Here I am! I’ll keep standing at the door and knocking. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I’ll come in and eat with that person, and they’ll eat with me.
So God chose another day, calling it “Today,” when he spoke through David a long time later, in the passage we’ve been considering: “Today, if you hear his voice, don’t be stubborn.”
While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them. A voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, and I’m very pleased with him. Listen to him!”
Truly I tell you, a time is coming—and in fact, it has already come—when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.
I have other sheep who aren’t in this sheep pen. I must bring them in too. They will also listen to my voice, and then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
It never came simply because a prophet wanted it to. Instead, the Holy Spirit guided the prophets as they spoke. Although the prophets were human, what they said came from God.
They disagreed with one another, and they began to leave after Paul made a final statement. He said, “The Holy Spirit was right when he said to your people long ago through Isaiah the prophet,