Self-Refuting Theology
Religious Hypocrisy at its Best
“If the Scriptures are not the ultimate standard by which we test truth, why are you quoting the Scriptures to prove to me that your church is the ultimate standard?”
By using the Bible to validate the Church’s authority, the author implicitly admits that the Bible is the higher authority. You cannot appeal to a lesser authority to establish a greater one.
Flawed logic at its best.
The claim that the Bible "doesn't" tell us to check everything with Scripture is demonstrably false. The King James Bible repeatedly establishes itself as the ultimate standard for truth.
Acts 17:11: “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” * The Apologetic Point: The Apostle Paul was an authoritative leader of the early church, yet the Bereans did not blindly accept his teaching. They checked the Apostle’s words against the written Scriptures, and the Holy Spirit called them “noble” for doing so.
Isaiah 8:20: “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”
1 Thessalonians 5:21: “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.” (How do we prove all things? By the objective standard of Scripture).
“If church leaders and traditions are equal to Scripture in authority, what do you do when a church leader contradicts the written word of God? (For example, 1 Timothy 4:1-3 explicitly warns that ‘forbidding to marry’ and ‘commanding to abstain from meats’ are doctrines of devils, yet the Roman Catholic Church has historically mandated both). If the Church contradicts the Bible, which one should I follow?”
Conclusion: The “Catholic Truth” presented in the image is a category error. God’s truth is not franchised to a denomination in Rome; it is preserved in His written word. The KJV is the final authority, and any church leadership is only legitimate to the extent that it submits to and teaches that Book.