Prophets, predictions and wonders

[mindlight]

There are great many biblical prophets who said things before they happened and performed wonders also. Elijah and Elisha for instance. Agabus in the New Testament predicted a famine and the two witnesses who will stand in Jerusalem will bring down judgments on the angry nations and proclaim the coming King who will arrive shortly after they are resurrected.

But when I suggested that Muhammad was not a true prophet because he made no predictions and performed no wonders a number of Christian commentators suggested this did not matter for his recognition as a prophet.

So simple question: Are wonders and predictions essential features of a Christian prophet or is it enough to be an affirming oracle of Gods Kingdom testifying to Jesus?

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

What is the role of a prophet? It’s in the Bible, Deuteronomy 18:18-19, NKJV. "I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him."

God speaks to us through the prophets. It’s in the Bible, Hosea 12:10, NKJV. “I have also spoken by the prophets, and have multiplied visions; I have given symbols through the witness of the prophets.”

God reveals His plans to the prophets. It’s in the Bible, Amos 3:7, NKJV. “Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets”

It's to our benefit to listen to God's prophets. It’s in the Bible, 2 Chronicles 20:20, NKJV. “…'Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.’”

How does God speak to His prophets? It’s in the Bible, Numbers 12:6, NKJV. “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, make Myself known to him in a vision; I speak to him in a dream”

Why did God send prophets? To guide his people in the right way. It’s in the Bible, 2 Chronicles 24:19, NKJV. “Yet He sent prophets to them, to bring them back to the LORD; and they testified against them, but they would not listen.”

Prophets are not necessarily popular. It’s in the Bible, Matthew 5:11-12, NKJV. “Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”

Prophets are not popular, because they speak what is right, not what is popular. It's in the Bible, Isaiah 30:10, NIV. "They say to the seers, 'See no more visions!' and to the prophets, 'Give us no more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions.'"

How can we recognize a true prophet? Their predictions will occur as predicted. It’s in the Bible, Jeremiah 28:9, NKJV. “As for the prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet comes to pass, the prophet will be known as one whom the LORD has truly sent.”

Prophets | Bibleinfo.com

 

[Lost4words]

There many modern day prophets (so called) on these very forums

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

There many modern day prophets (so called) on these very forums

Everything (not everything, but everything to be considered, before being accepted) is to be submitted to Jesus. Test, test, test, pray constantly.

 

[Lost4words]

It has been seen or reported or whatever, that the p r o f i t s
... well, are the reason for these very forums .....

Nice spelling 'mistake'

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

Corrected.....

 

[Lost4words]

Corrected.....

Jeff, you ALWAYS alter your posts afterwards! Why?

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

Jeff, you ALWAYS alter your posts afterwards! Why?

57% of the posts I don't alter.

 

[keras]

There many modern day prophets (so called) on these very forums

So L4W, will you listen to them, or is your heart hardened against them?

 

[Lost4words]

57% of the posts I don't alter.

Why do you alter them?

 

[Lost4words]

So L4W, will you listen to them, or is your heart hardened against them?

False prophets. I should have put the word 'false' down.

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

Why do you alter them?

By definition , they can't be altered until after they are posted ......


(I delete a lot of them before they are posted; about 12% to 32% )

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

False prophets. I should have put the word 'false' down.

"We should test those who claim to be prophets. It’s in the Bible, 1 John 4:1, NKJV. "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world."

Beware of prophets who do not keep the laws of God, even if they perform miracles. It’s in the Bible, Matthew 7:22-23, NKJV. “Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’”

Don’t listen to prophets that speak against the Bible. It’s in the Bible, Isaiah 8:20, NKJV. “To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”"

 

[Lost4words]

By definition , they can't be altered until after they are posted ......


(I delete a lot of them before they are posted; about 12% to 32% )

You alter many my friend

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

You alter many my friend

That's what I said, yes, in an earlier posts. what is 32% plus 43% ?

 

[Lost4words]

That's what I said, yes, in an earlier posts. what is 32% plus 43% ?

Why do you alter so many then?

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

Why do you alter so many then?

Why does water run uphill ?

 

[Lost4words]

Why does water run uphill ?

Evasive as ever...

 

[yeshuaslavejeff]

Evasive as ever...

COOL WATER !

 

[Lost4words]

COOL WATER !