In his article “Does The Bible Teach Sola Scriptura?”, James White presents several arguments supporting the doctrine of sola scriptura, the belief that the Scriptures alone are sufficient as the rule of faith for the Church.
As for you, the Anointing [Holy Spirit] you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you.
But, as His Anointing [Holy Spirit within you] teaches you about all things, and as that Anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in Him.
Job 32:8, “Elihu,” which translates literally into English the same as “Elijah,” as “God is YHWH” or “God is the Lord,” explains that the Spirit of God gives understanding,
…It is the Spirit in a man, the Breath [“ruach,” Wind of Life] of the Almighty that gives understanding!
James 1:5,
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
Psalm 119:169,
May my cry come before You, O Lord!
Give me understanding, according to Your Word!
Proverbs 2:3-5,
Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver, and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the Fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God!
Jesus Christ says the same in Matthew 13:44-45,
The Kingdom of Heaven is like Treasure, hidden, in a Field…!
1 Corinthians 3:9 explains,
…you are God’s Fertile-Field…
Psalm 51,
Behold,
You Desire Truth in The Inmost Being!
In, The Hidden-Place, you will Make me to Know Wisdom!
Isaiah 33:6 adds,
The Reverent-Fear of the Lord is His Treasure!
Proverbs 29:25,
Fear of man will prove to be a trap-and-a-snare…!
Proverbs 9:10,
The Reverent-Fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding!
Proverbs 2:6-7,
For the Lord gives wisdom, and from His Mouth comes knowledge and understanding!
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;
to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
2 Corinthians 4:5,
…we do not preach ourselves [as the Beast will proclaim himself], but Jesus Christ as Lord…
Self-Referential Incoherence: The principle of sola scriptura is not explicitly stated within Scripture itself. As such, asserting that all Christian doctrines must be found in Scripture alone leads to a paradox, since sola scriptura cannot be substantiated by its own criteria."
Questions:
1. Could 1 Peter 4:11 be applied to "Sola Scriptura", which states:
"If anyone speaks, he should do so as one who speaks the very words of God."
And John 6:63, "The very words I, have spoken to you, are spirit and life."
2. Could Ecclesiastes 5:2-3 be applied to "Sola Scriptura", which states:
"Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your [own?] words be few.
As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words [and few actions or sincere deeds?]."
[Job 27:12: Why then all this meaningless talk?]
3. Could Ecclesiastes 12:11-12 apply to "Sola Scriptura," which states:
The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails—given by one shepherd.
But beyond these, my son, be warned [of information not coming from the Scriptures]: Of making many books, there is no end, and much study wearies the body.
Ecclesiastes 6:11 expands,
The more the words, the less the meaning, and how does that benefit-or-profit anyone?
4. Could Ecclesiastes 12:9 apply to "Sola Scriptura" or to using Scripture to interpret Scripture?
Not only was the Teacher [Hebrew word for Teacher means a “Collector of Sentences”] wise,
But also, he pondered, searched out, arranged, and set in order [“taqan,” straightened out] many proverbs [“mashal,” meaning sayings and accounts that parallel each other, parables, verses, and maxims or more broadly sentences], studying and carefully classifying them [“azan,” he investigated, weighed out, and sought to prove the parallels between the sentences he collected true].
5. Could 1 Thessalonians 2:13 apply to "Sola Scriptura?"
…when you received the Word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it, not as the word of men, but as it actually is, the Word of God, which is at work in you who believe.
6. Could Ephesians 2:15-16 apply to "Sola Scriptura?"
…shine like stars in the cosmos, as you hold-out-and-hurl, The Word of Life…!
7. Could Psalm 119:130 apply to "Sola Scriptura?", explaining that pondering, searching out, arranging, and setting in order many accounts, proverbs, parables, parallels, and verses, through study and careful classification make the Scriptures simpler to understand, and reveals that although they were jotted down by many men, they were given by One Shepherd,
The Entrance-Opening-and-Unfolding of Your Words, gives Light!
It gives understanding to the simple!
8. Could Acts 17:11-12 apply to "Sola Scriptura?"
Now, The Bereans were of a More Noble-Character-and-Birth than the Thessalonians,
For, they Received The Message with Great Eagerness and Searched-and-Examined The Scriptures Daily, to see if These Things were so.
2 Corinthians 4:13-15,
It is written: “I believed, therefore I have spoken” [Psalm116:10]. With that same Spirit of Faith we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the One who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence. All this is for your benefit-and-profit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow-and-super-abound, to the glory of God.
Proverbs 25:2 applies to all God’s Beloved Kings [Theophilus], members of the House of David, the House of God, the Royal Family of Jesus Christ, the King of king’s and Lord of Lord’s,
It is the Glory of God to conceal a matter!
To search out a matter is the glory of Kings!
