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But everything we find there is duplicated elsewhere in the gospel accounts where there is no question of authenticity. There are going to come times when people in church will find that these verses are in a footnote, or may not even exist in their version of the Bible and they are going to say, “How can you preach with authority from verse 14” Lets say, “if he actually stopped at verse 8?” And all we are saying is that those last verses have a difference of style, they are not in some of the best manuscripts which may have any number possible explanations as to whether Mark himself wrote it or whether somebody close to him reproduced it or whatever. But everything there, as far as content is concerned is certainly in harmony with what we find elsewhere in scripture. And so it is not a major problem, but I think if we want to stress those points, if we go to the best possible scriptures to use, where there is no question, because there are liable to be people who will wonder if we can really say that with authority if there is that much question about the text’s authenticity.

:<font face-"TimesNewRoman" color="blue">B: Where does a text get it's authority? From a church council? From church tradition? From the opinion of a scholar? Cast all such nonsense aside. A NT text is authoritative if it verifiably relates an OT source and teaching.

The teaching of the NT authors is not a new teaching. It is a commentary on the old teaching. Consider Paul, he was taught by Jesus, but when he taught the Bereans, he did not rely on an authority given him by Jesus. He did not say , Trust me... Jesus really told me this." He taught them from the OT and they validated his teachings.

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