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The Canon



1. Why is the Mosaic injunction against false prophets ignored in the canon?
Deuteronomy 18:20-22 should disqualify Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Jonah, Jesus, and Paul.
2. Why is the canon disputed by the church?
Is God content to let uninspired writings falsely be proclaimed as his Word?
Furthermore, how do we know the canon is complete?
3. Why has no one been able to describe a consistent objective basis for establishing the canon?
Why was the canon established by vote instead of on objective principles?
Why was the canon not directly revealed by God?
4. Why is so much of New Testament doctrine revealed through the use of occasional letters instead of in systematic books written, authorized, and canonized specifically to define Christian doctrine?
Why didn't God deliver these himself, as he did the Law to Moses?
Maybe this explains why the Old Testament Law has more clarity than the New Testament doctrines. Why did God leave the writing of systematic theologies to modern, uninspired writers, who cannot agree with one another?



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