What? Where does Peter say he’s referring to the Acts of the Apostles? Or to any specific book of the New Testament? And obviously Peter CAN’T be referring to those books of the NT that hadn’t been written yet!
BTW: Luke, not Paul, wrote the Acts of the Apostles.
Of course he can...Peter knows who he was hanging around with...Peter knows the other close disciples and Apostles...Peter acknowledged Paul's writing as scripture...So Peter recognized there was scripture...
Not only did Peter NOT say to Paul, 'why are writing this stuff down, Jesus didn't tell us to write anything down, Peter recognized it as scripture, holy writing...
2Pe 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Paul then was a holy man of God...
Luk 24:27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
Jesus' method of preserving his words was written scripture...
Joh 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me
You want to know what Jesus teaches, 'Search the scriptures'...
Peter knew Paul was a holy man chosen of God...Peter recognized that Paul wrote holy scripture...Peter would have accepted everything Paul had written to the churches as Holy Scripture, even his future writing, as would all of the apostles...
The other apostles were in the same boat...They were holy men chosen of God...Whatever they wrote to the churches, Peter would have recognized as written Holy Scripture...
A person will not spend much time in the scriptures without learning and understanding that right off the bat...To question the authenticity of scripture is proof positive that a person has no bond with the Holy Spirit...
The question may come up; 'what about the other books written by apostles, ie, the Gospel of Thomas, etc., etc...
They may or may not be authentic...God determined what he wanted us to have so it makes no difference whether they are authentic or not...We have what God gave us...
I used that to illustrate that it was understood that the writings of the apostles was scripture. You do believe the writings we have today are the inspired words of God right? It that’s the case they were scripture when they were written. They didn’t become inspired scripture just because the RCC recognized the fact. They were inspired scripture the moment the Holy Spirit directed them what to write. The idea that those writings were not inspired scripture until the RCC declared they were is utter nonsense.
>> BTW: Luke, not Paul, wrote the Acts of the Apostles.<<
I understand that. Is the Book of Acts Holy Spirit inspired scripture or not?