Christian Reflection: Do God’s Words and Work Exist Outside the Bible?(Part 1)
Christian Reflection: Do God’s Words and Work Exist Outside the Bible?(Part 1)
The Book of Revelation predicts, “Behold, I come quickly” (Revelation 22:7). In recent years, all the prophecies predicting the Lord’s return have basically been fulfilled, and many people feel that the Lord may quite possibly have already come. In addition, Eastern Lightning long ago began witnessing that in the last days, God has come again to speak new words that are outside the Bible and to conduct a new stage of work, and also that Almighty God is the returned Lord Jesus. Brothers and sisters from every denomination who sincerely believe in the Lord and yearn for the truth have recognized God’s voice through reading Almighty God’s words and turned to Almighty God. But some brothers and sisters think that “all of God’s words and work are recorded in the Bible, and God’s work and words do not exist outside the Bible,” and so they refuse to seek out or investigate God’s utterances and words in the last days. Is the entirety of God’s words and work all contained within the Bible? Do God’s words and work exist outside of the Bible? Understanding these questions is critical to whether or not we can receive the returned Lord and gain God’s salvation in the last days! Today, we will discuss the issues surrounding these questions.
Contents
The Lord Jesus Clearly Prophesied That He Will Speak New Words When He Returns in the Last Days
Is the Entirety of God’s Words and Work Recorded in the Bible?
Must God’s Work Be Based on the Bible? Can the Bible Represent God?
How Should We Act When We Hear People Preaching News of the Lord’s Return?
A Different Opinion on the Relationship Between the Bible and God
The Lord Jesus Clearly Prophesied That He Will Speak New Words When He Returns in the Last Days
First, let’s take a look at several passages from the Bible. The Lord Jesus said, “I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will show you things to come” (John 16:12–13). “And if any man hear My words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejects Me, and receives not My words, has one that judges him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day” (John 12:47–48). And in chapters 2 and 3 of Revelation, it is prophesied many times that: “He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” Also, chapter 5, verses 1–5, “And I saw in the right hand of Him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. And one of the elders said to me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.” And, chapter 22, verses 12–13, “And, behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.” The Lord Jesus prophesied that He would return in the last days to open the book and loose the seven seals, as well as speak to the churches, open up to us all the truths and mysteries we have never heard, do the work of judgment beginning with God’s house and separate the wheat from the chaff, the good from the evil servants, and the sheep from the goats, reward good and punish evil, and arrange the destinations of all kinds of people. All of this work will be accomplished when the Lord returns, and the details of this work are not recorded in the Bible. If we go by the statement “all of God’s words and work are recorded in the Bible, and God’s work and words do not exist outside the Bible,” how will these prophecies of the Lord be fulfilled or accomplished? This proves that in the last days, God will definitely express the Holy Spirit’s words to the churches and carry out the final stage of His work to save mankind, both of which will be outside the Bible.
Is the Entirety of God’s Words and Work Recorded in the Bible?
Furthermore, brothers and sisters who understand the Bible well know that in the process of compiling and editing the Bible, the prophecies of certain prophets were not included in the Old Testament due to oversights by the compilers, and were instead compiled in the deuterocanonical books. Similarly, the New Testament does not contain complete records of the Lord Jesus’ words and work, as is stated in John 21:25, “And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written.” The Lord Jesus officially worked for three and a half years, during which He led His disciples as He traveled and preached in many places. He spoke many words and expressed much truth, but in total there are only several tens of thousands of His words recorded in the Bible, which at most might be the number of words He spoke in a single day of preaching, merely the tip of the iceberg of the totality of words spoken by Jesus. So, to say that “all of God’s words and work are recorded in the Bible, and God’s work and words do not exist outside the Bible” doesn’t fit with the facts at all, and is based purely on our own notions and imaginings.
To be continue…
Source From: The Church of Almighty God