New revelations are of Satan
But if these things are so, we cannot be at a loss what to think of those who, in all ages of the church, have undertaken to change or replace some commands of God, as they claimed, by the peculiar direction of his Spirit. Christ has here given us an infallible rule by which to judge all such claims. Christianity, as it includes the whole moral law of God, both by way of command and of promise, if we will hear him, is designed by God to be the last of all his dispensations. There is no other to come after this. This is to endure until the consummation of all things. Consequently all such new revelations are of Satan and not of God, and all claims to another more perfect dispensation fall to the ground of course. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but this word shall not pass away (Matthew 24:35).
1771 text
4. But if these things are so, we cannot be at a loss, what to think of those who in all ages of the church, have undertaken to change or supersede some commands of God, as they professed, by the peculiar direction of his Spirit. Christ has here given us an infallible rule, whereby to judge of all such pretensions. Christianity, as it includes the whole moral law of God, both by way of injunction and of promise, if we will hear him, is designed of God, to be the last of all his dispensations. There is no other to come after this. This is to endure ’till the consummation of all things. Of consequence all such new revelations, are of Satan and not of God; and all pretences to another more perfect dispensation, fall to the ground of course. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but this word shall not pass away.
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Sermon 25 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 5:17-20.
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