The Prophetic Word

Chapter 5: OPEN TO THE GOD WHO SPEAKS IN THE PROPHETIC WORD

Scott became convinced that some people can speak in tongues, although so far, he is not one of them.

OUT INTERACTIVE GOD. “God is inherently a communicative God who longs for a two-way relationship with humanity. God speaks to us, and God wants us to speak back.”

PROPHETS THEN. It is clear that God speaks to God’s people through prophets. To deny that is to quench the Spirit.

TESTING PROPHECIES. Three tests.

  1. “First, a prophecy and the moral character of the prophet need to match each other.”
  2. “Second, a prophecy must be consistent with the message of the Bible and turn out to be accurate.”
  3. “Third, a prophetic utterance is to result in glorifying Jesus by building up the church.”
  4. And, perhaps a fourth. “Paul argues for the absolute need for intelligibility in the assembly.”3 He’s right. What we cannot understand will not impress us!”

PROPHETS TODAY. Examples of prophets today.

Quotes from: Scot McKnight & Dave Ferguson. “Open to the Spirit.” iBooks. https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/open-to-the-spirit/id1255402428?mt=11

Charles Eklund 2018