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Inspiration of the Holy Spirit, The

Foretold—Joe 2:28; Ac 2:16-18

All Scripture given by—2Sa 23:2; 2Ti 3:16; 2Pe 1:21

DESIGN OF

• To reveal future events
• —Ac 1:16; 28:25; 1Pe 1:11
• To reveal the mysteries of God
• —Am 3:7; 1Co 2:10
• To give power to ministers
• —Mic 3:8; Ac 1:8
• To direct ministers
• —Eze 3:24-27; Ac 11:12; 13:2
• To control ministers
• —Ac 16:6
• To testify against sin
• —2Ki 17:13; Ne 9:30; Mic 3:8; Joh 16:8,9

MODES OF

• Various
• —Heb 1:1
• By secret impulse
• —Jud 13:25; 2Pe 1:21
• By a voice
• —Isa 6:8; Ac 8:29; Re 1:10
• By visions
• —Nu 12:6; Eze 11:24
• By dreams
• —Nu 12:6; Da 7:1

Necessary to prophesying—Nu 11:25-27; 2Ch 20:14-17

Is irresistible—Am 3:8

Despisers of, punished—2Ch 36:15,16; Zec 7:12