Many people claim to have heard directly from God, audibly or otherwise.
Some stand in front of a church with a message from the heavenlies for dead saints.
Some have said the new apostles will add to scripture with new revelation.
God gave the bible for a reason. It holds all the truth we need to know.
The issue is always with us working it out.
Imagine if God appeared to an individual and starting downloading new revelation.
The tendency would be to go only to this source, and not rely on scripture and the
Holy Spirit speaking in our hearts.
Equally if scripture speaks it plainly and simply the problem is our filtered understanding
and lack of obedience not the message.
So God will always reinforce His revelation, but never contradict that which is eternal.
A for instance taking Jesus is the atoning sacrifice for the whole world, does not mean
all their sins are washed away, because then judgement would not be on all they have
done, because it would be gone. Everyone would be deemed perfect and righteous with
no sin against their name.
Except if they are not written in the lambs book of Life, a living relationship with God,
they are lost.
So all revelation must be balanced out, to see the truth. Amen
Some stand in front of a church with a message from the heavenlies for dead saints.
Some have said the new apostles will add to scripture with new revelation.
God gave the bible for a reason. It holds all the truth we need to know.
The issue is always with us working it out.
Imagine if God appeared to an individual and starting downloading new revelation.
The tendency would be to go only to this source, and not rely on scripture and the
Holy Spirit speaking in our hearts.
Equally if scripture speaks it plainly and simply the problem is our filtered understanding
and lack of obedience not the message.
So God will always reinforce His revelation, but never contradict that which is eternal.
A for instance taking Jesus is the atoning sacrifice for the whole world, does not mean
all their sins are washed away, because then judgement would not be on all they have
done, because it would be gone. Everyone would be deemed perfect and righteous with
no sin against their name.
Except if they are not written in the lambs book of Life, a living relationship with God,
they are lost.
So all revelation must be balanced out, to see the truth. Amen