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1 | psychic vs prophet difference | 1 Cor 14:3 | believer53 | 205716 | ||
psychic vs prophet,difference? if you know information and don't proclaim to be a christian your 'doomed' if you 'know info' and claim christianity it seems 'ok'why? a lot of self proclaimed 'psychics' talk about God and the holy spirit and believe thetr 'gift' is from GOD.HOW DO WE KNOE THE DIFFERENCE? i am asking respectfully | ||||||
2 | psychic vs prophet difference | 1 Cor 14:3 | Tamara Brewington | 205717 | ||
Dear Believer53, By the way welcome to the Forum! I Corinthians 14:3 But one who prophesies speaks to men for edification and exhortation and consolation. We need to be carelful to have a Biblical understanding of what constituted as prophecy in the first century church here. What kind of information a prophet such as Paul was describing is a bit different than what you are sort of describing as bing a Christian and "knowing things". Prophecy is not simply a matter of "knowing things". Prophecy is about knowing "certain things", not all things. Paul is qulifiying the scope of the gift here; 1)edification - information that builds up the body of Christ that would concern everyone in the body and also separately as an edification to the body of Christ of the conviction of an unbeliever because the secrets of his heart are exposed in the congregation - see verses 24 and 25 for this part, most miss this part as part of the possilities of the use of the gift in the equation of it being valid at all today. 2)exohortation - the clarion call to use sound doctrine to address life issues and Christian practice - see II Timothy 3:16 3)consolation - the use of godly knowledge to provide comfort in distress. All of these things are done by the prophet with knowledge provided by the Holy Spirit to the prophet. A good example would be Agabus the prophet in Acts 11:27-30 who predicted a famine and the need for the congregation to send relief for the brethren in Judea. The famine did indeed occur as a recorded historical event and the relief was sent in time to provide much needed help. Do you see how this edified the body? It is not about being not doomed if you are a Christian if you know stuff and doomed as an unbeliever if you know stuff. Most self proclaimed psychics claim they are hearing from God because they believe they are practicing white magic, which presupposes that God has some dead good spirits hanging around to wait to speak to the living as "guides" in order to give life intructions to the "lost". This is a Babylonian and Egyptian practice of pagan idol worship that included "spirit guides" - there is nothing new under the sun dear... Have you ever seen Oprah? Well you aren't missing anything if you didn't, she has on a whole lot of new age teachers of vairous beliefs. She has had on a bunch of folks who will claim that they are hearing from God to tell you your business. That is being psychic, to tell you something to edify only you, not the whole body of Christ or to convict you to worship God. Do you see the difference now? God's Day To You, Tamara |
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3 | psychic vs prophet difference | 1 Cor 14:3 | believer53 | 205734 | ||
THANK YOU.NO,I DON'T WATCH MUCH OPRAH BUT DID WATCH MONTEL WILLIAMS 'FAVORITE PSYCHIC' I AGREE WITH THE BIBLE AND HEARD 'HER' SPEAK OF A SPIRIT GUIDE. I SUPPOSE IF THESE PSYCHICS WERE OF GOD OR ALL KNOWING THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN MARRIED 4X.LOL. BLESS YOU TAMARA. I DON;T BELIEVE IN PSYCHICS AT ALL! I'M JUST A CURIOUS PERSON. THANK YOU 4 THE WELCOME.I SEEMED TO 'STIR UP' A LOT OF PEOPLE BY MY QUESTION,WHICH WAS NOT MY INTENT.I'LL KNOW BETTER NEXT TIME. | ||||||
4 | psychic vs prophet difference | 1 Cor 14:3 | Tamara Brewington | 205737 | ||
Please don't give up on all us fusty dusties in here my new friend. WeW, it does get crusty and dusty in here doesn't it!? I will tell you this as I laugh and type with warm memories of hot topics goin on in here... Don't let it get to you, everyone means well... Everyone here is a real stickler for Sola Scriptura! The literal intrpretation of the Bible and we all tend to look at the whole world with our Bible lens on and sometimes the things get all fogged up and we forget that it is a fellow Christian in here that was asking a question in the first place! Please don't know better next time ask all your questions please don't stop being you ever, you are special, you are unique! It is not fair of anyone to make you feel like you should know better next time! I apologize for every one in here, most of all me! I have about the most inquisitve mind in here, perhaps you are about to top my record on this! I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT IS THE TRUTH, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT MATTER, ONLY FOLKS WHO GET OUT OF WHACK BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT FLASE DOCTRINE OR PURE SPECULATION IS BEING THROWN OUT WITHOUT FORE THOUGHT - NOT SEEING A SCRIPTURAL BASIS FOR SEEKING THINGS RUFFLES FEATHERS IN HERE. BUT IF YOU NEED TO KNOW SOMETHING OR YOUR BRAIN IS COOKING IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION, JUST ASK, THEY WILL GET USED TO YOU... We also all need to pracitce Christian love and tolerance in here and not be so quick to hop on pop, we are all here together. God Bless You, Tamara |
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5 | psychic vs prophet difference | 1 Cor 14:3 | believer53 | 205745 | ||
TAMARA,THANK YOU SO MUCH,SINCERELY! I really did feel quite unwelcome and somethings i said perhaps came out wrong and for that i do apologize. i am a firm believer in ALL the bible says,and really wanted to know how others felt about what science said,not that I agreed with it. i received a record(i'm sure) of over20 replys and some not so nice. i was wondering where the christian love was.one in fact was sent to my personal e-mail.again sincerely thank you for your kindness and patience with me. bless you! BONNIE | ||||||