Now,
Israel, hear the decrees and laws I am about to teach you. Follow them so that
you may live and may go in and take possession of the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. Do not add to what I
command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the Lord your God that I give you. Deuteronomy
4:1-2
I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this
scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this
scroll. Revelation 22:18
In the Old Testament and the New
Testament we see warnings about adding to God’s word. If we add to the Bible, calling it additional
revelation, then we are saying God hasn’t said enough or said it clearly. Our intentions would be selfish, with the
hope to bring attention to our supposed “spirituality.”
History has shown that those who add
books to the Bible or announce extra revelation turn into cults and false
religions (Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses, Islam to name a few). They are saying that the 66 books of the
Bible are not enough and only they have the proper revelation. Even changing a word from the original Greek
or Hebrew can alter the meaning of a passage tremendously.
We must trust that God worked
through the painstaking historical process of verifying these 66 books in the
Bible and delivering them to our hearts today.
Anything additional is suspect and should be disregarded.