IS THE GIFT OF PROPHECY FUNCTIONING IN THE CHURCH TODAY? If we still get new visions and prophecies from God these days, and they are applicable to us now, then why are we not using them to write a “newer” New Testament? Or do we have the canon of Scripture and that's all we need? Hebrews 1 tells us how God communicates with us today and it is the latter: "In the past, God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets." So, yes, God used to speak to us through the prophets; many times and in various ways. That was God's methodology at that time “in the past” before Hebrews was written. How does He do so now? Here is that as Hebrews 1 continues: "In these last days He has spoken to us by His Son." The words given to us by Old Testament prophets have been written down in the Old Testament and those spoken to us by His Son, Jesus (for these last days) have been recorded in the New Testament. Guess what. That's it. So, we're done! This continuing idea that God is going around to different people giving them "new words" and “new ideas,“ would mean we need to make additions to the New Testament. I hope no one would even go down that route. In essence, these supposed “new words” and “new visions” are just people getting outside the Bible.