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  (THE HOLY SPIRIT) 16. THE SPIRIT OF INSPIRATION
  by A.B. Simpson
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"No prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the
prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God
spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” 2 Peter 1: 20, 21. This
passage directs our attention to the inspiration of the ancient
prophets, and to the work of the Holy Ghost as revealing the will of God
to His chosen messengers. God at sundry times and divers manners spake
to our fathers by the prophets.

Divine revelation began in Eden, and God has never ceased to maintain
communication with His devoted subjects. In the antediluvian and
patriarchal dispensations He spake at intervals to particular men,
revealing His will to them; but from the time that He called Moses to
lead the chosen people out of Egypt, He has had a special class of
messengers through whom He has revealed His will to His people. These
have been called the prophets of the Lord. Moses was, perhaps, the first
of them.

In the fourth chapter of Exodus, God distinctly calls him to this
special ministry. "Now, therefore, go," He says, "and I will be with thy
mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say." When afterwards He appointed
Aaron to be His spokesman, He added, "Thou shalt speak unto him, and put
words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth,
and will teach you what ye shall do. And he shall be thy spokesman unto
the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a
mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God."

Moses recognized himself as a prophet, and said of his Antitype, "A
prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you, of your brethren,
like unto me; him shall ye hear."

The next great prophet was Samuel. Like Moses he also appeared at a
special crisis in the history of his people. They had been for centuries
in the deepest declension and distress. Like Luther, God\

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