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09/10/2018 The Fatal Seduction of “Sola Scriptura,”

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Stephen Beale
https://catholicexchange.com/fatal-seduction-sola-scriptura
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The fatal seduction of “Sola Scriptura” e.g. “the Bible alone” is that all one needs to know about what to believe and how to practice it is explicitly contained in Scripture.

The emphasis on explicit is key.

That’s because it is possible to interpret “Sola Scriptura" as merely dictating that the principles of orthodoxy and orthopraxy are embedded in the Bible.

But, in practice, “Sola Scriptura” rapidly becomes something else:

A nefarious form of fundamentalism which teaches that it’s not just sufficient to draw out principles in the Bible —
One most also cite its explicit statements in order to justify a belief or practice.

(For more on this, see Jimmy Akin’s explanation.)
http//www.jimmyakin.com/library/practical-problems-of-sola-scriptura


What’s not in the Bible

Many people claim to uphold “Sola Scriptura” but their actions say otherwise.

Here’s why:

a. Some of the most basic things Christians say and do are not explicitly sanctioned by the Bible.

b. Our first clue is the very vocabulary of the faith. Consubstantial, or homoousios in the Greek, cannot be found in the New Testament.
https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=33989

Neither can these Biblical words, Greek, be found in the New Testament.
Trinity,
person,
Incarnation, or
redemption.

Although you might find the latter in some translations, the Greek word really means ransom.


Not even our English word God is biblical.

In the Greek it is theos.
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”, noun).

Pronunciation: (Classical) IPA: /ˈtʰe.os/, [ˈtʰe.ɔs]

Noun: theos m (religion) god or deity quotations 

Synonyms: deus, god, deity

Derived terms: the- (combining form), theo- (combining form)
 
But, of course, we can translate the original words into our own.

Or not?

Because sometimes we retain the original terms:
amen,
hosanna,
alleluia,
Satan, and
Eden

Are all directly transliterated.

Definition: Transliteration: Conversion of a text from one script to another
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteration

Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping letters (thus trans- + liter-) in predictable ways
(such as α → a, д → d, χ → ch, ն → n or æ → e.)

For instance:
For the Modern Greek term "Ελληνική Δημοκρατία", which is usually translated as "Hellenic Republic”

The usual transliteration to Latin script is "Ellēnikḗ Dēmokratía", and the name for Russia in Cyrillic script, "Россия", is usually transliterated as "Rossiya".


Perhaps I am being overly facetious, one might say, to harp on such trivial non-issues.

But that’s exactly what legalistic fundamentalism can do, and often does. They tale out of context and make it “Not meant to be taken seriously or literally.

But there’s more.

The practice of attending church on Sundays, the date of Christmas, and the way we celebrate Christmas are not in the New Testament.

For some Protestants this is a real issue.

Seventh Day Adventists meet on Saturdays and the Puritans banned Christmas.
www.theweek.com/articles/479313/when-americans-banned-christmas

Protestants can try to argue that the early Christians never envisioned the magnificently opulent cathedrals of the baroque era or the exquisitely regimented ritualism of the Tridentine Mass,

But even the most low-church Protestant worship service would —

According to this erroneous line of thinking —
a. Have been just as alien to the believers of St. Paul’s day.
b. That’s because, strictly speaking, we only read about Christians meeting in other people’s houses, when the meeting place is mentioned at all.

Prayer to Christ

It gets more serious than that.

“Sola Scriptura” legalism cuts to the heart of the faith.

Just how deeply that is came to mind after a reader commented on last week’s piece about prayer to the saints.

In a nutshell, that article made the case that prayer to the saints is entirely warranted based on analogy with how figures of the Biblical communicate with angels.
https://catholicexchange.com/prayer-saints-biblical-realize

It’s an indirect form of argumentation, much like arguing for a certain belief or practice based on principles in Scripture.

But one reader remained unconvinced because Scripture did not contain an exact instance of someone praying to a saint.

If that’s the standard, then all Christians could be in trouble.

Because where in the New Testament do we see people praying to Jesus?

Seriously.

Check your Bible.

It’s shocking how hard it is to find an example.

