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NASB | Revelation 22:18 ¶ I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 22:18 ¶ I testify and warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book [its predictions, consolations, and admonitions]: if anyone adds [anything] to them, God will add to him the plagues (afflictions, calamities) which are written in this book; [Deut 4:2] |
Subject: Does God speak to us in dreams today? |
Bible Note: Serras, hello. One does in no wise "weaken the faith of the brethern" by "always being ready to make a defense to everyone you asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you" (see 1 Peter 3:15). ..... It has long been a mystery to me why God would have gone to the trouble to inspire 66 books that progressively reveal Himself to mankind and lay down in terms that he who runs may understand His plan of redemption when, as some claim, He reveals Himself to them individually through dreams and visions. Is God being redundant? Does Scripture need a supplement? Or is Scripture wrong when it says, "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work" (2 Timothy 3:16,17). ...... Much has been written on these Forum pages about the baptism of the Holy Spirit, as if this were an optional post-salvific event that was visited only upon those who prayed earnestly for it. Scripture teaches that the Holy Spirit is the supernatural and sovereign agent in regeneration, baptizing ALL believers into the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13). The Holy Spirit also indwells, sanctifies, instructs and empowers them for service and seals them unto the day of redemption (Romans 8:9-11; 2 Cor. 3:6; Ephesians 1:13). ...... Finally, as others have pointed out, this web site is called Study Bible Forum. Relating personal experiences of dreams and visions, real or imagined; stating beliefs in personal revelation, real or imagined; and posting all this based on nothing but narration of one's experiences, uncorroborated and undocumented by Scripture, not only strains the credulity of the readers of this Forum but departs far afield of the aims and purposes of this Forum. As Doc has so aptly and accurately stated it, "This is a Bible Study Forum, not an Experience Study Forum." ..... A postscript ... How much easier it is to dream and have visions than to learn God's will through a diligent, sustained and prayerful study of His precious word. But to sit back and wait for the visions to come is not what the Bereans did and it is not what Paul told Timothy to do in 2 Timothy 2:15. Good day. --Hank |