And today, according to 1 Peter 2:9-10, all who have believed in Christ are His children, and they are Kings, like David, like Most Excellent Theophilus,
…you are a Chosen People!
A Royal Priesthood!
A Holy Nation!
A People belonging to God, that you may declare the praises-and-excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness, into His Wonder-Filled Light!
Therefore, search out matters, and when you discover His prophetic and historical miracles and wonders declare His praise, because according to 1 Peter 2:10,
Once you were not a People, but now you are The People of God…!
Search out matters, because according to Deuteronomy 29:29,
The secret things belong to the Lord our God [they cannot be known], but the things revealed belong to us, and our sons, forever, that we may Follow-Make-and-Become-and-Finish all the Words of this Law [which is moral, spiritual, and prophetic and integrates with the rest of Scripture].
Daniel 12:4,
…Many will Run, Here and There [verse to verse?], and knowledge will increase-and-multiply-unto-super-abundance!
[Psalm: Now I Run, In The Path of Your Commands, for You have Enlarged my Inmost-Being! [heart-mind-memory-emotions-etc. and Now I Run, like A Champion [Jesus], Rejoicing to Run His Course! and "In A Race, All The Runners, Run...! [1 Cor. 9] and as Paul says, "I have Finished The Race!" 2 Tim. 4:7]
Jesus continues with an even more bold statement in Matthew 10:26-27,
There is nothing concealed, that will not be disclosed.
There is nothing hidden, that will not be made known.
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight.
What I whisper in your ear, proclaim from the rooftops.
John 16:15,
All that belongs to the Father is Mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is Mine, and make it known to you.
And what do you think of these verses? Psalm 43:3,
Send Forth, Your Light and Your Truth!
Let them Guide me,
To Your Holy Mountain,
To The Place Where, You Dwell!
Proverbs 6:23 and 22,
The Commandment, is a Lamp!
The Teaching, a Light! […]
When you Walk, they will Guide you!
When you Wake Up, They will Speak, to you!
Proverbs 3:1,
My Son,
Do Not Neglect-or-Forget, My Teaching.
Psalm 119:16,
I will Not, Neglect-or-Forget, Your Word!
Proverbs 23:26,
My Son, Give Me your Heart,
And, Let your Eyes, Delight,
In, My Path-and-Way-and-Course.
Psalm 119:35,
Direct me, In The Path-and-Way-and-Course,
Of Your Commands,
For, There, I Find, Delight!
Psalm 25:4-5,
Show me, Your Ways, O Lord.
Teach me, your Paths.
Guide me, in Your Truth,
And, Teach me.
For, You are God My Savior,
And, my Hope is, In You, All Day Long.
Psalm 143:8,
Teach me, The Way, I Should Walk!
For, to You, I Lift Up, my Soul!
Teach me to Do Your Will!
For, You Are, my God!
Isaiah 48:17,
I am, The Lord your God,
Who Teaches you, for your Benefit-and-Profit.
Who Directs you, in The Way, you Should Go.
Psalm 32:8,
I will Instruct you,
And, Teach-and-Point-Out-to you,
The Way, you Should Go.
I will Counsel-and-Advise-and-Guide you, with My Eye Upon you.
Psalm 17:2,
May my Vindication, Come from You.
May Your Eye See, What is Right.
Psalm 24:4-5,
Who May, Ascend, The Hill of The Lord?
Who May, Stand in His Holy Place?
He who has Clean Hands and a Pure Heart,
Who does not Lift Up his Soul to an Idol or Swear Falsely,
He will Receive Blessing, From The Lord,
And Vindication, From God his Savior!
Psalm 17:2,
May my Vindication, Come from You.
May Your Eye See, What is Right.
Psalm 33:18,
Behold,
The Eye of The Lord is Upon them, that Fear-and-Revere Him,
Upon them, that Hope, in His Mercy-and-Unfailing-Love!
To Deliver them, from Death, and Keep them, Alive, in Famine.
Amos 8:11,
Behold,
The Days are Coming, Declares The Lord God,
When I will Send a Famine on The Land,
Not a Famine of Bread or Thirst for Water,
But, A Famine of Hearing,
The Word of The Lord.
Proverbs 10:3,
The Lord Does Not Suffer, The Soul of The Justified-Just-and-Righteous
To Famine!
Amos 8:11,
Not, A Famine of Bread or Thirst for Water,
But, A Famine of Hearing, The Word of The Lord.
Psalm 17:14,
You Still, The Hunger of those You Cherish!
Proverbs 15:15,
….a Cheerful Heart, has a Continual Feast!
Proverbs 13:25,
The Righteous Eat, to their Hearts Content!
But, The Stomach of The Wicked, Goes Hungry.
Psalm 25:9-10,
The Meek, He will Guide, in Judgement!
And, The Meek, He will Teach, His Way!
