The Sole Guide To Salvation

Bible Can't Be The Sole Guide To Salvation?
By Sustines Laplana

Some preachers, especially the authorities of the Roman Catholic Church, insist that the Bible can't be the sole guide to salvation because according to them, it does not contain all the truth necessary for eternal salvation, just like what is written on the book, "My Catholic Faith" by Rev. Louis LaRavoire Morrow:

The Bible cannot be the sole guide to Salvation ... 3. The bible does not contain all the truth necessary for eternal salvation (My Catholic Faith, p. 123)

According to them, the truth about Christ that was written on the Bible is not complete, and that they learn the whole Christ not from the Bible, as it was written on the book, "The Spirit of Catholism":

... I learn the complete christ, not from the Bible. (The Spirit of Catholism, p. 57)

However, we can't just accept this doctrine without examining it. And if we will just read their statements about the Bible without examining the Bible, we will end up believing them. We should not forget that we are commanded not to believe the teachings of anyone immediately but we should test them first if they are of God:

1Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. (I John 4:1, NIV)