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2 Peter 1:20 · BSB
1:20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.
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…of how prophecy works. Prophets and preachers of truth don't originate their message. They simply echo the message that God's already given them.2 Peter 1:20-21, Peter says, prophecy came not in old time by the will of men, but holy men of God spoke as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. 2 Peter…
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…of God. And the apostles believed the same thing, that the words of Scripture were the words of God. Listen to how the apostle Peter puts it in2 Peter 1, verses 16-21. I'm going to read this whole paragraph because I think the whole thing is important. Peter writes this. He says, He says, We did not follow…
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…for every good work. Prophecy didn't come in old times by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit,2 Peter 1:20-21. The Bible is a unique book, but it's not just unique in the depths that it took God to get it to us, but also the depths that men have gone to and…
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…can't say, I'll take the red words, but I'll keep out the rest. No, no, no, no, no. All of Scripture is inspired by God, you know, that says that.2 Peter chapter 1, verses 16 through 21. The Bible, I quote Vodibakam, is a reliable collection of historical documents written down by eyewitnesses during the lifetime of other…
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…The word inspired there means God breathed. 2 Timothy 3 16 says very clearly that the source of the Scripture is God. Another quick text,2 Peter chapter 1, verse 20and 21 says, first of all, you should know this: no prophecy of Scripture comes from one's own interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by the…
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…word inspiration literally means to be God breathed. To be breathed out. Let me give you two texts of scripture. 2 Timothy chapter 3, verse 16, and2 Peter chapter 1, verses 20and 21. 2 Peter, or excuse me, 2 Timothy chapter 3, verse 16. All scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for…
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…part of that. Let's go over to a couple more Scriptures here. Let's go to 2 Peter chapter 1, 2 Peter chapter 1, and let's look at verses 20 and 21,2 Peter chapter 1, verses 20and 21. Here Peter writes, Knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will…
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…to try and find that exact passage because I do not have it right in front of me. Let's see here. It'll probably come up on one of these slides.2 Peter 1:20-21, secular history verifies that all these events came true. Truly no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came…
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…this life until He calls us home. God is good because He's given us His Word. In fact, think about the Word of God. Peter writes this of it in2 Peter 1:19-21. Peter says this, "We have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark…
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…is what he gave us, is the only proclamation of the truth of the gospel. There is nothing else inspired, only his, which we will see in a minute.2 Peter 1, verse 19 through 21, and we're done. You're like, oh, thank you. It's 1130. I did good since vacation. Can you imagine if I had two weeks? We'd be here at one o…
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…and again, if you flip over to 2 Peter 1, you're going to find again this very same thought. 2 Peter chapter 1, you look at verse 20 and verse 21.2 Peter chapter 1 verses 20and 21 how Peter explained it this way. Knowing this first that no prophecy of scripture is of any private interpretation. Look at verse 21. For…
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…of the prophets in the Old Testament times, all of them prophesied not by their own minds or by their own wills, but by the Holy Spirit. It says in2 Peter chapter 1, verse 20. Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in…
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…then when I'm in a Holy Ghost meeting, I ought to be what? Speaking. I ought to be what? Speaking. Today is a meeting for speaking believers.2 Peter 1, verse 20. We know this now in this church, this verse. 2 Peter 1, verse 20, 21. Knowing this verse, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private…
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…His coming, His kingdom, His judgment. How do you live ready for that day? You live ready by trusting God's truth. So let's dive into this passage,2 Peter 1, verses 12 through 21. Turn there in the Bibles in front of you, the Scripture journals. And here's the first thing that Peter is saying, I think. You trust truth that…
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…Breathed out by God, so that it was breathed into the human author. He is the source using the human author to accomplish his ends. Second text,2 Peter chapter 1, verse 20and 21. Knowing this, first of all, The Bible originated not with the will of its human writers, but with the will of God, the Holy Spirit. Over…
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…this life. It is this word that is your very life. And this word that we have in scripture is indicated in the New Testament to be by um Peter insecond Peter 1:20. It is prophecy of scripture that doesn't come from someone's own interpretation, but it is inspired by the Holy Spirit. And then Paul writes the…
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…to everything. And this word has been confirmed. We do well to heed it as a light that shines in a dark place. We know that from Peter's writing in2 Peter 1, verse 20, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation. For prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were…
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…Spirit. And so we'll talk quite a bit about that particular doctrine that's embedded in there, but we'll also look at this passage at some length,2 Peter chapter 1, verses 16 to 21. Let me read it for us. For we did not follow cleverly devised myths, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. But…
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…to you and peter so peter he's he's getting ready to die this is this is this is before his departure, before his exodus from this world. And in2 Peter chapter 1, verses 16 through 21, it says, for we did not follow cunning, devised fables. This wasn't a fairy tale we were following. Some people think that that's what the gospel…
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…comes by one's own interpretation. 21 For no prophecy was ever made by the will of man, but men being moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. (2 Pet. 1:16–21LSB) Now we start in verse 16, as I said, because it is really one argument from verse 16 to verse 21. He is talking about a dawning day, a morning…
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