sbbqb7n16 said:
You act as though the statement made in the book of Revelation applies to the entire Bible... John wrote that statement about whoever adds to the words of Revelation... not the Bible as we know it today. John didn't even know that his writing would be considered Scripture. The Holy Spirit is still alive today... John writing that statement didn't change anything. Otherwise we'd be havin a ton of people that can never come to Christ...
Gal*3:14 in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
No He doesn't... cause figure this... how did that word get written down if He never spoke it to the person before it was written. He even says so in His word that He speaks in dreams... you believe His word don't you? Read Numbers 12:6 (I posted it here for you)
Num*12:6 He said,
"Hear now My words:
If there is a prophet among you,
I, the LORD, shall make Myself known to him in a vision.
I shall speak with him in a dream.
Saved2Serve be of good cheer man! Dreams come all the time to different people and can often mean something as well. I have been having dreams recently that have come true in the following couple of days (not sayin that your's will happen then cause no one knows the day or hour of His coming) but dreams happen. Maybe this is God's way of reminding you to stay strong and look. And for all I know... He could come extremely soon if He so chooses
You have so misread what I've posted.Did I not say that we do have dreams that are a blessing to us? Did I not say that there are also dreams that we must be aware of? Any thing, be it a dream or a talking mule, that has more to say to add to the Precious Word of God as we have it today beware of it. If you can't confirm it with God's Word again I say beware of it.
I never ment to condemn "SavedtoServe's" post, just let me clarify myself in that, in light of the Scriptures, if it were me I'd beware of dreams. God is not in the prosess of adding to or taking from His Word else we would have to add the Quran and the Book of Mormon to the cannon of Holy Scripture.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Galatians 1:5-9
6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
We are to be careful with all revelations outside of the Word of God. The scripture in Revelation applies to the whole of His Word. While there are scripture that is given showing that the Spirit of God did visit the prophets before the cannon was complete Revelation sealed it up. To not seal up the Word would allow for more than what God would have us to have.
Galatians 1:10-12
10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Dreams come from many sorces, upset stomachs, a stressful day, A book that we've really gotten involved with (the Bible or a piese of fiction), high blood sugar, and by hundreds of others.
There are times that the Holy Ghost will fullfil His mission by giving a dream of comfort that will help us through some need that we have by pointing us to Christ. He does not give anything new, different or apart from what is already written.
God, as he did with Moses, speaks to us mouth to mouth not in round about ways.
Numbers 12:6-8
6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
The Word is with us in the volume of it he comes to us and it is not hidden from us. It is for all to understand.
Psalm 40:7-10
7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
Hebrews 10:7,14-16
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
Do we not study to memorize scripture?
2 Timothy 2:14,15
14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
If Timothy needed anything other than the scriptures Paul would have instructed him to look for dreams and other sorces. But as we have seen Pauls warns us of these other sorces.
There is no doubt in my mind that one can find comfort in a dream but one will never find new truths outside the Word of God.