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1 | Are there any true prophets/prophetss' t | Eph 4:11 | BradK | 194440 | ||
Hello michael, I'm not sure what in the "five-fold ministry" in 4:11-12 would claim prophets are still relevent? The basic concern I- and anyone should have- is extra-biblical revelation trumping the written Word of God. Where do you draw the line? Is the Word our final arbiter and authority or is it not? If the office of prophet is stll active, that tells me God has not really spoken all and His Word is not complete! I think the case for any so-called "prophet" is tenuous at best! Here is what the late NT Greek scholar Kenneth Weust said of this passage: "Paul identifies the gifts spoken of in verse 7. They are gifted men, given to the Church. There is an intensive pronoun in the Greek text. “He Himself gave,” and no other. He gave some saints as apostles. The word speaks in a primary sense of the twelve apostles, and in a secondary sense, of those who proclaim the Word of God today. “Prophets” refers, not to those who foretell the future, but to preachers and expounders of the Word." [Kenneth S. Wuest, Wuest's Word Studies from the Greek New Testament] Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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2 | Would Jesus be considered a prophet? | Eph 4:11 | miller521 | 194444 | ||
Would Jesus be considered a prophet? | ||||||
3 | Would Jesus be considered a prophet? | Eph 4:11 | azurelaw | 194445 | ||
Dear Miller, Mark 8:27-30. Shalom Azure |
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4 | Would Jesus be considered a prophet? | Eph 4:11 | miller521 | 194449 | ||
I don't understand what you are getting here, that he was not a prophet correct? | ||||||
5 | Would Jesus be considered a prophet? | Eph 4:11 | Makarios | 194452 | ||
Greetings Miller521, "This is that Moses who told the Israelites, 'God will send you a prophet like me from your own people.'" (Acts 7:37; see also Deut. 18:15, NIV) "You stiff-necked people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are just like your fathers: You always resist the Holy Spirit! Was there ever a prophet your fathers did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him- you who have received the law that was put into effect through angels but have not obeyed it." (Acts 7:51-53, NIV) "But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name." (John 20:31) "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16, KJV) Perhaps by reading the parable of the tenants (Luke 20:9-19) will help you understand the role of Jesus in relation to the prophets. Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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