| Alistair 2008-01-09, 6:56 pm |
| On 9 Jan, 15:47, "Judson McClendon" <ju...@sunvaley0.com> wrote:
> "HeyBub" <hey...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Actually, I think Charles was referring to the mechanism, rather than
> the definition.
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> But the meaning of "prophet" is neither of the above. From Harper's Bible
> Dictionary:
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> Put another way, a "prophet" is someone who speaks for God. Because
> the people the prophets were speaking to were often doing bad things,
> prophecy was often "straighten up or else." But not all prophecy is
> about the future. Often it is information or instruction. And it is
> often positive, not negative. There are a large number of passages
> in the Old Testament, for example, about coming blessings, such as
> the Messiah and eventual salvation of the righteous.
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> In New Testament Christianity, there are three forms of "prophecy."
> There is the office of prophet, one who is specifically called to
> that ministry (Ephesians 4) by God. There is the motivational gift
> of prophecy, which might be thought of as a personality profile
> (Romans 12). And there is the charasmatic gift of prophecy, the
> actual utterance of a prophetic "word", which any Christian might
> experience (1 Corinthians 12).
Christianity has often put to death those who claimed to speak with or
for god. Witness: the maid of Orleans. We may call them mediums (or
charlatans) but in Docs dayze they were called witches or pagans. As
there can be no proof as to whether the voice is that of god or Satan
then I can conclude that all who claim to speak with or for god are
false prophets.
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