Prophecy
Prophecy
Is the foretelling of future events - Ge 49:1; Nu 24:14
God is the author of - Isa 44:7; 45:21
God gives, through Christ - Re 1:1
A gift of Christ - Eph 4:11; Re 11:3
A gift of the Holy Spirit - 1Co 12:10
Came not by the will of man - 2Pe 1:21
Given from the beginning - Lu 1:70
Is a sure word - 2Pe 1:19
THEY WHO UTTERED
- Raised up by God
- Am 2:11 - Ordained by God
- 1Sa 3:20; Jer 1:5 - Sent by God
- 2Ch 36:15; Jer 7:25 - Sent by Christ
- Mt 23:34 - Filled with the Holy Spirit
- Lu 1:67 - Moved by the Holy Spirit
- 2Pe 1:21 - Spoke by the Holy Spirit
- Ac 1:16; 11:28; 28:25 - Spoke in the name of the Lord
- 2Ch 33:18; Jas 5:10 - Spoke with authority
- 1Ki 17:1
God accomplishes - Isa 44:26; Ac 3:18
Christ the great subject of - Ac 3:22-24; 10:43; 1Pe 1:10,11
Fulfilled respecting Christ - Lu 24:44
Gift of, promised - Joe 2:28; Ac 2:16,17
Is for the benefit of after ages - 1Pe 1:12
Is a light in dark place - 2Pe 1:19
Is not of private interpretation - 2Pe 1:20
Despise not - 1Th 5:20
Give heed to - 2Pe 1:19
Receive in faith - 2Ch 20:20; Lu 24:25
Blessedness of reading, hearing, and keeping - Re 1:3; 22:7
Guilt of pretending to the gift of - Jer 14:14; 23:13,14; Eze 13:2,3
PUNISHMENT FOR
Gift of, sometimes possessed by unconverted men - Nu 24:2-9; 1Sa 19:20,23; Mt 7:22; Joh 11:49-51; 1Co 13:2
How tested - De 13:1-3; 18:22
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