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Originally Posted by Ohio
Well said, Unregistered. So well said.
Evangelical never ceases to amaze me how he can convince himself that basically up is down and down is up.
What caused the unbelieving Thessalonians, i.e. Jews at the Synagogue who heard Paul on three successive Sabbaths, to reject the Gospel was not their attitude towards "extra-biblical revelation," but as Luke, the eye-witness writer of the Acts tells us' "they were jealous," (Acts 17.1-9) they rejected the Messiah Jesus Christ, and claimed allegiance to Caesar. They behaved exactly as those who crucified Jesus years prior in Jerusalem. Are you also claiming then, that the Pharisees and scribes rejected the "extra-biblical revelation" package that Jesus also brought to the nation of Israel?
Did someone say something about "nonsense?"
The Bereans, on the other hand, did not receive "extra-biblical revelation" from Apostle Paul. They heard the same message as those in Thessalonica who believed, i.e. Paul showed them from their own scriptures that the "Christ (the promised Messiah) must suffer and rise from among the dead." (Acts 17.2-3, 10-13)
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The interpretation Paul presented would have been extra biblical for them.
The example of the Bereans is used by those who believe in sola scriptura. Implying that those who did not receive the message did not search the scriptures.
This is flawed for two basic reasons:
One is the Bereans, being Jews, were not sola scriptura believers.
The second is that those who did not receive the message would have used the Scripture also. Even if their rejection was due to jealousy or some other reason, it doesn't negate the fact that they too searched the Scriptures, like the Bereans.
The Bereans are not an example of those who searched the scripture alone versus those who didn't. That is not the point of the story. The point is they received the message because they were more noble. The point is not that they were more noble because they believed in sola scriptura.