Jesus and the Scriptures are God's Final Word to Mankind

[Anthony D'Arienzo]

Hebrews 1 King James Version (KJV)
1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,

2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:

From the 1689 Confession of faith;
Chapter 1: Of the Holy Scriptures
1._____ The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedience,

although the light of nature, and the works of creation and providence do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, as to leave men inexcusable; yet are they not sufficient to give that knowledge of God and his will which is necessary unto salvation.

Therefore it pleased the Lord at sundry times and in divers manners to reveal himself, and to declare that his will unto his church;

and afterward for the better preserving and propagating of the truth, and for the more sure establishment and comfort of the church against the corruption of the flesh, and the malice of Satan, and of the world, to commit the same wholly unto writing; which maketh the Holy Scriptures to be most necessary, those former ways of God's revealing his will unto his people being now ceased.
( 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Isaiah 8:20; Luke 16:29, 31; Ephesians 2:20; Romans 1:19-21; Romans 2:14,15; Psalms 19:1-3; Hebrews 1:1; Proverbs 22:19-21; Romans 15:4; 2 Peter 1:19,20 )

 

[Anthony D'Arienzo]

In part 1, we examined why the canon is theologically closed. In this second post, we will look at why the canon is historically closed, and then why the canon is still only hypothetically open. Here are Geisler and Nix again from their book A General Introduction to the Bible:

Historically the canon is closed.

For there is no evidence that any such special gift of miracles has existed since the death of the apostles.

The immediate successors of the apostles did not claim new revelation, nor did they claim these special confirmatory gifts. In fact, they looked on the apostolic revelation as full and final.

When new cults have arisen since the time of the apostles, their leaders have claimed to be apostles in order that their books could gain recognition.

Historically, the canon is closed with the twenty-seven books written in the apostolic period. They alone are and have been the books of the canon through all the intervening centuries.


In His providence, God has guided the church in the preservation of all the canonical books.

 

[Anthony D'Arienzo]

Anyone who denies the sufficiency of scriptures goes into error and of necessity attacks this doctrine.

 

[Anthony D'Arienzo]

Now we have more persons claiming they have been to heaven and back

They then try and cherry pick verses to suggest these stories may be possible.

Notice they have no true doctrine of scripture, so they tell stories like those on the Word of faith tv. programs

 

[Enoch111]

Anyone who denies the sufficiency of scriptures goes into error and of necessity attacks this doctrine.

There are more and more people embracing Mysticism today. I will be posting a thread on that shortly.