Jude 3-4
"Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ."
Please notice the word "ONCE" as used by Jude in this critical text of Scripture. The "FAITH" was "ONCE" (and for all) delivered. Herein lies the danger of those who declare that revelatory gifts are still in existence among God's people today. These revelatory gifts were given unto men for the precise purpose of revealing and delivering "the faith ONCE delivered to the saints." Those who would espouse the revelatory gifts as being active and in use today by men gifted of God, would suggest that revelation is still being given, that "ONCE" was not sufficient, and that God has not finished delivering the "ONCE" delivered. John gives stern warning in Revelation that those who dare to add too, or take away from that which was "ONCE" delivered, are walking on dangerous ground. I made a decision many years ago to reject doctrines and gifts which dared to promote "NEW REVELATION" as an improvement to that which was "ONCE DELIVERED." Many are guilty by ignorance, and fortunately God knows the heart. Many are guilty via a spirit of greed and avarice; of whom God will not look lightly upon in the judgment.
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