Do NOT Quench the Spirit! Do NOT Put Out the Spirit’s FIRE! Do NOT Scorn or Despise Prophecies!
1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 tells us this:
NASB—“Do not quench the Spirit, do not utterly reject prophecies, but examine everything; hold firmly to that which is good, abstain from every form of evil.”
TPT—”Never restrain or put out the fire of the Holy Spirit. And don’t be one who scorns prophecies, but be faithful to examine them by putting them to the test, and afterward hold tightly to what has proven to be right. Avoid every appearance of evil.“
AMPC/AMP—“Do not quench (suppress or subdue—or be unresponsive to) the [Holy] Spirit;
Do not spurn {scorn or reject} the gifts and utterances of the prophets [do not depreciate
prophetic revelations nor despise inspired instruction or exhortation or warning]. But test and prove all things [until you can recognize] what is good; [to that] hold fast. Abstain from evil [shrink from it and keep aloof from it] in whatever form or whatever kind it may be.“
I received this prophetic word while I was working around the house on 1/22/25. Interestingly enough, during the morning hours outside it was one the most frigid days on record here in North Carolina. Some meteorologists quoted the temperature outside as 7°, but my thermostat read 4° outside. And to boot, water had frozen up in the lines running
from our heating system overnight. So, we had lost heat during the night!
