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#31    Jan 13, '15, 11:49 pm

ltwin  Regular Member   Join Date: November 9, 2009 Posts: 2,977 Religion: Pentecostal

Re: Question about authority Quote: Originally Posted by Even So  Many people say that God spoke to them. But do they actually hear a voice, or is it just a conviction that they feel they have received? My own belief is that Jesus was the last Prophet to come. He made prophets of the Apostles, and that was the end of it.The OT was full of prophets. Why none in the NT? I agree with joe371 on this. The New Testament is full of the prophetic ministry. In addition to the 5 mentioned in Acts 13, Acts 21 tells us of Agabus who spoke to Paul (yes the Apostle Paul) "Thus says the Holy Spirit." In the same chapter, we are told that Philip the evangelist had 4 unmarried daughters who prophesied. In 1 Corinthians 11, men are directed to pray or prophesy with uncovered heads, while women are directed to pray or prophesy with heads covered (verses 4-5). In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul teaches that there are spiritual gifts given to the church. These include prophesy as well as other forms of revelatory gifts: 8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. Quote: Originally Posted by Even So  Is there proof that God gave people visions or messages, or was what was written enough? Of course there is proof. The New Testament is full of people receiving visions and messages from God. On the day of Pentecost recorded in Acts 2, Peter quotes the Old Testament prophet Joel, who prophesied about the outpouring of God's Spirit upon the Church: ‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; 18 even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. In 2 Corinthians 12:3, Paul mentions some unnamed person who was "caught up" to the 3rd heaven. Paul goes so far as to mention that he isn't even sure if this experience of heaven occurred "in the body or out of the body." Quote: Originally Posted by Even So  Are we to take the word from any human that thinks they were given authority by God? It would have to be heavily scrutinized.There have been and are many false prophets. Well, it's quite simple really. We obey the word of God: Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil (1 Thessalonians 5:19-22).  This is why if you do believe in continuing prophecy that sola scriptura is even more important. Scripture is the only objective standard by which all prophecy can be judged. __________________ "I know what constituted an evangelical in former times… I have no clear notion what constitutes one now." ~ 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Relax, stay calm, and no matter what happens don't feed the trolls.

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