THE PROPHETS AND TRUTH

     

THE PROPHETS AND TRUTH

 

It is hard to believe nowadays that prophets are extant because there are a lot of noises that squelch their voices into irrelevance, or else, into insignificance. Topping it, the prophets do denigrate themselves into becoming soothsayers!   Prophesying of events and not of the testimony of the change of a man.  The testimony which is about a man coming from darkness into the light and from profanity into holiness and perfection. 

An example to this typo of prophet who prophesy of events in the New Testament is the prophet Agabus whom Paul met along in his ministry in Jesus Christ.

Acts 11:27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.

Acts 11:28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.

          As alluded , the physical world is becoming more seductive to human curiosity,  in general, than the spiritual truth in terms of application in the daily routine of life.  People prefer instant and portable solutions which is never always immediate.  The Spirit is discerned and experienced in the spiritual life because the Spirit do not profit in the flesh. Meaning, the things of the spirit is not of the flesh and these two are at enmity with each other.

Galatians 5:16  This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Galatians 5:17  For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

The spirit and the flesh are in conflict because these are not in the same mind, ways, and world. The flesh functions in the world of pain and pleasure but the spirit functions in the world of profane and holy.

The flesh is about meats and drinks and the riches of this earth but the spirit is not. The flesh tends towards strife and division but spirit is toward the unity of the spirits in the bond of peace. Having said that there are worlds to recognize it also mean that there are truths to understand behind and beyond the dynamics of life.

Truth is either constant or changing. The unchanging truth keeps a man predictable and stedfast in the pursuit of change towards the image of God while the variable truth keeps man relevant and valuable towards serving God.

Predictability and Stedfastness marks the way of the testimony of the chosen man of God which is otherwise called the sure word of prophecy. Whereas, relevance and value is the way of judgment and righteousness of faith to keep the servant of God versatile in the so-called service to God. 

As the world evolves in violence and corruption along with the knowledge of witty inventions there also lies the compelling necessity to change the laws because of transgression. In short, everyone today is a transgressor of the testament of Jesus Christ which was the new testament then present_ the testament which is in effect today after the death and resurrection of Jesus.

This is the reason why we need a Mediator of a better and new testament other than the testament of Jesus Christ. Surely, many will detest this revelation because they will assert the things they know from the scriptures saying that it is written Jesus has an unchanging priesthood in the order of Melchizedek, thus, the idea of a change of the law necessitating a change of priesthood is unreasonable and motu propio.  

The speculations of man on many things about the written words in the holy bible it is easy to understand and this is because they are void of the spirit of truth. This is also the reason why the church is continually being raped and ripped apart by those who try to interpret the written word of God having not the Spirit. Matter of fact, they make merchandise of people out of the word of God.

Now, if the laws and testimony that they adopt and teach and prophesy are not in accordance with the voice of the Spirit it is because there is no light in them. God is not with them!   

Conversely, as Jesus entered into the heavens and the knowledge about him while he was in the flesh is no more true and the same _ the truth has changed because of the reason that we know him no more when he entered into the heavens. 

2 Corinthians 5:16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Therefore, as Jesus comes to the Father to prepare a place for this generation, which Jesus we know no more, and will come again to appear the second time to them that seek him, tagging along with him the new heavens and the new earth _ the new Jerusalem to come down from heaven, our truth is no longer the present truth and the light.

How can anyone be so sure of his knowledge about Jesus by the written scriptures when the truth says otherwise? Jesus will come back in the flesh but with a new narrative and name of God because of our transgression in the testament of Jesus Christ.   

       In disbelief, the imams, mullahs, rabbis, pundits, pastors, teachers, priests, scribes, da lai lamas, and evangelists of sort would lightly declare or believe on the coming of the Jesus Christ who was and is both a man of God and  God himself by the name of the Spirit as declared by an angel.  The Spirit in Jesus is the Spirit of God which is the Christ but Jesus is the name of that Spirit being in the flesh.  This is the reason why he is both man and God.  

       Needless to say, Jesus is a Prophet and a Priest and a King and a Son of God and a Counselor and a Prince of Peace and a Mighty God and Everlasting Father.  

       Now, the prophet is a man that has the spirit of the Holy God in him (as disclosed to us in the bible):

Numbers 11:29    And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD’S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them! 

Daniel 4:8  But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying,

Daniel 4:9  O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.

The prophet Joel have earlier prophesied of the coming of the Holy Ghost as it will be poured out in the last days to bear the record from heaven!

Joel 2:27  And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.

Joel 2:28  And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

Joel 2:29  And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

Jesus in prophecy, too, told his disciples that the Holy Ghost will come to abide in them forever.  This same Spirit is the one referred to by Jesus as the Kingdom of God or Kingdom of Heaven which is his spiritual idiom or language arcane to his disciples.  In fact, he tried to reveal this Spirit and explain to them in hours, days, years, and several occasions of teaching.

Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Same as the First Great Commandment saying, Love God with all your heart, with all your mind, with all your soul, and with all your might)

Matthew 12:28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.

THE PROPHECY OF THE SPIRIT COMING BY JESUS

 John 14:16   And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

John 14:26   But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 15:26   But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

John 16:7     Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

The prophet of God is also the Minister of the Spirit to put the Spirit upon men as God wish or purpose upon men.  Below,  we can see the messengers of King Saul being given the Spirit and Saul himself who cannot control himself but act the way what the spirit would will upon him.  The prophet of God is a minister of the spirit and not only a minister of the word. 

1 Samuel 10:10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. 

David Escaping from certain death as King Saul wanted him dead which reveals the power of the spirit and the spirit being ministered by Samuel the prophet.

1 Samuel 19:18-24
18So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.

19And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.

20And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

21And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.

22Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.

23And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

24And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?

          Moreover, it must be known that there were prophets of God who became brutish and foolish because of the filth in their flesh and spirit considering that the Spirit of God was in them:

1)  Balaam the Prophet of Moab 

Jude 1:11     Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.      

Numbers 22:12    And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed. 

Nehemiah 13:2     Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Micah 6:5      O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.

2)  Miriam the Prophetess sister of Moses: confronted Moses because he married an Ethiopian Woman which is against the Law which was declared unto them by Moses himself by the Spirit of God

Exodus 15:20    And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.  

Numbers 12:1    And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

3)  The prophet Zedekiah (angry with Micaiah also a prophet) who had the spirit of God, by passion and obfuscation, smote Micaiah on the cheek: having the spirit of God does not mean it is the end of walking in the Spirit 

1 Kings 22:24    But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?

Lo, this is the reason why all men are advised to try every spirits whether they are of God because the spirit can easily shift or hide from a man as he becomes corrupted, polluted, and defiled. Yea, God will destroy them which defile the temple of God. 

          Measuring the spirits whether they are of God suggest that one must use the unchanging truth which is the just weight and just balance. The variable truth which is narrative-dependent is of no use to knowing the spirits but for the service to God.  

1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 

Today, the prophets live and certainly they are just somewhere lurking in meekness and humility in the holy places of God.

If man were to seek the people of God, and the true Church, and Jesus who will appear the second time find a place where the doctrine is about Godliness and the Gospel is on the Fear of the Lord, Judgment of God, the Glory of God and Worshipping God in the Spirit and in the Truth.  

Moreover, the teaching must be in holiness and perfection in the language of the spirit, hence, look for the church which teaches about the unchanging and changing truth which is the Spirit and the kingdom of God!  

Many will say that the teaching on perfection is impossible because no one is perfect or will be perfect on this earth.  Nevertheless, it is written, with men it is impossible but with God it is possible.  The reason it is possible is because it is by the Spirit and not by Might nor by the power of man.  The Spirit is the creator, the teacher, the comforter, the power and the authority and the author and finisher of our faith and the captain of our salvation!

Learn from the story of King Saul where he has no control over himself but the Spirit, hence, the truth that man is saved by grace and not of oneself and not of works which is by the self.  

The Spirit makes a man perfect, hence, when they are sent unto men we are created in his image, and so, seek the church where the spirit is ministered and not only the word of God for the perfect church both minister the Word of God and the Spirit of God.  

The laws of the perfect church is not limited to the written words in the scriptures only but by command, meaning, the voice of God is there leading and guiding them.  This is the prophet but, again, be wary and discern for deception is the warfare of Satan and there are seducing spirits. 

So then, it is clear that the truth (changing and unchanging) is declared by the man sent by God who is the prophet for, truly, God is sending his servants.  The unchanging truth is for everyone's use to weigh and measure and know the spirits whether they are of God and the changing truth is for the work of the ministry, the edifying of the church and the perfecting of the saints. 

Jeremiah 23:21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

Conversely, Romans 10:13-17 avers that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God!  The word that comes from the man whom God will send that we should hear and believe.   

Therefore, any church that do not have the man of God or the servant of God that is able to minister the word and the spirit is an occult! Further, any church that has only one prophet or, much worse, only have one wise man is a sham. The church of God has two or three prophets and the other is the judge of them all! The true church also has eye-witnesses of the God manifested in the flesh _ immanent God. Any church that is led by one and is not connected to the truth and the light is a sham and an occult!

1 Corinthians 14:29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
2 Kings 21:10 And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying, 

Seek for a church that do have prophets speaking the word of God in holiness, in righteousness, in judgment, in the fear of the Lord, in truth, and in the Spirit. The true prophet teaches of the everlasting covenant, the everlasting gospel, and everlasting life which is the Spirit.