For example, it is often said among well-meaning Christians that “the Lord told them” what they must do or say, or how they must act. We need to understand that with the finished work of Christ came the finished work of Christ’s Word (see Heb. 1:1–4). God the Holy Spirit does not speak audibly to people, even to his people, apart from the word of Christ in the Bible. Hebrews does remind us that, in days gone by, God spoke through his appointed representatives—that is, “by the prophets.” But he has ceased speaking in that way.