One evangelical site, thegospelcoalition.com, points to Acts 7:60,
a. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/you-asked-can-i-pray-to-jesus/
b. www.usccb.org/bible/acts/7:60

Where St. Stephen speaks directly to the ascended Lord.

But someone who didn’t believe in Jesus could argue that St. Stephen’s story is not relevant to ours.

They could counter that because he had vision of Christ seated in heaven, and so was then speaking directly to the Lord in a manner now inaccessible to those who do not have such visions.

a. Or they could suggest that as a martyr he was given a special grace to make such a prayer.
b. Or they could claim that what he said was not really a prayer at all.

So how does the Gospel Coalition solve this problem?

Their article contends that since Jesus is God it only follows that prayer to Him must be acceptable —
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/you-asked-can-i-pray-to-jesus/

A conclusion to which I wholeheartedly agree.

Yet when it comes to so many Catholic-specific doctrines —

a. The seven sacraments, the papacy, veneration of Mary, and prayer to the saints —
b. Some Protestants refuse to accept this kind of inductive reasoning.

But ultimately they can’t escape this truth:

Christians do not need something to be explicitly permitted in Scripture.

To make it a fundamental part of what they believe and how they live it out.


“Sola Scriptura” is not found in Scripture

Clearly, “Sola Scriptura” can be devastating to the Protestant faith.

But ultimately, if carried to its logical conclusion, it self-destructs.

This can be demonstrated by another simple question:

a. Where in the Bible is “Sola Scriptura” proclaimed?

b. Most Protestants will cite verses on the authority of Scripture as the word of God.

A common Biblical verse is from
2 Timothy 3 NIV

1.But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.
2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—
5 having a form of godliness but denying its power.

Have nothing to do with such people.

a. But you, remain faithful to what you have learned and believed, because you know from whom you learned it.
b. And that from infancy you have known [the] sacred scriptures, which are capable of giving you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
c. All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that one who belongs to God may be competent, equipped for every good work
(verses 14-17).

A Final Charge to Timothy 10-17
10 You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance,
11 persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it,
15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
17 so that the servant of God[a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.


Put simply, 2 Timothy 3
Does not say what many think it does.

1. It does not say Scripture is the only source of authority.
2. It does not say there are no authoritative, God-ordained interpreters of Scripture —

a. Which is what the popes and the bishops are.
b. Everything these verses say is wholeheartedly affirmed by Catholicism:
c. Scripture does give us wisdom about salvation.
d. It is inspired by God.

It is useful for teaching and formation.

One reason the above verse is cited so often is because it is one of the rare mentions of the word ‘Scripture’ in the New Testament that could be about the New Testament itself.

Otherwise, ‘Scripture’ usually refers back to the Old Testament.
www.biblehub.com/greek/graphe__1124.htm

This in of itself should be a problem from the Protestant perspective:
a. Under what authority are the books of the New Testament recognized as Scripture?

The absence of such a command matters.

The gospels are replete with commandments issued by Jesus.
a. One count estimates there are 50 of them.
www.swapmeetdave.com/Bible/Commands/Commands-list.pdf
b. Moreover, Jesus clearly designated some commands as specially pre-eminent.
c. One thinks especially of His words to repeat the Last Supper and the Great Commission.
d. It is simply inconceivable that a matter of such grave importance would not only have been omitted by Jesus in his earthly ministry but also by every writer in the New Testament.

As Catholics, the absence of an explicit permission isn’t a prohibition.

But it is for the most legalistic of “Sola Scriptura” Protestants.

Of course, true Catholics would never choose to hold to such a principle.

But Protestants themselves have ample reason to reject it as well.

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09/10/2018 Practical Problems of Sola Scriptura (Part 1)

Jimmy Akin
http://jimmyakin.com/library/practical-problems-of-sola-scriptura

Simply stated, the Protestant doctrine of sola scriptura (“Scripture alone”)

Teaches that every teaching in Christian theology (everything pertaining to “faith and practice”)

Must be able to be derived from Scripture alone.

This is expressed by the Reformation slogan Quod non est biblicum, non est theologicum (“What is not biblical is not theological,” cf.

Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms:
Drawn Principally from Protestant Scholastic Theology, Richard A. Muller, Baker, 1985).


An essential part of this doctrine, as it has been historically articulated by Protestants,

Is that theology must be done without allowing Catholic Tradition or a Catholic Magisterium (teaching authority) with any binding authority.

If Catholic Tradition or a Catholic Magisterium could bind the conscience of the believer as to what he was to believe then the believer would not be looking to Scripture alone as his own authority.

A necessarily corollary of the doctrine of “Sola Scriptura” is, therefore,

The idea of an absolute right of private judgment in the interpretation of the Scriptures.

Each individual has the final prerogative to decide for himself what the correct interpretation of a given passage of Scripture means,

Irrespective of what anyone-or everyone-else says.

If anyone or even everyone else together could tell the believer what to believe.

Scripture would not be his sole authority; something else would have binding authority.

Thus, according to “Sola Scriptura” any role:
a. Tradition,
b. Magisterium,
c. Bible commentaries,

or anything else may play in theology is simply to suggest interpretations and evidence to the believer as he makes his decision.

Each individual Christian is thus put in the position of being his own theologian.

Of course, we all know that the average Christian does not exercise this role in any consistent way, even the average person admitted by Fundamentalists to be a genuine, “born again” believer.

There are simply too many godly grannies who are very devout in their faith in Jesus, but who are in no way inclined to become theologians.

Not only is the average Christian totally disinclined to fulfill the role of theologian,

But if they try to do so,

And if they arrive at conclusions different than those of the church they belong to-an easy task considering the number of different theological issues

Then they will quickly discover that their right to private judgment amounts to a right to shut up or leave the congregation.

Protestant pastors have long realized (in fact, Luther and Calvin realized it)

That, although they must preach the doctrine of private judgment to ensure their own right to preach,

They must prohibit the exercise of this right in practice for others, lest the group be torn apart by strife and finally break up.

It is the failure of the prohibition of the right of private judgment that has resulted in the over 20,000 Christian Protestant denominations listed in the Oxford University Press’s World Christian Encyclopedia.

The disintegration of Protestantism into so many competing factions, teaching different doctrines on key theological issues.

What kind of faith saves?

Is baptism necessary?

Needed?
Is baptism for infants?

Must baptism be by immersion only?

Can one lose salvation? How?

Can it be gotten back? How?

Is the Real Presence true?

Are spiritual gifts like tongues and healing for today? For everyone?

What about predestination?

What about free will?

What about church government?)

Is itself an important indicator of the practical failure of the doctrine of private judgment, and thus the doctrine of “Sola Scriptura”.

However, there is a whole set of practical presuppositions that the doctrine of “Sola Scriptura” makes, every one of which provides not just an argument against the doctrine, but a fatal blow to it.

“Sola Scriptura” simply cannot be God’s plan for Christian theology.

In fact, it could never even have been thought to be God’s plan before a certain stage in European history because, as we will see, it could have only arisen after a certain technological development which was unknown in the ancient world.

Before that one development, nobody would have ever thought that “Sola Scriptura” could be the principle God intended people to use, meaning it was no accident that the Reformation occurred when it did.

If God had intended the individual Christian to use “Sola Scriptura” as his operating principle then it would have to be something the average Christian could implement.

We can therefore judge whether “Sola Scriptura” could have been God’s plan for the individual Christian by asking whether the average Christian in world history could have implemented it.

Not only that, but since God promised that the Church would never pass out of existence (Matt. 16:18, 28:20),
Matthew 16:18, And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Matt.%2016.18

Matthew 28-20, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Matt%2028.20

The normal Christian of each age must be able to implement “Sola Scriptura”

Including the crucial patristic era, when the early Church Fathers hammered out the most basic tenets of Christian orthodoxy.

It is in this practical area that the doctrine comes crashing down, for it has a number of presuppositions which are in no way true of the average Christian of world history,

and certainly not of the average Christian of early Church history.

a. First,
If each Christian is to make a thorough study of the Scriptures and decide for himself what they mean.

(Even taking into consideration the interpretations of others).

Then it follows that he must have a copy of the Scriptures to use in making his thorough study.

