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1 | Dear friend | Heb 1:2 | devon | 161452 | ||
Doc the question have is do you belive God still calls men andwomen as prophet in todays church or do you think their role is over,. | ||||||
2 | Dear friend | Heb 1:2 | DocTrinsograce | 161453 | ||
Dear Devon, Thank you for your interest in my particular beliefs. As much as possible I make them compliant with the Scriptures. That's an ongoing effort! :-) I take the five Solas very seriously. Generally, a prophet was a mouthpiece of God. They were an intermediary between God and man. Old Testament prophets spoke for God, in God's name, and carried His message to others. The authenticity of a prophet -- and there were far more false prophets than true prophets! -- is judged by their fruits (Matthew 7) and by whether his predictions come true (Deuteronomy 18:21-22). The author of Hebrews tells us, "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, Whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by Whom also He made the worlds." (Hebrews 1:1-2) Consequently, God has provided a superior communication to us through the life of the Lord Jesus Christ. In addition, as the old divines put it, "for the better preserving and propagating of the truth, and for the more sure establishment and comfort of the church against the corruption of the flesh, and the malice of Satan, and of the world, to commit the same [the revelation to the church of God about Himself] wholly unto writing; which maketh the Holy Scriptures to be most necessary, those former ways of God's revealing His will unto His people being now ceased." (LBCF 1689, chapter 1, paragraph 1). Therefore, when a person speaks the Word of God, he is operating with the same authority of the old prophets. In that respect, prophecy is still extant. I find that that also is in keeping with Paul's admonitions to the church in 1 Corinthians 14. (See my other comments to that effect elsewhere. Look particularly at the doctrines of the authority, necessity, sufficiency, and clarity of the Scriptures. In my opinion, if someone should rise up in the church claiming to be a prophet, the Scriptural measures of authenticity and the ultimate judge of the Scriptures (see LBCF 1689, chapter 1, paragraph 10) should be applied. If the "prophet" is found wanting and the church fails to exercise discipline, there is danger that they will have become a "synagogue of Satan" instead of the body of Christ. Thank you, again, for your interest. In Him, Doc |
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