This "idolize/deify/worship scripture" charge is a scam, devious, an emotional ploy by those that typically are self righteous, coached in words such as. "Well, the Holy Spirit is my teacher....," and all that jazz, and by those who resist authority.
And the people of the LORD God, members of the boc do not "idolize/deify/worship" the stones, papyrus, paper, upon which scripture is written......if this were true-it is the words that we.....(below):
The Holy Bible also testifies of the praise, the reverence, the awe, the magnification, the esteem, the "fear"/respect/trembling we are commanded to have for the word of God, as we are to glorify it:
"Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips;
I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food" Job 23:12 KJV
"In God
I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me." Psalms 56:4 KJV
"In God
will I praise his word: in the LORD will
I praise his word." Psalms 56:10 KJV
"Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth
in awe of thy word." Psalms 119:161 KJV
"I will worship toward thy holy temple, and
praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth:
for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name." Psalms 138:2 KJV
"For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and
trembleth at my word." Isaiah 66:2 KJV
"And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and
glorified the word of the Lord:....." Acts 13:48 KJV
"Finally, brethren, pray for us, that
the word of the Lord may have free course, and
be glorified, even as it is with you:..." 2 Thes. 3:1 KJV
Thus, the people of the LORD God are to esteem, praise,magnify, and glorify what the LORD God esteems, praises, magnifies, glorifies, His word, and to be in awe of, trembleth at, that same word.
And yet these dishonest scoffers, refer to this as "idolizing/deifying/worshiping" the scriptures, the scriptures by which, yes, the LORD God has chosen, to objectively reveal Himself, through objective words. Hmmphhf!!!
Thus, this thread I have now officially closed this thread....EOT. DOA.RIP.CLOSED.