Family of God: [Church_of_Christ] Re: The Melting Pot

Scott,

Your response is good. You make good points here, but you completely ignored the context of the discussion.

> Greetings
> Scott here
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> Ray wrote:
> >Once again.....the OT were the only SCRIPTURES they had to teach from.Â >The apostles USED the OT for all doctrine they taught
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> Hi Ray,
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> By the late 60â€™s when Paul wrote 1 Tim, based on the things already written by Paul over the prior years, I suggest that Paul knew that he was writing scripture. Particularly in view of Paulâ€™s intent that his earlier letters were to be circulated throughout the churches.
>

The context concerns what the early church had at the very beginning. Ed made the comment that they continued in the APOSTLES DOCTRINE....this is in the book of Acts near the beginning. The spreading of the gospel hasn't even started. The first 15 years of the church there was NOTHING but OT. Not one of the 27 books of the NT had even been written. Not one letter.

Not one jot or tittle of the NT existed for 15 years. During that time, the Apostles taught everything from the OT. This is the context of my point and it was the context of Ed's question as well.

And I also confess freely that when Paul himself refers to scripture, he is refering exclusively to the OT. I will agree fully that the NT was, in time, considered inspired, but the specific concept of 'scripture' is purely Jewish at the time, and Paul is refering to the OT only.

Thanks.

Ray

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