For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.For no prophecy ever came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.For 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.For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but men spake from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.
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… 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. …
… from the prophet's own interpretation because no prophecy ever came about by the will of man. Instead, men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. Peter assumes that these people know their Bibles. And I was raised on Reading Rainbow. Anyone else in this room watch Reading Rainbow? LeVar Burton, a show all about inspiring kids to read. He's better known as chief engineer, Geordi LaForge to me. But at the end of every episode, he would showcase a book. Here's a book. He'll tell you all about the book. He'll tell you who wrote it. Here's what's cool about this book. But then he'd say, but don't take my word for it. The point was to inspire us as kids. Oh, I'm gonna go to the library because that's what we did back then. I'm gonna go to the library and I'm gonna check out that book and read it for myself. Don't just take my word for it. That's what Peter's saying here. …
… Watch this. all scriptures given by inspiration of God second Peter chapter 1 verse 21 for prophecy that is the revelation of scripture never came by the will of man but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit so the entire Bible this is great you got to write this down if you don't have the notes the entire Bible is remarkable because it's a self-authenticating message system Again, remember, if somebody says, well, I don't read the Bible because the Bible just speaks about itself. The Bible speaks about itself. It speaks about science. It speaks about humanity. It speaks about sin. It speaks about righteousness. It speaks about everything. And it presents it in such a way that it begs you to come and attack it to see if it's worthy of your faith. The Bible's not afraid of anyone testing it. In fact, the Bible goes like this. Come on. Take me on, because if you do, you'll probably fall down like many other atheists before you and become a believer. …
… 2 Peter 1, 21. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. Now, here's where it gets even more awesome. And here's the other point you've got to see here. So back to Luke. Luke later tells us in this passage when Jesus is with all the disciples in verse 44. Jesus said to them, these are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me And notice this language, law of Moses and the prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled. Then he, watch this, opened their minds to understand the scriptures. That's the same language we read earlier. So it's the same thing Jesus did on the Emmaus road. Now he's doing it with his disciples here. So then fast forward to Luke's second volume, book of Acts, and check this out. Philip is literally, physically carried along by the Holy Spirit to the side of an Ethiopian eunuch. …
… 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 remembers him teaching that. Somebody scribbled a note down when he taught that revelation. And they gathered all the recounting of his teaching. And over a 20-year period of time, they cobbled together the recountings and produced the Quran. None of the scribes heard any of the revelation …
… LESS MY WORDS. AND, UH, FIRST PETER, CHAPTER 1, VERSE 21, SAYS THIS, FOR 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. IN THIS CHURCH, WE BELIEVE IN VERBAL PLENARY INSPIRATION. YOU SAY, PASTOR, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. VERBAL MEANS THAT GOD INSPIRED THE WORDS OF THE SCRIPTURE. WE SAY, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT? I'LL TELL YOU HOW I KNOW IT. MATTHEW 4, 4, WHERE JESUS SAID, MAN SHALL NOT LIVE by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Every word. Now people say, oh, well, the Bible, the thoughts are inspired, but the words are not inspired. That's ridiculous. You can't have thoughts without words anymore. You could have math without numbers. Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Hebrews 30, excuse me, Proverbs 30, verse 5, every word of God is pure. …