{"content":[{"text":"Did God stop speaking \n after Christ ascended into Heaven? \n Answers to Questions \n Concerning the Restored Gospel \n from \n HisWorkmanship.net \n Answer prepared by: \n Elder Dwight Burford \n Updated / Formatted March 11, 2012","bbox":{"left":0.253954,"top":0.088003,"width":0.49214,"height":0.24052199999999996}},{"text":"Question:","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.343184,"width":0.08178399999999998,"height":0.020984999999999976}},{"text":"Did God stop speaking after Christ ascended into Heaven?","bbox":{"left":0.21415,"top":0.344593,"width":0.46382399999999996,"height":0.018500000000000016}},{"text":"Answer(s)","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.393487,"width":0.08498000000000001,"height":0.020984999999999976}},{"text":"No. God has not changed. He continues to speak. As it is written, Jesus Christ, who is the \n incarnate word of God, is the same yesterday, today, and forever (John 1:1-16 & Hebrews \n 13:8). He never ceases being the Word of God (Malachi 3:6 with Psalm 119 & Isaiah \n 55:10,11). As He has spoken in times past, so shall He speak to us today and on into the future \n (Isaiah 9:6,7 with John 20:21-31). And we should be very thankful that He does. For as it is \n written, man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of \n the Lord doth man live (Deuteronomy 8:3). To conclude otherwise is to deny that Jesus Christ is \n the Good Shepherd and Bishop of our souls (John 10:11-16 with I Peter 2:25). His sheep in all \n ages have known (those in the past), do know (those in the present), and will know (those in the \n future) His voice and, accordingly, have, are, and will follow Him (John 10:2-4). \n A review of all scripture clearly shows that God is a living God, One who is continually \n engaged in and with His creation; One who continually performs and confirms all of His works \n and words through His spoken Word, Jesus Christ (Genesis 1 - Revelation 22). Therefore, it is \n vital that we recall the words of Jesus which He spoke to two of His disciples as they walked \n together along the road to Emmaus following His resurrection. He said, “O fools, and slow of \n heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!” (Luke 24:24). So that we may not be \n considered by our Lord to be fools and slow of heart to believe, should we not read and study the \n scriptures which His Holy Spirit has caused to be written and preserved for our benefit and \n edification (cf. I Corinthians 10:11, II Timothy 3:16,17, II Thessalonians 5:16-21, II Peter 1:16- \n 21, etc.)?","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.428199,"width":0.7602190000000001,"height":0.35118499999999997}},{"text":"While I find it best to read and study scriptures in printed form, if you do not have a set of \n scriptures, throughout much of the world, the free world at least, access to scriptures is readily \n available via the World Wide Web on the Internet. Here are two examples of the many excellent \n websites providing open and convenient access to the scriptures and many commentaries through \n easy-to-use search options:","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.79402,"width":0.7631180000000001,"height":0.0899040000000001}},{"text":"Did God Stop Speaking?","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.90514,"width":0.17917899999999998,"height":0.018595000000000028}},{"text":"1","bbox":{"left":0.49518,"top":0.903864,"width":0.00980399999999998,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"©2012, Dwight A. Burford","bbox":{"left":0.686585,"top":0.90514,"width":0.196025,"height":0.018595000000000028}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}