Jesus: “I will build MY Church.”
Rome: “And we'll claim exclusive ownership, install an infallible pope, and declare our traditions binding.”
Protestants: “Let's test those claims against Scripture.”
Funny how Rome thinks correcting doctrinal error is attacking Christ's Church.
Christ is the Head of the Church, not the pope.
Colossians 1:18.
The tragedy isn't a lack of access to Scripture. It's placing the authority of Rome above the authority of God's Word.
Jesus rebuked those who elevated human traditions over God's commandments (Mark 7:8–9).
The gospel is clear: justification by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.
Romans 3:28.
The irony of Rome accusing Protestants of adding to the Gospel is remarkable.
Paul explicitly teaches justification by faith apart from works (Romans 3:28). That's not an addition. That's Scripture.
Rome, meanwhile, added to Scripture by inventing purgatory, indulgences, and Marian doctrines.
Sola Fide isn't another gospel. It's the biblical answer to how sinners are justified.
Galatians 1:8–9 is a warning Rome should take seriously.
Unity at the expense of biblical truth isn't the unity Christ prayed for.
You quoted John 17:21. Try reading John 17:17: “Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.”
The Reformers didn't divide the Church for sport. They challenged doctrines they believed contradicted Scripture.
The Gospel is worth defending. Truth is worth standing for.
Unity in Christ, not unity at any cost.
Happy Reformation Day!
Reformation pride is disgusting. Even if you agree with the Reformers, it should, at the very least, grieve your soul that you continue to splinter and separate.
Why should it grieve your soul? Because it grieves His.
“That all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.”
John 17:21 (NIV)
Reformed Baptists are “functionally atheist” because we don't blindly accept medieval stories of flying priests? 😂
We believe God is sovereign over every atom and every moment of history.
What we reject is the idea that extraordinary claims become facts simply because Rome endorses them.
God's power isn't in question. Rome's credibility is.
Galatians 1:8 reminds us that even supernatural claims cannot authenticate a false gospel.
"The sovereignty of God is the foundation of Christian theology.”
A. W. Pink, The Sovereignty of God
Imagine believing that 1,433 years after the Council of Carthage affirmed the biblical canon, some random guy named Joseph Smith showed up claiming an angel gave him a NEW revelation and that Christianity had gotten it wrong.
And people actually believed him.
That's not the restoration of Christianity. That's the invention of a cult.
Galatians 1:8 already warned us about angels preaching another gospel.
Making arbitrary statements doesn't make them true.
If you love Jesus, you will follow His commandments (John 14:15).
Jesus never instructed us to pray to Mary. In fact, He explicitly taught us to pray to our heavenly Father (Matthew 6:9).
Loving Jesus more means following what He actually taught, not adding religious traditions He never commanded.
Bishops being traced back to Peter is made-up nonsense. Nothing in scripture even remotely establishes that.
What a spectacular misunderstanding of Sola Scriptura.
Nobody claims the Bible is a conscious, thinking entity. Scripture interprets Scripture because God is its ultimate author, and clearer passages illuminate less clear ones (2 Tim. 3:16; Luke 24:27).
History, archaeology, logic, and church testimony are valuable tools. Protestants have NEVER denied that. What we deny is that fallible human authorities can sit in judgment over God's infallible Word.
And here's the irony: You criticize individual interpretation because human minds are fallible, then propose OTHER fallible human minds as the solution!
Apparently, fallibility magically disappears when you call it Tradition.
Jesus Himself rebuked religious authorities for elevating human tradition above God's Word (Mark 7:8–13).
The Bereans were commended for TESTING apostolic preaching against Scripture (Acts 17:11).
The question isn't whether we use reason, history, or tradition.
The question is which authority has the FINAL word.
For Protestants, it's God speaking through Scripture.
For your argument, apparently, it's whoever gets to interpret Scripture for everyone else.
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