Sources of Wisdom and Authority

• What do Conservatives use as evidence for scripture inspired by God?

  2 Timothy 3
• Which verses does Karl Barth use to show contradictions in the Bible?

  Mark 10:11 says divorce is never allowed because it is adultery, Matthew 19:9 says it is only allowed for marital unfaithfulness
• What does Jesus say in Matthew chapter 16?

  ‘Blessed you are, Simon Peter… I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church’
• Evidence for apostolic tradition

  Paul when talking to the members in Corinth (1 Corinthians 11)
• Evidence for priesthood of all believers

  1 Peter 2:9 ‘but you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood‘
• Evidence for virgin birth and incarnation

  Matthew chapter 1 ‘the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel‘
• John chapter 1 ‘the logos’

  ‘in the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God’ replace word with Jesus
• Evidence for son of God

  2 Samuel 7:14 given to King David

  Mark 1:11 voice at baptism
• Evidence of son of Man

  Luke 9:58 ‘but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head’

  Mark 15:39 calls Jesus the son of God after his death (shows that son of Man was divine)
• Evidence for the son of God used to represent God’s authority

  king (Samuel and Psalm), angels (Genesis 6)
• Matthew 5:38-48 key points

  1. Do not resist one who is evil
  2. Turn to him the other cheek also
  3. Give to him who begs from you
  4. Refuse him who would borrow from you
  5. Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you
  6. You must be perfect
• Contrasts pacifism with the law of retribution (what verse is the law)

  Leviticus 24