Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of private interpretation.Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation.
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… was inspired by God to write these words. 2 Peter 1.20 says, you must understand no prophecy in Scripture came about by the prophets themselves as they wanted to prophesy, but it was the Holy Spirit who moved the prophets to speak from God. How do I know the Bible is the word of God? Here's one point. I know the Bible is the word of God because it gave me the experience it claimed it would give me. Now don't say, well Greg, you shouldn't build your life and experience. This is just one of many points as to why I believe the Bible is the word of God. But I believe it because everything the Bible promised to me was true. Everything the Bible says to me, I have found to be true. For instance, the Bible says, God would forgive me of my sin. 1 John 1.9 says, if I will confess my sin, he's faithful and just to forgive me my sins and cleanse me from all unrighteousness. So I read that verse and I said, Lord, cleanse me of my sin. One of the first things I remember experiencing as a brand new Christian was the sensation of having a massive weight removed from me. …
… it like a flashlight. Until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing this verse that no prophecy of scripture is of any private interpretation. In other words, you can't make that cult up on your own. You can't do that. I mean, you're going to do it, but you're just, you're actually sinning against scripture because you cannot make stuff up and say, well, this Bible says this. No, it doesn't. The Bible says you cannot make up private interpretations of things. In other words, let the Bible comment on the Bible. For prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. That's the work of God in our lives. So we have to remember that as we look through and consider the things that we're talking about tonight. One more thing because it's comforting. Isaiah chapter 46 verses 9 and 10. God says, remember the former things of old. so go back and think about the things that have happened that you can remember God says therefore I am God and there is no other is there anybody knocking on the door of your house telling you that there's other gods on other planets and other places and if you're a good boy or girl you can become a god too does it sound familiar that's the doctrine that Satan used in the garden of Eden Thank you. …
… attention to it as to a light shining in a dark place until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts above all you must understand that no prophecy of scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. Peter's saying, we were there. We were eyewitnesses. And what I love about this is, he says, we were eyewitnesses. Peter, James, and John up on the mountain. Not just James up on the mountain, not just Peter up on the mountain, not Peter coming back saying, guys, you're not going to believe what I saw today. No, there's a triad of corroboration and accountability to the veracity of this story. James could have said, no, that's not how it went. But we were there. We were eyewitnesses. We heard it with our own ears. You say, well, why is that so unique? Well, let's take another one of the holy books that many, many people look to as their guide on earth. It came about because the prophet Muhammad had received personal and private revelations from God over a 23-year period of time, and he taught what was revealed privately to him from God. He never wrote down any of the revelation. But at his death, a small group of scribes centrally in that group zied. They began to gather the retellings of his teachings. Somebody heard this. Somebody …