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6/30/2025, 6:11:21 AM
Below are two related subjects that come to mind:
– Works-based Gospel (contradicts a whole host of Scriptures, see attached).
– Related to the above: denial of eternal security of the believer - teaching that Scripture does not confer certainty about what Christ said in passages like John 5:24.
The above would be enough to constitute a problem. According to Paul in Galatians 1:8-9, and in 2 Thessalonians 3:6 and 1 Timothy 6:3-5, whoever teaches a false gospel that is contrary to the word of God, that we receive via the received text of the Bible from the apostles, should be "accursed" and should be withdrawn from.
The above situation is a result of a fundamental disagreement in authorities. The Christian who is a Bible-believer takes God's word as the ultimate authority on any topic, since it is from God, and any person speaking contrary to it is misguided or worse. In the different types of Catholicism, it isn't like this: they allow other sources and teachings to override Scripture or speak with greater authority, even though according to the Bible, man's word is of lesser authority (see 1 Peter 1:23-25, 2 Peter 1:20-21, 1 Thess. 2:13, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 1 John 5:9 for examples).
As an example of what the Bible has to say about this, consider the Pharisees. The Pharisees were people who, during the time of the Gospel, made a similar mistake as others do now. They had taken their own manmade teachings and elevated them above the authority of scripture. That is where they got all their rules for washing different cups, pots, tables and so forth from, for example. It wasn't from the written word of God, but what they claimed was oral traditions, and really just manmade traditions. Jesus rebuked the scribes and Pharisees for this in Mark 7:5-13, which I will write into another post as it is too long to post here.
Anyway, the above is the very first thing that comes to mind on the subject you raised.
– Works-based Gospel (contradicts a whole host of Scriptures, see attached).
– Related to the above: denial of eternal security of the believer - teaching that Scripture does not confer certainty about what Christ said in passages like John 5:24.
The above would be enough to constitute a problem. According to Paul in Galatians 1:8-9, and in 2 Thessalonians 3:6 and 1 Timothy 6:3-5, whoever teaches a false gospel that is contrary to the word of God, that we receive via the received text of the Bible from the apostles, should be "accursed" and should be withdrawn from.
The above situation is a result of a fundamental disagreement in authorities. The Christian who is a Bible-believer takes God's word as the ultimate authority on any topic, since it is from God, and any person speaking contrary to it is misguided or worse. In the different types of Catholicism, it isn't like this: they allow other sources and teachings to override Scripture or speak with greater authority, even though according to the Bible, man's word is of lesser authority (see 1 Peter 1:23-25, 2 Peter 1:20-21, 1 Thess. 2:13, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 1 John 5:9 for examples).
As an example of what the Bible has to say about this, consider the Pharisees. The Pharisees were people who, during the time of the Gospel, made a similar mistake as others do now. They had taken their own manmade teachings and elevated them above the authority of scripture. That is where they got all their rules for washing different cups, pots, tables and so forth from, for example. It wasn't from the written word of God, but what they claimed was oral traditions, and really just manmade traditions. Jesus rebuked the scribes and Pharisees for this in Mark 7:5-13, which I will write into another post as it is too long to post here.
Anyway, the above is the very first thing that comes to mind on the subject you raised.
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