This week, the heavens opened and buckets of rain poured down on my companion and me. Twenty seconds outside, and it was like we'd stepped into the shower with our clothing on. I was soaked all the way through and absolutely in love with Virginia rain.Why is it that we enjoy being flooded? Flooded with rain, flooded with information . . . there is something exhilarating about it.
I read a talk this morning titled "My Words . . . Never Cease" by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland. In this talk, Elder Holland addresses a "major doctrine which characterizes our faith but which causes concern to some, namely the bold assertion that God continues to speak His word and reveal His truth, revelations which mandate an open canon of scripture."
One Protestant scholar wrote,
"On what biblical or historical grounds has the inspiration of God been limited to the written documents that the church now calls its Bible? … If the Spirit inspired only the written documents of the first century, does that mean that the same Spirit does not speak today in the church about matters that are of significant concern?" (Lee M. McDonald, The Formation of the Christian Biblical Canon, rev. ed. (1995), 255–56).The truth is that God speaks today. The canon is not closed, and the heavens are not closed. And because of that glorious truth,
"no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done" (Joseph Smith).The truth will flood the earth! Revelation keeps coming! How inspiring is that?
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