The Westminster Confession of Faith, in speaking of the necessity and sufficiency of God’s written word says, “those former ways of God's revealing his will unto his people (have) now ceased,” which is to say that reformed churches understand the Bible to teach that God speaks to Christians not through dreams, or visions, or “words of knowledge” but through his perfect, and perfectly sufficient, written word.
The biblical book of Hebrews opens by stating that in the past God spoke through various means, but in these last days, which began with the birth of Christ, he “has . . . spoken to us by his Son.” God’s written revelation of his Son is his final and sufficient word to us. Therefore, reformed believers deny all additions to the once-for-all delivered word, through whatever means they may be claimed to come.
The biblical book of Hebrews opens by stating that in the past God spoke through various means, but in these last days, which began with the birth of Christ, he “has . . . spoken to us by his Son.” God’s written revelation of his Son is his final and sufficient word to us. Therefore, reformed believers deny all additions to the once-for-all delivered word, through whatever means they may be claimed to come.
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