(A non-thorough study being a dangerous thing, as any Protestant apologist warning one against the cults and their Bible study tactics will tell you).

Thus the universal application of “Sola Scriptura” presupposes the mass manufacturing of books, and of the Bible in particular.

This, however, was completely impossible before invention of the printing press, for without that there could not be enough copies of the Scriptures for the individual Christians to use.

“Sola Scriptura” therefore presupposes the inventing of the printing press, something that did not happen for the first 1,400 years of Church history.

(Which will be the almost three-quarters of it if the world ends any time soon).

It is often noted by even Protestant historians that the Reformation could not have taken off like it did in the early 1500s if the printing press had not been invented in the mid-1400s.

And this is more true than they know, because the printing press not only allowed the early Protestant to mass produce works containing their teachings about what the Bible meant.

It allowed the mass production of Bible itself (as Catholics were already doing).

One does realize, of course, that the Gutenberg Bible and the other versions of the Bible being produced before Protestantism were all Catholic Bibles.

Without the ability to mass produce copies of the Scriptures for the individual Christians to interpret, the doctrine of “Sola Scriptura” could not function.

Since one would only have very limited access to the texts otherwise-via the Scripture readings at Mass and the costly, hand-made copies of the Bible kept on public display at the church.

Thus “Sola Scriptura” presupposes the printing press.

This is a key reason why the Reformation happened when it did-several decades after the invention of the printing press.

It took time for the idea of the printing press to make its mark on the European mind and get people excited about the idea of easily available books.

It was in this heady atmosphere, the first time in human history when dozens of ancient works were being mass produced and sold.

That people suddenly got excited with the thought.

“Hey! We could give copies of the Bible to everyone !

Everyone could read the Scriptures for themselves !”

A thought which led very quickly into “Sola Scriptura” in the minds of those who wished to oppose historic Christian theology.

As it would provide a justification for their own desire to depart from orthodoxy.

(“Hey, I read the Scriptures, and this is what they said to me!”).

Of course, the invention of the printing press does not itself enable us to give Bibles to every Christian in the world.

(As all the calls for Bibles to be sent to Russia illustrate).

Which leads to the next practical presupposition of “Sola Scriptura” …


b. Second,
Besides the printing press, “Sola Scriptura” also presupposes the universal distribution of books and of the Bible in particular.

For it is no good if enough copies of the Bible exist but they can’t be gotten into the hands of the average believer.

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09/10/2018 Practical Problems of Sola Scriptura (Part 2)

Jimmy Akin
http://jimmyakin.com/library/practical-problems-of-sola-scriptura

There thus must be a distribution network capable of delivering affordable copies of the Bible to the average Christian.

This is the case today in the developed world:

However, even today we cannot get enough Bibles into many lands due to economic and political restraints.

As the fund raising appeals of Bible societies and their stories of Bible smuggling inform us.

However, in the great majority of Christian history, the universal distribution of books would have been totally impossible even in the what is now the developed world.

During most of Church history, the “developed world” was undeveloped.

The political systems, economies, logistical networks, and travel infrastructure that make the mass distribution of Bibles possible today simply did not exist for three-quarters of Church history.

There was no way to get the books to the peasants, and no way the peasants could have afforded them in the first place.

There just wasn’t enough cash in circulation (just try giving a printer 5,000 chickens for the 1,000 Bibles he has just printed-much less keeping the chickens alive and transported from the time the peasants pay them to the time the printer gets them).


c. Third,
If the average Christian is going to read the Scriptures and decide for himself what they mean then he obviously must be able to read.

Having someone read them to him simply is not sufficient, not only because the person would only be able to do it occasionally (what with a bunch of illiterates to read to).

But also because the person needs to be able to go over the passage multiple times, looking at its exact wording and grammatical structure,

To be able to quickly flip to other passages bearing on the topic to formulate the different aspects of a doctrine as he is thinking about it.

And finally to be able to record his insights so he doesn’t forget them and he can keep the evidence straight in his mind.

He therefore must be literate and able to read for himself.