Psalm 119:66,
Diligently-and-Skillfully-Goad-and-Teach me,
Knowledge and Good Judgement.
For, I Believe, in Your Commands! […]
Psalm 119:33,
Diligently-and-Skillfully-Goad-and-Teach me,
Your Decrees!
Psalm 34:11,
Come, My Son! [and “Come” also means]
Listen-Hear-and-Understand Me!
I will Diligently-and-Skillfully-Goad-and-Teach you,
The-Fear-and-Reverence of The Lord.
Proverbs 4:4,
Lay Hold of My Words with,
All your Heart.
Psalm 119:69,
I will Keep-Watch-and-Guard Your Precepts with,
All my Heart!
Proverbs 4:4,
Keep-Watch-and-Guard My Commands,
And you will Live!
Psalm 119:33,
Then, I will Keep-Watch-and-Guard Them,
To The End!
Psalm 119:102,
For, You,
Yourself,
Have Taught me!
Psalm 119:24,
Your Statutes are my Delight!
They are my Counselors-Advisors-and-Guides!
John 6:45,
It is Written, in The Prophets:
“And, they will All be Taught by God.”
Therefore, every man who Has Heard and Learned,
From The Father,
Comes, to Me.
Matthew 4:19,
“Come, Follow Me!” Jesus said.
John 14:6,
I Am, The Way…!
Matthew 9:13,
For, I have Not Come,
To Call,
The Righteous,
But, Sinners!
Psalm 25:8,
Good and Upright, is The Lord!
Therefore, He Shows, Sinners, The Way!
Psalm 93:15,
…the Upright in Heart, Will Follow…!
1 Corinthians 1:29-30,
…Christ Jesus, Who has Become, for us, Wisdom from God...!
John 14:6,
I Am, The Way, The Truth, and The Life!
John 10:10,
I Came, that they May Have, Life!
And, Have It, Super-Abundantly-and-to-the-Fullest!
Proverbs 12:28 says,
In, The Way of Righteousness, there is LIFE!
Along, That Path, there is, No Death!
Psalm 139:24,
Lead me, In The Way, Ever-Lasting!
Isaiah 55:12,
You will, Go Out, in Joy!
And, be Led Forth, in Peace!
The Mountains, and Hills, will BREAK-FORTH-AND-BURST,
Into Song, Before you!
And, The Trees of the Field, will Clap their Hands!
Isaiah 49:13,
Break-Forth-and-Burst into Song, O Mountains!
Psalm 96:12-12,
Let, The Fields, Exult-be-Jubilant-and-Jump-for-Joy,
And Everything, In Them!
Then, All The Trees of The Garden-Forest, Will Sing for Joy!
They, Will Sing, Before The Lord!
For, He Comes!
He Comes, to Judge, The Earth!
He, will Judge, The World, in Righteousness!
And, The Peoples, in His Truth!
Luke 13:29,
People, Will, Come!
From the East!
And West!
And North!
And South!
And Take, their Places,
At The Feast, In, The Kingdom of God!
Isaiah 49:12-13,
See!
They will Come, from Afar!
Some, from The North!
Some, from The West!
Some, from The Region of Aswan!
Shout, for Joy, O Heavens!
Re-Joy-ce, O Earth!
Break-Forth-and-BURST, INTO SONG, O MOUNTAINS!
How do you interpret these? 1 John 1:27,
As for you, the Anointing [Holy Spirit] you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you.
But, as His Anointing [Holy Spirit within you] teaches you about all things, and as that Anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in Him.
Job 32:8, “Elihu,” which translates literally into English the same as “Elijah,” as “God is YHWH” or “God is the Lord,” explains that the Spirit of God gives understanding,
…It is the Spirit in a man, the Breath [“ruach,” Wind of Life] of the Almighty that gives understanding!
James 1:5,
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
Psalm 119:169,
May my cry come before You, O Lord!
Give me understanding, according to Your Word!
Proverbs 2:3-5,
Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver, and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the Fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God!
Jesus Christ says the same in Matthew 13:44-45,
The Kingdom of Heaven is like Treasure, hidden, in a Field…!
1 Corinthians 3:9 explains,
…you are God’s Fertile-Field…
Psalm 51,
Behold,
You Desire Truth in The Inmost Being!
In, The Hidden-Place, you will Make me to Know Wisdom!
Isaiah 33:6 adds,
The Reverent-Fear of the Lord is His Treasure!
Proverbs 29:25,
Fear of man will prove to be a trap-and-a-snare…!
Proverbs 9:10,
The Reverent-Fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding!
Proverbs 2:6-7,
For the Lord gives wisdom, and from His Mouth comes knowledge and understanding!
