There is an erroneous belief that every word of God is contained in the bible. What, you do not believe this? Then how can the reasoning which says that there cannot be prophecy because the bible is finished hold up under scrutiny? Every belief we have has an end result, every single one. If we believe that the bible is the final, finished and complete revelation of God, then we also believe that it contains all of the knowledge of God, along with every word He has spoken. For the belief says that there is no prophecy, because the bible is finished.
And yet, even in scripture we see that if all the words of Jesus, and all of His deeds, were written down, that there would not be enough room in the whole world to contain them. Do you see the problem? Each belief we have must be examined in the light of God's wisdom to see the end of that belief.
I once believed that I was saved because Jesus had died and rose again on my behalf. And while it is true that He did give Himself for me, that alone did not save me. For while I believed in His forgiveness, I did not draw near to Him with a sincere heart, to see sand know Him. I did just as the children of Israel did, and hardened my heart towards God, claiming His salvation while holding myself out of His light. And who could deliver me from my own lies? God did. It was not pretty.
If all that we know of God is what we read, and if all that we have of Him is knowledge gained by study and teaching; then we do not know God. And if we do not know God, we have believed in vain, and the sacrifice that Jesus made in order to purchase us from slavery has done us no good.
No, all knowledge of God is not in the bible. And all of His words are not contained therein. For God has not lost His mouth, and He has not stopped talking. We have stopped listening. And just as God judged those who hardened their hearts towards His voice,
Friends,
What is the Bible?
The Bible consists of 76 books. Not just 66, as according to the Westminster Confession
of Faith. Of 1647 AD. That is a heretical, Calvinistic confession, which teaches the heresy
of double predestination. The Bible originally contained more books than the Protestants
admit into their can; and the Protestants Judaize the canon by following the standard
and traditions of the Jewish rabbis, whose Masoretic text dates to no earlier than 800
AD, and is a late revision of the original Hebrew, not an exact and precise copy of the
original inspired OT Bible. The best translation we have of the original Hebrew, which
has been lost, is the Greek translation of the OT (Old Testament), called the SEPTUAGINT,
the Greek OT, abbreviated with the Roman Numeral LXX.
Here is the canon of the Bible, as it is translated into English language in the ORTHODOX
STUDY BIBLE Copyright 2008 AD, Thomas Nelson Bibles, Nashville, TN.
1 GENESIS
2 EXODUS
3 LEVITICUS
4 NUMBERS
5 DEUTERONOMY
6 JOSHUA
7 JUDGES
8 RUTH
9 I KINGDOMS (I SAMUEL)
10 II KINGDOMS (II SAMUEL)
11 III KINGDOMS (I KINGS)
12 IV KINGDOMS (II KINGS)
13 I PARALEIPOMENON (I CHRONICLES)
14 II PARALEIPOMENON (II CHRONICLES)
15 I EZRA (2 ESDRAS)
16 II EZRA (EZRA / 2 ESDRAS)
17 NEHEMIAH
18 TOBIT
19 JUDITH
20 ESTHER
21 I MACCABEES
22 II MACCABEES
23 III MACCABEES
24 PSALMS
25 JOB
26 PROVERBS OF SOLOMON
27 ECCLESIASTES
28 SONG OF SONGS
29 WISDOM OF SOLOMON
30 WISDOM OF SIRACH
31 HOSEA
32 AMOS
33 MICAH
34 JOEL
35 OBADIAH
36 JONAH
37 NAHUM
38 HABAKKUK
39 ZEPHANIAH
40 HAGGAI
41 ZECHARIAH
42 MALACHI
43 ISAIAH
44 JEREMIAH
45 BARUCH
46 LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH
47 EPISTLE OF JEREMIAH
48 EZEKIEL
49 DANIEL
50 MATTHEW
51 MARK
52 LUKE
53 JOHN
54 ACTS
55 ROMANS
56 I CORINTHIANS
57 II CORINTHIANS
58 GALATIANS
59 EPHESIANS
60 PHILIPPIANS
61 COLOSSIANS
62 I THESSALONIANS
63 II THESSALONIANS
64 I TIMOTHY
65 II TIMOTHY
66 TITUS
67 PHILEMON
68 HEBREWS
69 JAMES
70 I PETER
71 II PETER
72 I JOHN
73 II JOHN
74 III JOHN
75 JUDE
76 REVELATION
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU, SAVE YOU IN CHRIST JESUS, AND GRAND TO YOU MANY MANY YEARS
IN THE LORD. AMEN. IN ERIE PA SCOTT R. HARRINGTON ERIE PA USA APRIL 2011 AD