Major Errors of Witness Lee’s Teaching

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Originally Posted by Evangelical

Hi UntoHim,

I see no one here bothering to prove that Bereans were sola scriptura.

To be honest, I never heard anyone say that they were.

And that is not a problem to me. I would argue against the most stringent versions of sola scriptura.

But at the same time, I cannot accept anything that stands in opposition to what the Bible actually says. That does not mean that the Bible has all the answers, but anyone's alleged additional answers cannot contradict what is in the Bible.

And I take it a step further. I acknowledge that many people sense "speaking" to them about certain things that are not taught within the scripture clearly one way or the other. In those cases, I do not have problems with holding to such a thing personally. But to insist upon it as true to the extent that everyone should see it and agree is different.

Given the kind of preaching that Paul was doing, since he said that he was showing in the scriptures where it was said that the Christ would have to suffer (among other things), it does not take a "sola scriptura" approach to the scripture to assess Paul's statements. Just a sound mind to look at the particular passages. He claims it is from the scripture, so you look at the scripture and check him out.

The whole effort is predicated on the assumption that the scripture is worth looking at. Paul was using it as his source, and the Bereans confirmed it to be true. They didn't have to be of a "sola scriptura" mindset to do that. Just rational enough to confirm that what Paul claimed was in scripture was, in fact, in there.