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“Walking With the Bereans” — And Why Acts 17 Does NOT Prove Sola Scriptura
📜🔥 NEW TRACK: “Walking With the Bereans” — And Why Acts 17 Does NOT Prove Sola Scriptura
For years, Acts 17 has been used as a quick proof-text:
“See? The Bereans searched the Scriptures daily — therefore sola scriptura!”
But the passage actually teaches the opposite.
Here’s why ⬇️
🧠 1. The Bereans were checking for contradiction, not completeness.
They weren’t asking, “Is Paul’s teaching already written in this scroll?”
They were asking, “Does anything he says contradict what God has already revealed?”
They weren’t limiting truth to what was on the page.
They were making sure the new apostolic teaching fit with the old revelation.
That is not sola scriptura.
🧠 2. The Bereans accepted truths not found in the Scriptures they examined.
The very conclusion they reached — that Jesus is the Messiah — is not written explicitly in the passages they searched.
Yet they embraced it, because it harmonized with God’s prior revelation.
This is the Church’s model:
🔸 Scripture guards against error
but
🔸 The Church receives new revelation through the apostles.
The Bereans behaved exactly like Catholics, not like proof-texters.
🧠 3. Thessalonica, not Berea, is the picture of sola scriptura.
The Thessalonians refused the Gospel because they didn’t see it spelled out in the written text.
“If it’s not written here, we reject it.”
That is what many modern Protestants call “being faithful to Scripture.”
But Acts 17 presents it as hard-heartedness, not fidelity.
🧠 4. Acts 17 is not a manual for a Bible-only Christianity.
It’s a story of devout Jews testing new revelation against old revelation —
and then accepting the authority of the living apostolic Church when it proved true.
That is why the Bereans are praised:
Not because they were sola scriptura,
but because they were open to truth that went beyond the text.
And yes — some Protestants do not hold the “if it isn’t written, it isn’t doctrine” view.
This song isn’t aimed at them.
It’s aimed at those who:
1️⃣ think Church teaching contradicts Scripture (it doesn’t),
2️⃣ think Church teaching isn’t in Scripture at all (it often is — sometimes implicitly),
3️⃣ think the Bereans lived sola scriptura (they didn’t).
🙏 And yes — forgive the poetic license.
It’s a song, not a seminary lecture.
🎶 NEW SONG: “Walking With the Bereans”
A rhythmic, ironic PB track contrasting Berea’s openness with Thessalonica’s stubbornness, and reminding the world that the early Church followed the living voice of the apostles, not a closed canon.
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📜🔥 NEW TRACK: “Walking With the Bereans” — And Why Acts 17 Does NOT Prove Sola Scriptura
For years, Acts 17 has been used as a quick proof-text:
“See? The Bereans searched the Scriptures daily — therefore sola scriptura!”
But the passage actually teaches the opposite.
Here’s why ⬇️
🧠 1. The Bereans were checking for contradiction, not completeness.
They weren’t asking, “Is Paul’s teaching already written in this scroll?”
They were asking, “Does anything he says contradict what God has already revealed?”
They weren’t limiting truth to what was on the page.
They were making sure the new apostolic teaching fit with the old revelation.
That is not sola scriptura.
🧠 2. The Bereans accepted truths not found in the Scriptures they examined.
The very conclusion they reached — that Jesus is the Messiah — is not written explicitly in the passages they searched.
Yet they embraced it, because it harmonized with God’s prior revelation.
This is the Church’s model:
🔸 Scripture guards against error
but
🔸 The Church receives new revelation through the apostles.
The Bereans behaved exactly like Catholics, not like proof-texters.
🧠 3. Thessalonica, not Berea, is the picture of sola scriptura.
The Thessalonians refused the Gospel because they didn’t see it spelled out in the written text.
“If it’s not written here, we reject it.”
That is what many modern Protestants call “being faithful to Scripture.”
But Acts 17 presents it as hard-heartedness, not fidelity.
🧠 4. Acts 17 is not a manual for a Bible-only Christianity.
It’s a story of devout Jews testing new revelation against old revelation —
and then accepting the authority of the living apostolic Church when it proved true.
That is why the Bereans are praised:
Not because they were sola scriptura,
but because they were open to truth that went beyond the text.
And yes — some Protestants do not hold the “if it isn’t written, it isn’t doctrine” view.
This song isn’t aimed at them.
It’s aimed at those who:
1️⃣ think Church teaching contradicts Scripture (it doesn’t),
2️⃣ think Church teaching isn’t in Scripture at all (it often is — sometimes implicitly),
3️⃣ think the Bereans lived sola scriptura (they didn’t).
🙏 And yes — forgive the poetic license.
It’s a song, not a seminary lecture.
🎶 NEW SONG: “Walking With the Bereans”
A rhythmic, ironic PB track contrasting Berea’s openness with Thessalonica’s stubbornness, and reminding the world that the early Church followed the living voice of the apostles, not a closed canon.
🔊 LISTEN NOW
🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/07uvm7SPGUVwYdxELtbXv8
🍎 Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/peters-barque/1857703433
💿 Buy the CD: https://PetersBarqueMusic.com
🛒 Amazon Music: (insert link if you want me to generate a formatted one)
🔗 FOLLOW PETER’S BARQUE
🌐 Website: https://petersbarque.online
🐦 X: https://x.com/petersbarque
📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/petersbarque
🎵 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@petersbarque
📘 Facebook: https://facebook.com/petersbarque
▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@peters-barque
🔥 Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7821522
☕ SUPPORT THE PROJECT
https://ko-fi.com/petersbarque
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