The speaker argues that prophecy remains necessary alongside Scripture. While the Bible gives general guidance, prophetic words offer specific direction for daily life. Acts 11 shows the prophet Agabus predicting a famine, demonstrating how God used prophecy for precise instruction.
Even though the New Testament is perfectly clear that the prophetic is still in operation today, some ask, if we have the Bible, why do we need prophecy at all? And you may have heard something like, if it's not in Scripture, we have no authority to say it. If it is in Scripture, there's no need to say it again. Now, that sort of reasoning sounds clever, but it fails to account for the specific instructions that we sometimes need in everyday life. For example, look at Acts 11. During this time, some prophets traveled from Jerusalem to Antioch. One of them, named Agabus, stood up in one of the meetings and predicted by the Spirit that a great famine was coming upon the entire Roman world. This was fulfilled during the reign of Claudius. Had Agabus given that prophetic word today, some might have demanded, chapter and verse, please. The Word gives us God's general commands, and wisdom helps us to make daily decisions. But there are still instances where God sees fit to speak to us directly. Now, look, of course, the Bible is the final authority, but since the Bible is pro-prophecy, that's actually a reason to embrace the gift of prophecy for today, not reject it. I believe the Scripture is sufficient. It is completely sufficient, and therefore it is effective enough to reveal a God who still speaks today. If one doesn't believe the Bible is enough to connect us with the living God, then they are actually the ones who believe that the Scripture isn't sufficient.
