I Corinthians 12:28-29; Ephesians 4:11-16<\/p>\n\t
I. In the Greek, prophetes<\/i>, means an inspired speaker<\/p>\n
II. Only allowed to speak what God told the prophet<\/p>\n
A. Example of Balaam – Numbers 22:18-20, 38; 23:12<\/p>\n
B. Prophets had control of when they spoke – I Corinthians 14:29-32<\/p>\n
C. Words must be carefully considered – I Thessalonians 5:19-22<\/p>\n
III. Always possible for a false claim of being a prophet, so there were tests – I John 4:1<\/p>\n
A. Since God doesn’t lie, what a prophet says is always true – Deuteronomy 18:20-22<\/p>\n B. It is always consistent with what God already said – Deuteronomy 13:1-5;\nGalatians 1:6-10\nIV. Prophets were teachers before recorded doctrine was available – I Corinthians 14:26, 31;\nEphesians 4:11-13; Acts 15:32\n A. They also recorded God’s words. Some of the books of the Bible are written by\nprophets: Mark, Luke, Acts, and possibly James and Jude.\nV. Prophecy was temporary – I Corinthians 13:8-10; Daniel 9:24; Zechariah 13:1-2; Matthew\n7:21-23\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrior Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFundamentals of Christianity\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Prophets I Corinthians 12:28-29; Ephesians 4:11-16 I. In the Greek, prophetes, means an inspired speaker II. Only allowed to speak what God told the prophet A. Example of Balaam – Numbers 22:18-20, 38; 23:12 B. Prophets had control of when they spoke – I Corinthians 14:29-32 C. Words must be carefully considered – I Thessalonians 5:19-22 III. Always possible for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":26590,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-65186","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":691,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/letter-to-the-hebrews\/christ-is-better-than-the-prophets\/","url_meta":{"origin":65186,"position":0},"title":"Christ is Better than the Prophets","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Christ is Better than the Prophets Text:\u00a0Hebrews 1:1-3 Long ago God used prophets to deliver His message. 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