Inspiration of the Holy Ghost, The
Foretold.
Joel 2:28 And it shall come to pass
afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and
your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men
shall see visions:
Acts 2:16-18 But this is that which was
spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see
visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my
handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall
prophesy:
All Scripture
given by.
2 Samuel 23:2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in
my tongue.
2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by
inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2 Peter 1:21 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.
DESIGN OF;
To reveal
future events.
Acts 1:16 Men and brethren, this
scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of
David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide
to them that took Jesus.
Acts 28:25 And when they agreed not
among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias
the prophet unto our fathers,
1 Peter 1:11 Searching
what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did
signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory
that should follow.
To reveal the
mysteries of God.
Amos 3:7 Surely
the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his
secret unto his servants the prophets.
1 Corinthians 2:10 But God hath revealed
them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth
all things, yea, the deep things of God.
To give power
to ministers.
Micah 3:8 But
truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of
might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
Acts 1:8 But ye
shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall
be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and
unto the uttermost part of the earth.
To direct ministers.
Ezekiel 3:24-27 Then
the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake
with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine
house. But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and
shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out
among them: And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that
thou shalt be dumb, and shalt
not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious
house. But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith
the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he
that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a
rebellious house.
Acts 11:12 And the Spirit bade me go
with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we
entered into the man's house:
Acts 13:2 As
they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me
Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
To control ministers.
Acts 16:6 Now
when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were
forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
To testify
against sin.
2 Kings 17:13 Yet the LORD testified
against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers,
saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes,
according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to
you by my servants the prophets.
Nehemiah 9:30 Yet
many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst
against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear:
therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the
people of the lands.
Micah 3:8 But
truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of
might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
John 16:8-9 And
when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of
judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me;
MODES OF;
Various.
Hebrews 1:1 God, who at sundry times and
in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers
by the prophets,
By secret
impulse.
Judges 13:25 And the Spirit of the LORD
began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah
and Eshtaol.
2 Peter 1:21 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.
By a voice.
Isaiah 6:8 Also
I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for
us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
Acts 8:29 Then the Spirit said unto
Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
Revelation 1:10 I was in the Spirit on
the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as
of a trumpet,
By visions.
Numbers 12:6 And
he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will
make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
Ezekiel 11:24 Afterwards the spirit took
me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of
the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
By dreams.
Numbers 12:6 And
he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will
make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
Daniel 7:1 In
the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of
his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the
matters.
Necessary to
prophesying.
Numbers 11:25-27 And the LORD came down
in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the
spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to
pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not
cease. But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad:
and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but
went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp. And there
ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.
2 Chronicles 20:14-17 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the
son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the
congregation; And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of
Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the
LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude;
for the battle is not yours, but God's. To
morrow go ye down against them: behold, they
come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them
at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear
not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them:
for the LORD will be with you.
Is
irresistible.
Amos 3:8 The
lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath
spoken, who can but prophesy?
Despisers of,
punished.
2 Chronicles 36:15-16 And the LORD God
of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and
sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his
prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was
no remedy.
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