Above all, you do well if you recognize this: No prophecy of scripture ever comes about by the prophet's own imagination,

for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless men,

and saying, "Where is his promised return? For ever since our ancestors died, all things have continued as they were from the beginning of creation."