Dr. John Bergsma

And I know from being in Protestantism that Sola Scriptura means slightly different things to different folks.

Some have a more refined view, some have a more radical view.

So, you know, some take soul scripture to mean the scriptures have everything we need.

We don't need any information outside of the scriptures to do church, to be Christians, et cetera.

Some also understand by it that the scriptures are our only authority and there are no other authorities, okay?

Now, I watched a YouTube by Gavin Ortland on this, and he acknowledges some other authorities that are secondary to scripture.

But let me just start off by reemphasizing, there is no passage of scripture that teaches sola scriptura in any of its senses.

There's no passage that teaches that the written word of God is our only authority.

There's not even a passage that teaches that the written word of God is our highest authority.

There are other authorities in salvation history.

There are prophets.

There is the Lord himself in the flesh.

And in 2 Thessalonians 2.15, as we looked at before, St.

Paul says, hold fast to the traditions you were taught,

by word of mouth or by letter.

And he doesn't say that, well, if it's written down in the letter, it's more authoritative than what we pass down to you in person.

So he holds those in inequality.

So let me first make the point, Matt, that there are several authorities and not just one that are taught to us actually in the scriptures themselves.

So one authority obviously is scripture.

All scripture is God breathed.