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Do we Still Need the Gift of Prophecy to Remind us?

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“And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. “And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness,” Joel 2:28-31 NKJV

I love studying my Bible near the bay or gulf in the beautiful Tampa Bay area.

As I have been studying this week’s Sabbath School lesson on how the book of Deuteronomy is used throughout Scripture a few thoughts came to mind. 

  1. In Jeremiah 7:1-7 and Micah 6:1-8 Jeremiah and Micah seem to be borrowing from Deuteronomy and yet they are not referencing Moses or giving him credit. Of course back then people knew Scripture so well that it went without saying when Moses was being quoted. This was not considered plagiarism. Of course we know great portions of the New Testament quote, reference and borrow from the Old Testament. This leads me to my second thought.
  2.  In Acts 17:11 the people searched the Scriptures, obviously the Old Testament, to see if what Paul was preaching was true. Could it be that Paul and the other New Testament writers were the lesser lights in their day referencing or pointing to the greater light in the Old Testament? Were Jeremiah and Micah the lesser lights in their day pointing to the greater light in the books of Moses? If so, can one be a lesser light in his or her day but still be inspired by the same Holy Spirit who inspired Moses? This leads me to my third thought.
  3. If God raised up prophets like Jeremiah and Micah to remind people what was written in the books of Moses, could God raise up prophets in the last days to remind people of forgotten truths in Scripture? And if so…
  4. Then if the book of the law needed to be rediscovered in 2 Kings 22:1-20, what writings of inspiration may need to be rediscovered by the church of today? 

 

And now, your thoughts? 

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Do we Still Need the Gift of Prophecy to Remind us? — 5 Comments

  2. It's a good question you ask, William... Do we need a rediscovery of some long neglected writings? I'm sure that's true, yet this study of Deuteronomy has shown me something about the Israelites (and humanity). They promised Moses, "all that God says, we will do" then promptly made a calf to worship! The thing they couldn't seem to do was to stand before God themselves, imploring Moses to do it on their behalf.
    The central message of so many of the prophets who arose in scripture history seems to be "Seek His Face". This thought (though dimly understood by me... why His face?) has changed my approach to scripture, and its amazing to discover more and more about our Father's character of unconditional love.

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  3. I am a Sabbath School teacher often when quoting Mrs White from the lesson I will get comments such as "Where is that in the bible" or thats just her opinion. There is a real critical spirit today that didnt used to be there for the writings of the spirit of prophecy. I dont make a big thing out of it I just say she is a prophet and pass along to the next topic.

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  4. The words of apostle Peter in his second letter speak to the action of the Spirit of prophecy, citing the letters of the apostle Paul. (2 Peter 3:14-18.) The role of the Spirit of prophecy is to encourage us to diligently seek to live pure peaceful lives by growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. This is the testimony of Jesus to all with whom we associate in our lives: our spouses, our children, our friends, our neighbours, those with whom we work, the other drivers on roadways—everyone.

    As Jesus works patiently to perfect our salvation, we in turn work patiently to perfect the salvation of everyone our lives touch (or maybe in some cases, collide). Every thought, every word, every work—all are weighed against eternity. This is not a heavy burden because it is the work of Jesus. Our role is to let him do his work.

    It is as Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 3:2-3, each of us may be a letter written by Jesus to everyone in our lives, if we let him write that letter. This is the testimony of Jesus to a lost and dying world.

    The questions are: Are we letting the Spirit of prophecy act in and through our lives? Are we letting Jesus write on our hearts every word of our Father’s love? (Jeremiah 31:33; Hebrews 8:10-12; Hebrews 10:14-18.) This is the living message of life to the world. This is the gospel, good news.

    If we are sold out to (worship) Jesus, his testimony in our lives will be the Spirit of prophecy. (Revelation 19:10.) It will mark us as his. The Spirit of prophecy and the testimony of Jesus are not rows of red-bound books on a bookshelf.

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