Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; Romans 12:6 The gift of prophecy has three important elemental features to it. These features are derived from the meaning of the word prophecy. Firstly, prophecy means to predict the future. Because GOD is the only One who knows the future, it follows that those having the gift of foretelling the future must be of GOD. The qualification must be that every prophecy must come true: otherwise he is a false prophet (Deut 18:21,22). Secondly, the word prophecy has reference to the Bible. “ For the…