Catholics says Bible not a clear statement of the teachings of Christ...
“There is nowhere in the New Testament a clear, methodical statement of the teaching of Christ” (Question Box, 66).
God's Word I guess then is just mixed up and so confusing that we who have gotten to know who Christ is and what God wants us to do are just wasting time! But I will let the Word speak for itself since I believe God would not leave me hanging without realization of something...
1 Cor. 14:33 - For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Interesting that God's Word tells us he would not be confusing but the message would be simple to understand. But to go on for a minute...
Catholics say, “The Scripture indeed is a divine book but it is a dead letter, which has to be explained” (Our Priesthood, 155).
...and “A dead and speechless book” (Question Box, 67).
If that is the case then they shouldn't even try to use it to explain ANY of their beliefs at all! Yes, for some passages in the Bible are hard to understand and some do need help in understanding them,
BUT 2 Tim. 2:15 tells me that if one studies the Word, it can be understood, just as the Bereans did, we need to see if what ANY person coming to us telling us "truths" is really telling the truth!
And the one thing that God's Word tells me is that the Holy Bible is a LIVING message “God’s word to us is something alive, full of energy” (Heb. 4:12)
Heb 4:12 - For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. quick — Greek, “living”; having living power, as “the rod of the mouth and the breath of the lips” of “the living God.”
So which would you believe..man or God?
