T22:34:05.663+13:00Comments on Contra Celsum: Douglas Wilson's Letter From AmericaJohn Tertullianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195747255458392629noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614009373413502880.post-44636673494631095092010-11-21T22:41:47.364+13:002010-11-21T22:41:47.364+13:00Is Half of The Story Sufficient For Salvation?
Ho...<b>Is Half of The Story Sufficient For Salvation?</b><br /><br />How many sides are there to a story? If you say two, then you are wrong. If you had one side and I had one side that would make two sides. However, there is a third side, the side of truth. <br /><br /><b>Rule # 1</b>... One half of truth does not a truth make. Neither does one half of a story make the full story. <br /><br />No intelligent person can hear one side of a story and decide which side has the truth. <br /><br />Both sides have to be heard, then analysed, and then a decision has to be made as to which side (if either) has a valid story, and after that, the right side(s), or truth side, can be determined. <br /><br />This thinking holds true for discerning what Holy Scripture tells us. <br /><br />Throughout the Bible there are double standards, yet the fundamentalist thinking shows only one standard, or one side of the story, or only one half of the truth. <br /><br />Their thinking is in violation of rule <b># 1.</b> With only one half of truth, you do not have truth. Anything less than the whole truth is error. <br /><br />In the following example, side <b>'A'</b> is the first side, side <b>'B'</b> is the second, and side <b>'C'</b> is the right, or truth side. <br /><br /><b>Sola Scriptura... Only the Bible.</b> <br /><br />Fundamentalist thinking is that the Bible is sufficient and nothing else is needed for salvation. First of all, in order to believe in the <b>'Bible Only'</b> philosophy, you have to show that Scripture says it. Is that not true? The doctrine of <b>'Sola Scriptura'</b> is not to be found in Scripture. <br /><br /><b>A.</b> Tradition is condemned in many places in Scripture, such as <i>Job 22:15, Matthew 15:6, Mark 7:3-13, Galatians 1:14, Colossians 2:8, 1Timothy 1:4, Titus 1:14, and 1Peter 1:18.</i> Look at these verses and grasp their meaning. They all address <b><i>'vain'</i> human traditions and are rightly condemned.</b> This is one half of the truth. <br /><br /><b>B.</b> Tradition is supported in more places in Scripture than it is condemned. Study <i>Isaiah 59:21, Luke 1:2, 2:19,51, Luke 10:16, 2 Thessalonians<br />2:14-15</i> - <b>"Stand firm and hold the traditions you have learned..",</b> <i>2Timothy 1:13,2:2, 1Pet 1:25, 1John 1:1,2:24, 2John 1:12, Revelation 12:17,19:10.</i> <br /><br />These are different traditions than mentioned in <b>'A'.</b> <b>These are the Traditions of GOD, or <i>'Apostolic'</i> Tradition.</b> Again, this is only half of the truth. <br /><br /><b>C.</b> The truth is, yes, we do condemn the vain tradition of men, as shown in <b>'A',</b> and we must keep the Tradition of GOD, as shown in <b>'B'.</b> <br /><br />Thus we have half the truth in <b>'A',</b> and the other half in <b>'B',</b> and combined we have the full truth. The false doctrine of Sola Scriptura adds <i>A</i> and <i>B</i> together and puts the total in <i>A,</i> rejecting all of tradition. <b>A+B=C.</b>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940745178193985942noreply@blogger.com