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Is the Bible missing books? Why haven't new books been added to Scripture? And why don't Christians accept other sacred writings as revelation from God?

🔍 YOU’LL DISCOVER

✨ Why Christians believe God’s revelation was completed in Jesus Christ
📜 What the Bible says about adding to or subtracting from God’s Word
⛪ How the early church recognized which books belonged in the New Testament
📚 Why writings like the Gospel of Thomas were excluded
⚖️ What the Apocrypha is—and why Protestants and Catholics differ on it
🧭 How Christians evaluate claims of “new revelation”
❗ Why contradictory truth claims cannot all be true at the same time
🔥 How miracles confirmed God’s message throughout 

💡 KEY TAKEAWAYS

✝️ Jesus is God’s final and complete revelation to humanity.
Christians believe God has fully revealed Himself through Christ—so no later message would override or “upgrade” that revelation.

📖 The Bible warns against altering God’s Word.
Passages like Revelation 22:18–19 emphasize not adding to or taking away from Scripture.

⛪ The early church recognized Scripture—it didn’t randomly assign it.
Books were identified based on apostolic authority, consistency with Jesus’ teaching, and widespread use in early worship.

📚 Not all ancient writings were considered inspired.
Texts like the Gospel of Thomas were written later and didn’t match the apostolic witness of the New Testament.

📜 The Apocrypha sits in a debated category.
Catholic and Protestant traditions differ on whether these writings are fully canonical.

🧭 New revelation must be tested.
Any claim of God’s Word is measured against the teachings of Jesus and the apostles.

⚖️ Truth can’t contradict itself.
If two religious claims directly oppose each other, they cannot both be fully true.

✨ God consistently confirmed His message.
Throughout Scripture, miracles, prophecy, and fulfilled promises validated His messengers and Jesus.

📖 SCRIPTURES MENTIONED

Hebrews 1:1-2, Jude 1:3, Revelation 22:18-19, Deuteronomy 4:1-2, Deuteronomy 12:32, Proverbs 30:5-6, Jeremiah 26:1-2, 2 Peter 1:20-21, Galatians 1:8, 2 Corinthians 11:14, 1 John 4:1, 2 Peter 2:1, Exodus 4:5, 1 Kings 18, John 3:2, Matthew 11:4-5,  Acts 2:22 & 2 Corinthians 12:12

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