Extra-biblical Revelation

IFCA International categorically denies any new or continuing revelation beyond the completed biblical canon. Sola scriptura — Scripture alone — is the foundational principle of fundamentalist theology and IFCA doctrine. No contemporary prophecy, dream, vision, or voice may add to, modify, or bind the conscience of believers apart from Scripture. The principle ensures that Scripture retains supreme authority and cannot be supplemented or revised.

The IFCA affirms cessationism: the miraculous sign gifts of the apostolic era (healing miracles, speaking in unknown tongues, apostolic prophecy) ceased with the apostolic age and the completion of the canon. These gifts validated the apostolic office and message in the early church, but they are not normative for the contemporary church. Some healing may occur through prayer and God's sovereignty, but healings are not expected as common signs or accompanied by the gift of healing as in Acts.

This does not mean God is inactive in the present. He speaks through his written Word, illuminating believers' hearts to understand and apply Scripture. Pastors preach and exhort based on Scripture. Leaders counsel and guide from God's Word. However, no one claims new revelation or prophetic authority. The test of any claimed guidance is conformity to Scripture. Contemporary prophecies that deviate from Scripture are false and are to be rejected.