Prophets and Prophecy
How scripture says God speaks through prophets, how to test them, and where prophecy comes from.
Deut 18:18-20
Read in full chapter →18I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
19And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
See also: Mishnah Sanhedrin 11:5, Acts 3:23
20But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
See also: Deuteronomy 18:22, Jeremiah 23:30
Amos 3:7
Read in full chapter →7Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
See also: Jeremiah 33:3, John 15:15
Jer 1:4-9
Read in full chapter →4Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
See also: Ezekiel 3:16, Ezekiel 1:3
5Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
See also: Romans 8:29, Isaiah 44:2
6Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
See also: 2 Corinthians 12:9, Exodus 4:11
7But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
See also: Joshua 1:9, Jeremiah 1:17
8Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
See also: John 14:27, Jeremiah 20:11
9Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
See also: Luke 21:15, Exodus 4:11-12
2 Pet 1:20-21
Read in full chapter →20Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
See also: Hebrews 1:1, Romans 15:4
21For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
See also: 2 Timothy 3:15-17, 2 Samuel 23:2
Heb 1:1-2
Read in full chapter →1God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
See also: 2 Peter 1:20-21, Numbers 12:6-8
2Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
See also: Genesis 1:1, John 1:3