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;
to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
2 Corinthians 4:5,
…we do not preach ourselves [as the Beast will proclaim himself], but Jesus Christ as Lord…
Regarding Point "1. Logical Consideration:
Self-Referential Incoherence: The principle of sola scriptura is not explicitly stated within Scripture itself. As such, asserting that all Christian doctrines must be found in Scripture alone leads to a paradox, since sola scriptura cannot be substantiated by its own criteria."
Questions:
1. Could 1 Peter 4:11 be applied to "Sola Scriptura", which states:
"If anyone speaks, he should do so as one who speaks the very words of God."
And John 6:63, "The very words I, have spoken to you, are spirit and life."
2. Could Ecclesiastes 5:2-3 be applied to "Sola Scriptura", which states:
"Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your [own?] words be few.
As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words [and few actions or sincere deeds?]."
[Job 27:12: Why then all this meaningless talk?]
3. Could Ecclesiastes 12:11-12 apply to "Sola Scriptura," which states:
The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails—given by one shepherd.
But beyond these, my son, be warned [of information not coming from the Scriptures]: Of making many books, there is no end, and much study wearies the body.
Ecclesiastes 6:11 expands,
The more the words, the less the meaning, and how does that benefit-or-profit anyone?
4. Could Ecclesiastes 12:9 apply to "Sola Scriptura" or to using Scripture to interpret Scripture?
Not only was the Teacher [Hebrew word for Teacher means a “Collector of Sentences”] wise,
But also, he pondered, searched out, arranged, and set in order [“taqan,” straightened out] many proverbs [“mashal,” meaning sayings and accounts that parallel each other, parables, verses, and maxims or more broadly sentences], studying and carefully classifying them [“azan,” he investigated, weighed out, and sought to prove the parallels between the sentences he collected true].
5. Could 1 Thessalonians 2:13 apply to "Sola Scriptura?"
…when you received the Word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it, not as the word of men, but as it actually is, the Word of God, which is at work in you who believe.
6. Could Ephesians 2:15-16 apply to "Sola Scriptura?"
…shine like stars in the cosmos, as you hold-out-and-hurl, The Word of Life…!
7. Could Psalm 119:130 apply to "Sola Scriptura?", explaining that pondering, searching out, arranging, and setting in order many accounts, proverbs, parables, parallels, and verses, through study and careful classification make the Scriptures simpler to understand, and reveals that although they were jotted down by many men, they were given by One Shepherd,
The Entrance-Opening-and-Unfolding of Your Words, gives Light!
It gives understanding to the simple!
8. Could Acts 17:11-12 apply to "Sola Scriptura?"
Now, The Bereans were of a More Noble-Character-and-Birth than the Thessalonians,
For, they Received The Message with Great Eagerness and Searched-and-Examined The Scriptures Daily, to see if These Things were so.
2 Corinthians 4:13-15,
It is written: “I believed, therefore I have spoken” [Psalm116:10]. With that same Spirit of Faith we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the One who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence. All this is for your benefit-and-profit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow-and-super-abound, to the glory of God.
Proverbs 25:2 applies to all God’s Beloved Kings [Theophilus], members of the House of David, the House of God, the Royal Family of Jesus Christ, the King of king’s and Lord of Lord’s,
It is the Glory of God to conceal a matter!
To search out a matter is the glory of Kings!
And today, according to 1 Peter 2:9-10, all who have believed in Christ are His children, and they are Kings, like David, like Most Excellent Theophilus,
…you are a Chosen People!
A Royal Priesthood!
A Holy Nation!
A People belonging to God, that you may declare the praises-and-excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness, into His Wonder-Filled Light!
Therefore, search out matters, and when you discover His prophetic and historical miracles and wonders declare His praise, because according to 1 Peter 2:10,
Once you were not a People, but now you are The People of God…!
Search out matters, because according to Deuteronomy 29:29,
The secret things belong to the Lord our God [they cannot be known], but the things revealed belong to us, and our sons, forever, that we may Follow-Make-and-Become-and-Finish all the Words of this Law [which is moral, spiritual, and prophetic and integrates with the rest of Scripture].
Daniel 12:4,
…Many will Run, Here and There [verse to verse?], and knowledge will increase-and-multiply-unto-super-abundance!
[Psalm: Now I Run, In The Path of Your Commands, for You have Enlarged my Inmost-Being! [heart-mind-memory-emotions-etc. and Now I Run, like A Champion [Jesus], Rejoicing to Run His Course! and "In A Race, All The Runners, Run...! [1 Cor. 9] and as Paul says, "I have Finished The Race!" 2 Tim. 4:7]
Jesus continues with an even more bold statement in Matthew 10:26-27,
There is nothing concealed, that will not be disclosed.
There is nothing hidden, that will not be made known.
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight.
What I whisper in your ear, proclaim from the rooftops.
John 16:15,
All that belongs to the Father is Mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is Mine, and make it known to you.
None of those are proper criteria for the claims of Sola Scriptura.