God's Word is Enough

In his second letter, Peter refers to his experience of seeing the tranfiguration of the Lord Jesus (2 Peter 1:16-18).  Being an eyewitness of such a glorious event is credible evidence that what Peter writes should be trusted.  Yet the apostle immediately follows this by stating that the written word of God is more trustworthy than any personal experience (2 Peter 1:19).  If this genuine experience of one of Christ’s original apostles does not carry the same weight as Scripture, what is the value of the many questionable experiences we hear of today?  One more point.  Before Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead He waited four days so there would be no doubt that Lazarus had died (John 11).  In contrast, modern accounts of those who have been declared legally dead, and then acknowledged as alive, all involve very short time spans, usually an hour at the most.