The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

found in Isaiah 40:21, 41:4, 26, 48:3, 5, 7, 16. All these passages explain the unique distinctive between the psychic’s divination and the prophetic word of the Most High God, Creator of all things. That God does everything by His word is seen in all the prophetic writings. That He manifests His word’s fulfillment is understood by the language of the following Scriptures. Genesis 26:24; Joshua 1:2, 7; 2 Samuel 3:18 and 7:5, 8; Isaiah 44:28. All these passages share how the Lord’s power is energized and exercised by His word. It is that word the Lord shows His prophets and assigns them to declare to the world in its time. When a prophet gives the word of the Lord, it is from the Scripture of truth, and that which has been inscribed throughout eternity, and declared from the mouths of prophets of old that He is releasing. Prophets who give God’s words faithfully, as in Jeremiah 23:28, can only reiterate what has been written in the Scripture of God from time immemorial. Here is what gave Christ’s mission its power, its authority, its overcoming triumph. John 2:22 makes this point clearly when it refers to the Scripture that foretold Christ’s mission and the word that Jesus spoke, which corresponded to it. When Jesus ministered, He did so from the Father’s prerecorded Scriptures. See John 7:28, 42. John 10:35 says that the Scripture cannot be broken. The book of Christ is important and its fulfillment is paramount if the will and word of the Lord is to come to pass. John 13:18, 17:12, 19:24, 28, 36 and 20:9 make the same statement harmoniously. Romans 4:3, 17 states His apostles followed their Master well and continued the practice. They locate the truth, find the hand of God, declare His will according to the Scriptures—Scriptures that testified of the Savior, His death, resurrection, and eternal reign. When it came time to affirm the certainty of redemption, the Scriptures again are drawn on. See Romans 10:11 and 11:2. The model given by Jesus becomes the pattern continued throughout the life of the church. It is so frequently turned to that the messengers of God today have no recourse but to complete the pattern the Lord started. The prophetic relevance of this information lies in its being a standard guideline for all prophecies to follow. Prophets do not have the luxury of varying the word of the Lord. For them to do so is to minister a lie and that takes the prophecy out of the realm of truth and places it in the domain of divination. To remain consistent with the truth, prophecy must line up with Scripture the way the Lord says it, to the one the Lord says it, at the time the Lord instructs His messenger to release it. When it comes to personal prophecy the same is true. Psalm 139:15–18 and other passages of Scripture establish that revelatory

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