IS THE GIFT OF PROPHECY FUNCTIONING IN THE CHRISTIAN 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 (the Bible) and that's all we need? The latter is true. Hebrews 1 tells us how God used to communicate with us in ancient times, and how He has chosen to communicate since then: "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 distant past before Hebrews was written. How does He do so now? Hebrews 1 continues with that explanation: "In these last days He has spoken to us by His Son." So, the words given to us by Old Testament prophets were written down in the Old Testament and those spoken to us by His Son, Jesus—for these last days—were recorded in the New Testament. Guess what. That's it. We're done! This 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.