I believe that we need to let the Bible define things for us. I believe that every reference to "the scriptures" found in the New testament is talking about the Old Testament, and that the new testament never refers to itself as being scripture. I believe that to think the new testament is scripture is to make the book of Luke out to be a false gospel. The book of Luke says
And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in ALL THE SCRIPTURES the things concerning Himself.
Luke 24:27
The new testament speaks extensively about Yeshua but at the time of the Emmaus Road encounter none of the New Testament had been written there for it makes it impossible for him to expound on something that does not exist yet and since it says ALL scriptures concerning him this means the New Testament cannot be considered scripture unless this verse is lying and he didn't expound on ALL scriptures concerning him but rather only a portion of the scriptures concerning himself.
Seeing Christians by the multitudes ignore the Old Testament and form entire doctrines based solely on their understanding of the new testament with zero regard for the Old Testament has made this conclusion rather evident for me.
Man creating contradictions between the Old Testament and the New Testament and doing away with what God said in the Old Testament by the writings of the New Testament makes me have an adverse feeling toward thinking of the New Testament scripture.
Here is a good indicator if you see where it says thus saith the Lord, that's a clue you are reading what is actually scripture.
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