Clip: What Authority Does Church Tradition Have?
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This is a highlight our premiere webcast. In this clip Eli fields a questions relate to Sola Scriptura and Church Tradition. To watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/nYoESCRdZOE
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- Okay, so here's a question here, so how does sola scriptura relate to Church tradition?
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- Alright, okay, so again, like I said before, so sola scriptura does not reject tradition outright, okay?
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- But rather it subjects all traditions to the authority of Scripture, okay?
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- Think of the Bereans in Acts chapter 17, verse 11. These are a perfect example, right? It says here in Acts 17, 11, now these
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- Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica. They received the word with all eagerness, examining the
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- Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. And so even the teachings of the Apostle Paul were evaluated against what?
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- The standard of Scripture, right? So tradition has a role in helping believers understand and apply
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- Scripture, I don't deny that at all, but it must always be secondary and subservient to the
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- Word of God, right? Jesus warns us against elevating human tradition above God's Word when you see something like Mark chapter 7, verses 8 through 9.
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- Jesus says, you leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men, you have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition.
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- Again, that was a misuse of tradition, okay? They were going outside the confines of the words of God, and they were elevating traditions of men over the words of God.
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- And so while Church history, again, provides wisdom and insight, we don't reject that at all, okay?
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- It is Scripture alone that is, what? Theanistos, breathed out by God, 2
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- Timothy 3 .16, and authoritative for all matters of faith and practice. That's a great question, super important question,