Thus “Sola Scriptura” presupposes universal literacy.


d. Fourth,
If the average Christian is going to make a study of what Scripture says and decide what it teaches.

He must possess adequate scholarly support material,

For he must either be able to read the texts in the original languages or have material capable of telling him when there is a translation question that could affect doctrine.

(For example, does the Greek word for “baptize” mean “immerse” or does it have a broader meaning ?

Does the biblical term for “justify” mean to make righteous in only a legal sense or sometimes in a broader one ?

He must also have these scholarly support works (commentaries and such) to suggest to him possible alternate interpretations to evaluate.

For no one person is going to be able to think of every interpretive option on every passage of Scripture that is relevant to every major Christian doctrine.

No Protestant pastor (at least no pastors who are not in extreme anti-intellectual circles) would dream of formulating his views without such support materials,

And he thus cannot expect the average Christian to do so either.


Indeed!

The average Christian is going to need such support materials even more than a trained pastor.

Thus “Sola Scriptura” also presupposes the possession-not just the existence-of adequate support materials.


e. Fifth,
If the average Christian is to do a thorough study of the Bible for himself, then he obviously must have adequate time in which to do this study.

If he is working in the fields or a home (or, later, in the factory) for ten, twelve, fifteen, or eighteen hours a day, he obviously doesn’t have time to do this.

Especially not in addition to the care and raising of his family and his own need to eat and sleep and recreate.

Not even a Sunday rest will provide him with the adequate time, for nobody becomes adept in the Bible just by reading the Bible on Sundays.

As Protestants stress to their own members when encouraging daily Bible reading.

Thus “Sola Scriptura” presupposes the universal possession of adequate leisure time in which to make a thorough study the Bible for oneself.


f. Sixth,
Even if a Christian had adequate time to study the Bible sufficiently,

It will do him no good if he doesn’t have a diet sufficiently nutritious to let his brain function properly and his mind work clearly.

This is something we often forget today because our diets are so rich.

But for most of Christian history the average person had barely enough food to survive, and it was almost all bread.

“Everything else,” as the British historian James Burke put it, “was just something you ate with bread” - as a condiment or side-dish.

This means that the average Christian of world history was malnourished, and as any public school dietitian can tell you, malnutrition causes an inability to study and learn properly.

That is one of the big motivating forces behind the school lunch program.

If kids don’t eat right, they don’t study right, and they don’t learn right, because they don’t think clearly.

The same is true of Bible students.

Thus “Sola Scriptura” also presupposes universal nutrition.


g. Seventh,
If the average Christian is going to evaluate competing interpretations for himself then he must have a significant amount of skill in evaluating arguments.

He must be able to recognize what is a good argument and what is not, what is a fallacy and what is not, what counts as evidence and what does not.

That is quite a bit of critical thinking skill, and anyone who has ever tried to teach basic, introductory logic to college students.

Or anyone who had tried to read and grade the persuasive essays they write for philosophy tests can tell you.

(I’m speaking from personal experience here).

That level of critical thinking does not exist in the average, literate, well-nourished, modern college senior, much less the average, illiterate, malnourished, Medieval peasant.

This is especially true when it comes to the abstract concepts and truth claims involved in philosophy and theology.

Thus “Sola Scriptura” also presupposes a high level of universal education in critical thinking skills.

(A level which does not even exist today).

Therefore “Sola Scriptura” presupposes:
1. The existence of the printing press,
2. The universal distribution of Bibles,
3. Universal literacy,
4. The universal possession of scholarly support materials,
5. The universal possession of adequate time for study,
6. Universal nutrition, and
7. A universal education in a high level of critical thinking skills.

Needless to say, this group of conditions was not true in the crucial early centuries of the Church.

Was not true through the main course of Church history, and is not even true today.

The non-existence of the printing press alone means sola scriptura was totally unthinkable for almost three-quarters of Christian history!

All of this is besides the limitations we mentioned earlier-the fact that the average Christian, even the average devout Christian.

Has no inclination whatsoever to conduct the kind of Bible study needed to become his own theologian and the fact that he is encouraged by many pressures from his own pastor and congregation.

(Including the threat of being cast out).

To fall in line and not challenge–especially publicly challenge–the party platform.


