“Despise not prophesyings.” (I Thessalonians 5:20)
Before the New Testament was complete there was the gift of prophecy, which according to I Corinthians 13:8 was one of the temporary gifts of the Holy Spirit. When the New Testament canon was complete that gift was no longer necessary.
Other preachers and I give accurate and true prophecies as we preach from the prophetic books of the Bible such as Isaiah, Daniel, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah, Revelation and many other books of the Bible. There is no new prophecy in our day. The old prophecies concerning the future are very appropriate for today. Someone said, “Bible prophecies are more up to date than tomorrow’s newspaper.”
Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, Paul is telling his readers of his day to accept the prophetic utterances of that day as being from God and telling us today to accept the written prophecies as true, God-sent and infallible.
When the preacher stands behind the sacred desk with an open Bible and expounds the Word of God only a fool would despise, mock or ridicule it. We “fore-tell” coming events with true Biblical prophecy and “forth-tell” or “tell-forth” all the rest of the inspired Word of God. Which ever one your preacher is doing, “fore-telling” or “forth-telling,” don’t despise it.
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