Where's THAT in the Bible?
This is a very common question and it assumes another question... it's a very common question that many Protestant Christians ask of Catholics.
This is a very common question and it assumes another question... it's a very common question that many Protestant Christians ask of Catholics.
But is that really the rule that most Christians in the world actually follow?
Where does the Bible say that everything that Christians believe or practice has to be explicitly commanded in Scripture?
It doesn't say that. But, there are many things that Christians believe and practice that are not explicitly commanded in Scripture.
Here are several of those beliefs and practices NOT in the Bible.
1. Celebrating Christmas!
Where does the Bible say that everything that Christians believe or practice has to be explicitly commanded in Scripture?
It doesn't say that. But, there are many things that Christians believe and practice that are not explicitly commanded in Scripture.
Here are several of those beliefs and practices NOT in the Bible.
1. Celebrating Christmas!
2. Celebrating Easter
3. Other Christian feast days
4. Church services on Sundays (rather than Saturdays)
5. Fasting from meat, dairy and olive oil on Wednesdays and Fridays (Eastern Church)
6. Bowing our heads when we pray
8. Closing our eyes when we pray
9. Holding hands when we pray
The Bible wasn't set up to be a book of commands. It is 4 Memoirs of the Apostles (Gospels), some pastoral letters, and a vision of Heaven (Revelation).
The central message of the Bible points to Christ as our salvation.
3. Other Christian feast days
4. Church services on Sundays (rather than Saturdays)
5. Fasting from meat, dairy and olive oil on Wednesdays and Fridays (Eastern Church)
6. Bowing our heads when we pray
8. Closing our eyes when we pray
9. Holding hands when we pray
10. Saying a "sinner's prayer" to get saved.
11. Making the Sign of the Cross
12. Lighting candles in Church
13 Using grape juice for communion
14. Sunday School
15. Using wedding rings for marriage
16. Coming forward at an "altar call" to get saved
Core Christian beliefs NOT explicitly mentioned in Scripture:
19. The phraseology of accepting Jesus as "our personal Lord and Savior" is not in the Bible
20. The term "age of accountability" is found nowhere in Scripture. That's a tradition.
21. The Bible never says which books of the Bible belong in the Bible.
22. The idea "you don't need a religion, all you need is a relationship with Jesus"
It is obvious that many of these things aren't bad for Christian faith and practice in and of themselves but Christians believe and practice these things.
11. Making the Sign of the Cross
12. Lighting candles in Church
13 Using grape juice for communion
14. Sunday School
15. Using wedding rings for marriage
16. Coming forward at an "altar call" to get saved
Core Christian beliefs NOT explicitly mentioned in Scripture:
17. The word "Trinity" appears nowhere in the Bible.
18. The hypostatic union of Jesus Christ as both fully man and fully God. 19. The phraseology of accepting Jesus as "our personal Lord and Savior" is not in the Bible
20. The term "age of accountability" is found nowhere in Scripture. That's a tradition.
21. The Bible never says which books of the Bible belong in the Bible.
22. The idea "you don't need a religion, all you need is a relationship with Jesus"
It is obvious that many of these things aren't bad for Christian faith and practice in and of themselves but Christians believe and practice these things.
They're just not found anywhere in the Bible.
The Bible wasn't set up to be a book of commands. It is 4 Memoirs of the Apostles (Gospels), some pastoral letters, and a vision of Heaven (Revelation).
The central message of the Bible points to Christ as our salvation.
He is at the center of it all.
If we apply the standard of something having to be explicitly and formally commanded in Scripture as in "thou shalt" or "thou shalt not," we are unnecessarily depriving ourselves of all the rich and varied blessings of Christian traditions.
If we apply the standard of something having to be explicitly and formally commanded in Scripture as in "thou shalt" or "thou shalt not," we are unnecessarily depriving ourselves of all the rich and varied blessings of Christian traditions.
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