Flunky,

Welcome to the-highway discussion board.

With all due respect if you don't mind I'd like to ask you a question about your question first. Do you think the guidance that David received along with the other examples you sighted should be recorded in Scripture? I guess I'm wondering why you're taking these applications and using them to discuss whether the text of Scripture is completed.

Surely the Holy Spirit can quide in many ways but in no case will He disagree with the written Word. After all He wrote it through the Apostles and Prophets. So surely he will not guide in a way contrary to that which He has in days of old and as recorded in our Bibles. However, if I'm understanding your question correctly you're really looking for quidance to handle a specific problem.

There will be challenges and opportunities confronting us in our daily lives which surely need guidance from the Lord. This will not require a continuation of the canon but a daily prayer life, daily Bible reading, and trust that the Lord will provide what we need when we need it. Sometimes the Lord brings a text of Scripture to our minds that speaks directly to our current situation. Sometimes a pastor or a personal friend will offer words of wisdom that will help us. The point is that the Lord will neither leave us or forsake us in our time of need.

I don't see the problems you've sighted as problems for cessationists at all. Can you be more specific what you're looking for or do you want to just address this in a general way?


Wes

When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died, my richest gain I count but loss and pour contempt on all my pride. - Isaac Watts