How to Find the Will of God


6. The Lord still reveals His will through prophecy & revelations:
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  • A. Prophecy: The Lord speaking through you or to your heart:
  • B. Warnings about false prophecy:

  • A. Prophecy: The Lord speaking through you or to your heart:

    1KI 19:12. And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

    JER 1:9. Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

    EZE 3:10. Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.

    EZE 3:11. And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

    EZE 3:27. 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.

    LUK 2:26. And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

    ACT 2:17. 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:

    ACT 10:19. While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.

    ACT 10:20. Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.

    ACT 13:1. Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

    ACT 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.

    1COR 12:28. And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

    ACT 8:26. And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.

    1COR 14:31. For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.

    EPH 3:3. How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,

    EPH 3:5. Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

    B. Warnings about false prophecy:

    DEU 13:1. If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,

    DEU 13:2. And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;

    DEU 13:3. Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

    DEU 18:22. When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

    JER 23:21. I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

    JER 23:26. How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

    EZE 13:6. They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.

    EZE 13:7. Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken?

    GAL 1:8. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.

    MAT 24:4. And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

    MAT 24:5. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

    MAT 24:11. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

    MAT 24:23. Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

    MAT 24:24. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

    MAT 24:25. Behold, I have told you before.

    MAT 24:26. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.