So in my three years in faith one thing I have run across often and also that is the most misused title within God's kingdom is a prophet. Many claim to be a prophet and claim to have had a divine revelation and almost always they are attacked or demanded to prove they are legit prophets because in this day and age false prophets and false teachers are abound everywhere.
Anyone who teaches anything that is contrary to the Word of God is a false teacher. Anyone who prophesies about something that does not line up with Scriptures is a false prophet. Anyone who prophesizes about something and it does NOT come to pass, is also a false prophet.
I also think many have the wrong idea of what a prophet does and what a prophet is, some think that a prophet is one who receives divine revelations via dreams visions or some other means and explains future events to come and warnings of mass destruction.
This is a description of the prophets in the Bible. It is also a description of the prophets in the last days
Act_2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
i believe the Word of God and what Jesus taught, NOT what the people from the last days generation teaches.
But I don't think this is what a prophet is, in my view a prophet is nothing more than a messenger, he or she hears God's message and they speak it to the people, they have an ear for God's voice. visions and divine revelations do not make one a prophet in my view,
Unless they are prophetic visions and divine revelations about prophetic topics, right?
yes you may have the gift of prophecy
One who has the Gift of prophesy, will indeed have visions from God, will indeed have dreams from God, will indeed hear God's voice.
but a prophet isn't just about prophecy they bear the the role of being God's voice to the ppl. in the Old testament when the jews were confused and needed direction they often times went to the prophet to hear what God would say to them.
True, and the prophet did NOT give his own thought, or what he personally thought was the answer, the prophet would tell them what GOD told them. God spoke to them, as He speaks to them today. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
back then or at least as far as I have read not just anyone claimed to be a prophet but in this day and age many make this claim whether they are legit or not or whether they purposely misleading or not.
Many claim this, because the Word of God plainly teaches that in the last days there will be many false prophets. This is a tactic of satan, to make everyone NOT believe the True prophets that God does speak to and reveal the future to. satan causes many false ones to arise in the last days, many claim to be prophets. Again, and Again, i say. If Anyone teaches something that is contrary to the Word of God, they are a false teacher and/or false prophet. Those who God does speak with, will also be taught of the Holy Ghost. Anyone who teaches something that does not line up with Scriptures is FALSE.
I don't know if this is true or if it is biblical or not but I have always seen a prophet very high ranked in God's kingdom which is why I get so upset when my friends call me the prophet to mess with me because firstly I am not a prophet secondly assuming I am correct a prophet is very high ranked in God's kingdom and so I do not enjoy being called that out of mockery. I have yet to meet one legit prophet but I do believe they exist still,
Now you have. Do i say that to boast or to exalt myself? To hear from this wicked generation that is what they will falsely accuse straight away. But i am called, not to save the unsaved, i am called to correct those who proclaim to be Christians from any false doctrine or false teaching that they present. When you say you have not met one legit prophet, i could not hold my tongue, because that is now untrue, false, and not accurate.
after all I cannot say they don't exist anymore simply because I have not seen them yet however false prophets are very real and honestly I think a lot of them are simply confused, true there are some with dark intentions but I think many Think they are hearing God's voice when it is there own or even the enemies.
This is so True, concerning the false prophets. But again, they hear something, and even if it does not line up with Scriptures or even if it is contrary to Scriptures, they teach it anyways. They have altogether Failed to try the spirits? How do you try the Spirits, with the Word of God. If what they are telling you does not line up with Scriptures or is contrary to ANY verse in Scriptures, you are hearing a false spirit. They will teach 99% Truth added with a 1% lie to these people. And these people should realize that it is a false spirit because of the 1% lie. That 1% lie is contrary to a verse in the Word of God, therefore the spirit is false. God only speaks 100% Truth, there is NO LIE in Him. If a voice is speaking to you, and there is but a little bit of leaven (lie) in it. It is a false spirit, no matter that 99% of the other stuff the spirit said is True.
Again. "IF Anyone (person or spirit or even self) is teaching you something that contradicts ANY verse in Scriptures, then what is being taught is a False Teaching and it is NOT of God.
our voice and the enemies voice is much easier to hear and can easily if we allow it be seen as God's voice.
satan speaks to many in this world, he is the god of this world. God speaks to few in this world, because few live HOLY and Righteous, few are on that Narrow and Difficult path that leads to life everlasting. FEW live by the Word of God. How you can tell which voice is speaking? By what is being said. If what is being said contradicts the Word of God, it is an evil spirit.
I can't tell you how much I want to meet a real legit prophet but searching on the web for one does no good not to mention if I did find one I likely would not be able to speak with them.
The Question is why are you seeking to speak to a prophet? Most answers that people seek can be found in the Word of God, and Many more can be found by the Holy Spirit of God.
But being a prophet is not an easy job in fact it is one of the hardest because you will be attacked quite often and be called horrible things and ppl will speak lies of you and will try to do everything to bring you down and make sure you can't get back up.
i since this has happened to you, you have described perfectly what happens to me continually. But it does not bring me down. Because God told me that this generation would not receive or hear the words that i teach them, from Him. i then asked Him, then why teach it at all to them, if you already know they will not receive it. He then said "They will have not cloak for their sins" i said "That is in Scriptures isn't it?" He then said, When they stand before me on Judgment Day, they will not be able to plead ignorance, that they did not know, for behold you and others will have told them the Truth. So then i understood why i teach, not to convince anyone of the Truth, but merely to reveal the Truth to a generation that will absolutely refuse to hear it, because this generation LOVES their false doctrines, itching ears, and will not come to the Truth, because the Truth is HARD, it is a difficult path, not an easy Christianity path, but a narrow and difficult path that only a very few will FIND. Many THINK they are on that path, and will refuse to listen to anyone who tries to tell them otherwise.
If anyone wants to be a prophet I think they might consider the cost
This is True, with more knowledge requires more responsibility. The consequences of NOT doing what He tells you to do, will effect your entire life thereafter. i did not do what He told me to do, and i have not heard His voice, or had any visions, or any dreams, since. i have not heard from Him since 1994. crying now, gotta go.