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I believe the question is, Is there room for other beliefs "outside the Bible" ? If that is the question, the answer must be a resounding "No!" God has spoken, let men be quiet.

One thing that the historic Roman church system, the Mormons, the Muslims, the Jehovah's Witnesses, and many charismatics, all have in common: they all believe that the revelation of God's teachings is not yet finished. In their thinking, it not only can change at any time, but has changed often.

Then there is that other group. Narrow, they are called. They believe that the foundation was laid by prophets and apostles (Ephesians 2:20) who literally laid down their lives for what they gave us. They believe that to add on to the revelation of the 66 books is prohibited and dangerous (Revelation 22:18-19).

The Old Testament canon, or list of books, ends with the prophet Malachi, written several hundred years before Jesus came. And by the time He came, religious Jews had added countless rules and regs to God's utterances. Jesus rebuked the religious leaders of His day for their add-ons, which he called "the traditions of men."

In the same way, the New Testament ends with Revelation, written in the old age of the last apostle. It was obviously to be the last, as verses at the end also suggest strongly. But through the years, Roman tradition has been added on. Joseph Smith has been added on. Watchtower documents and a whole new Bible have been added on. The Book of Mormon has been added on. Muhammad has been added on. And countless visions and dreams have been lifted to the status of God's revelation and foisted upon God's sheep who seem to graze just about anywhere they are led.

It is the contention of Bible believers that writings that in any way contradict the original books must be discarded or clearly labeled as "good reading but not inspired of God." And those books that do say the same thing as the Bible are superfluous and should also be set aside.

What we have in the 66 books is enough. The foundation was laid perfectly. On that solid rock of revelation the church continues to base its life.

We have been told in this generation that we are in basic agreement with Roman teaching and should start re-thinking the Protestant reformation. After all, we only differ on some "later traditions" of Rome. But if you are drinking a juice that is in every respect the same as mine except for some later drops of poison that I have squeezed into your drink, you are about to die. So it is with the

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