Unity of Christians

[Cyber Munchkin]

Originally Posted by twin.spin

Besides that, we are in fact to judge false teachers.
It is not true that the early Christian Church did not have a "Bible".


People who make such a claim aren't at all familier with the Bible to be taken seriously. All one need to do is read it to find out that:

• Matthew 21:42
  
  Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:"
  • (apparently the "no-bible existed folks" have not )
• Mark 12:24
  
  Jesus replied, “Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
  • ( apparently the "no-bible folks" are )
• Luke 24:27
  And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
• John 5:39
  You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me

Then there are these "Bibleans"

• Acts 17:2
  As his custom was, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,
• Acts 18:24
  Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures
• Acts 18:28
  For he (Paul) vigorously refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.
• Acts 17:11
  Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
  

How did Paul just do that Acts 18:28 if there was no "Bible"

Then there is good old Peter who claimed that Paul's writting were "scriptures" 2 Peter 3:16
So 2 Peter 3:16 really puts the "no-Bible" folks in a bigger funk. Now the early church had more of "the Bible"

• OT the Jesus refered to as scriptures
  • and
• Paul's letters refered to as scriptures