Well, your argument is not with me but it would be with the very words of Jesus. For He told us to be perfect (not me).
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Is this straying from the sola scriptura subject?
if so...let's go back to the topic
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Prayer so that one can be awakened by the Holy Spirit to see that with Sola Scripture one has to be very careful that one is not being led by the devil! He is a very clever demon.
Turns out scripture is to be trusted over man-made tradition of the magisterium
"How can that be?" you ask?
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Notice what Jesus said about the obligation of others - when it comes to the "
Commandment of God" -- the "
Word of God" and "
Moses said" -- in Mark 7:6-13
Mark 7
7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
8 For laying aside the Commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
13 Making the Word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
Certainly from their point of view they would never have accused themselves of diminishing the Ten Commandments in the least.
But what does Christ accuse them of doing?
1. Using their own traditions to nullify one of the Ten Commandments.
2. He calls the Ten Commandments "Moses says" -- and "the Word of God" and "the Commandment of God"
3. He argues that even though they do not claim to be setting aside one of the Commandments of God - they in fact are by observing the example he gives in the case of the 5th Commandment.
4. He argues that this is just one example of the many things they do with their traditions - in this way - nullifying the Word of God. Contradicting the Commandment of God - one of the TEN.
5. He states that it nullifies their worship.
6. Jesus is not defending their additions -- he is defending God's Commandments
Jesus Himself admits that they are claiming to be proclaiming sacred tradition.
Matthew 23:2 Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
Matthew 23:3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
