Prophesy Truth!

For Saturday, July 27, 2024:

2 Peter 1:20-21 NLT: “Above all, you must realize that no prophecy in Scripture ever came from the prophet’s own understanding or his own interpretation or from human initiative. No, those prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke from God.”

We tend to think of prophecies as predictions or foretelling of future events. Example: Isaiah 7:14b “The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).” About 700 years later, that prophesy became truth! Jesus was born to the virgin Mary. God’s Son came to earth to walk alongside mankind and become the propitiation for mankind’s sins.

It took 700 years, and I’m sure doubters were certain that it would never happen, but in fact it did! God’s timing is not our timing. Personal confession: When I want to accomplish something that everyone would agree is a good thing, I get impatient when progress takes longer than I’d expect. But God’s timing is the right timing, and patience is a virtue!

The “High View of the Bible” is that every word is truth and the entire text is God-inspired, including the writings of the prophets. The church you attend should share that view, and I mean truth from the entire Bible, not skipping over controversial topics. Unfortunately, some avoid truth by omission! They leave out unpopular subjects!

Pray for an increase in truth!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus In the City Fellowship