And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.
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… If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book. Man, I wish the Bible was direct. Matthew 7. Watch out, Jesus said, for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. Again, the big picture. Hinduism, escape. Buddhism, detachment. Mormonism, becoming. Christianity, grace and mercy. So if you're on this construction plan, this man-made construction plan with your hard hat and safety goggles and red wings, trash that, park the crane, and accept the bridge God has built to you. Because the bridge God has built to you is not a bridge to nowhere, it's a bridge to somewhere, and that somewhere is someone named you. In the early 90s, we just kicked off Fellowship Church, and there was a billionaire. …
… If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book. I would argue that when the Catholic Church adds new doctrines that cannot be found either explicitly or by good and necessary consequence in Scripture, that it is dishonoring the Bible as a covenantal book. We're not to add to the old covenant, not to add to the new covenant. It is the sort of book that is the norming norm. It is the rule that rules and you do not add to it or subtract from it. There is nothing equal to it in its norming authority. Those are five quick reasons. Let me deal with some objections. I have three or four. We'll see if we do three or four. Here's objection number one. And I've tried to not cherry pick objections, but these are objections that I have found in Catholic writers. …
… in danger of receiving the plagues that are written in this book. And on the other hand, verse 19 says, if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away His part from the tree of life and from the holy city which are written in this book. That's pretty serious. You can't add to, you can't take away from, this is the fullness of God's divine revelation. God signs off at this point. And then one final note about verse 3 is that the time is near. The time is near. Time in the sense of epic, it's near. And it says that in chapter 22, as I just pointed out to you. The time is near. We have to live in the light of the fact that the time is near, that He is coming soon. And it might not seem near to you, but as I said, a day with the Lord is as a thousand years and a thousand years as a day. …