CHRISTIANITY FOR THE COMMON MAN ?

It is thus hard to think of “Sola Scriptura” as anything but the theory spawned by a bunch of idealistic.

Renaissance-era dilettantes–people who had an interest in being their own theologians, who had a classical education in critical thinking skills, who had adequate nutrition.

Who had plenty of leisure time for study, who had plenty of scholarly support materials, who had good reading skills.

Who had access to Bible-sellers, and most importantly, who had printed Bibles !

The average Christian today, even the average Christian in the developed world.

Does not fit that profile, and the average Christian in world history certainly did not, much less the average Christian in the early centuries.


What this means, since God does not ask a person to do what they are incapable of doing.

Is that God does not expect the average Christian of world history to use “Sola Scriptura.”

He expects the average Christian to obtain and maintain his knowledge of theology in some other way.

But if God expects the average Christian to obtain and maintain the Christian faith without using “Sola Scriptura.”

Then “Sola Scriptura” is not God’s plan ?

Therefor “Sola Scriptura” Is Man’s plan ?


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09/10/2018 50 Commands of Christ - Summary

http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Bible/Commands/Commands-list.pdf

1. Repent—Matthew 4:17,
2. Let not your heart be troubled—John 14:27,
3. Follow me—Matthew 4:19
4. Rejoice—Matthew 5:12, (Also 2 Corinthians 6:10, 12:10, James 1:2-4)
5. Let your light shine—Matthew 5:16
6. Honor God’s law—Matthew 5:17-19
7. Be reconciled—Matthew 5:24-25
8. Do not commit adultery—Matthew 5:27-30
9. Keep your word—Matthew 5:33-37
10. Go the second mile—Matthew 5:38-42
11. Love your enemies—Matthew 5:44
12. Be perfect—Matthew 5:48
13. Practice disciplines (giving, praying, fasting)—Matthew 6:1-18
14. Lay up treasures in heaven—Matthew 6:19-21
15. Seek first the kingdom of God—Matthew 6:33
16. Judge not—Matthew 7:1-2
17. Do not throw your pearls to pigs—Matthew 7:6
18. Ask, seek, and knock—Matthew 7:7-8
19. Do unto others—Matthew 7:12
20. Choose the narrow way—Matthew 7:13-14
21. Beware of false prophets—Matthew 7:15
22. Pray for those who spread the word—Matthew 9:37-38
23. Be as shrewd as serpents—Matthew 10:16. (Also Romans 16:19)
24. Fear God. Do not fear man— Matthew 10:28 (Also Luke 12:4-5)
25. Listen to God’s voice—Matthew 11:15, 13:9, 13:43, Mark 4:23, Luke 14:35, 1 Kings 19:11-13
26.Take my yoke—Matthew 11:29
27. Honor your parents—Matthew 15:4
28. Beware of false teaching—Matthew 16:6, 11-12
29. Deny yourself—Luke 9:23 (Also Matthew 10:38 and Mark 8:34)
30. Do not despise little ones—Matthew 18:10
31. Go to Christians who offend you—Matthew
18:15 (Also Galatians 6:1)
32. Forgive offenders—Matthew 18:21-22 (Also Proverbs 19:11)
33. Beware of covetousness—Luke 12:15
34. Honor marriage—Matthew 19:6, 19:9
35. Lead by being a servant—Matthew 20:26-28
36. Make the church a house of prayer for all nations—Mark 11:17
37. Pray in faith—Matthew 21:21-22, John 15:7
38. Bring in the poor—Luke 14:12-14
39. Render unto Caesar—Matthew 22:19-21
40. Love the Lord—Matthew 22:37-38
41. Love your neighbor—Matthew 22:39
42. Be born again—John 3:7
43. Await my return—Matthew 24:42-44
44. Celebrate the Lord’s supper—Matthew 26:26- 27
45. Watch and pray—Matthew 26:41
46. Keep my commandments—John 14:15
47. Feed my sheep—John 21:15-16
48. Make and baptize disciples—Matthew 28:19
49. Teach disciples to obey—Matthew 28:20
50. Receive God’s power—Luke 24:49

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