OLD TESTAMENT AS VALID:

matt 5:18 NOT smallest letter --- shall PASS AWAY

act 7:38 old testament as --- LIVING ORACLES of God

ps 119:89 FOREVER O LORD --- thy word is settled

NEW TESTAMENT AS VALID:

heb 4:12 word of God --- LIVING AND ACTIVE

1 pet 1:23 born again --- through LIVING AND ABIDING word of God

matt 24:35 heaven and earth will pass away --- my words WILL NEVER PASS AWAY

THE WORD OF GOD WILL NEVER BE OUTDATED --- UNLIKE COMPLETELY USELESS 2000 YEAR OLD BOOKS OF SCIENCE, ASTRONOMY, MEDICINE --- THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN WITH THE BIBLE

WHY DOES THE BIBLE SAY OF ITSELF THAT IT IS ALIVE? --- THAT IT IS POWER TO THE BELIEVER?

1 cor 1:18 word of cross foolishness to those perishing --- POWER OF GOD to those being saved

rom1:16 gospel --- POWER OF GOD --- to those who believe

jam1:21 the word implanted --- ABLE TO SAVE your souls

THE WORD IS INTENDED TO BE THE BELIEVER`S COMPLETE TOOL KIT

2 tim 3:16 scripture useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training --- that man of God --- be THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED --- for EVERY good work

eph 6:17 sword of spirit --- word of God --- the ONLY OFFENSIVE WEAPON available to the believer in spiritual warfare

IF NOT APPLICABLE NOW --- WHY DO OTHERS USE IT WHEN CONVENIENT?

for example: the TEN COMMANDMENTS as REVISED

the Lord's supper as the basis for mass

matt 18 and jn 20 as the basis of confession

matt 18 as the basis of the papacy

WHEN IS IT APPLICABLE AND WHEN IS IT NOT? --- IS MAN THE JUDGE OF THAT?

GOD WARNS THAT MAN WILL PERVERT THE WORD --- DISTORT IT --- NULLIFY IT --- TO HIS OWN DESTRUCTION !!!

jer 23:36 no longer remember the oracles of the Lord

everyman's word will become the oracle

have PERVERTED THE WORDS OF THE LIVING GOD

matt 15:6 you INVALIDATE word of God --- FOR the sake of TRADITION

matt 15:9 in vain do they worship --- TEACHING AS DOCTRINE --- the precepts OF MEN

mark 7:13 you INVALIDATE word of God --- by TRADITIONS you have handed down

2 pet 5:16 Paul's letters --- DISTORTED by untaught and unstable --- as they do other scripture --- TO THEIR OWN DESTRUCTION