Can someone help me out here?

[k4c]

Can someone show me in the Bible where a prophet borrowed from someone else to tell the people?

It seems to me that a true prophet receives from God and then tells the people. I don't see prophets in the Bible borrowing from others to tell God's people and then calling themselves a prophet.

Now don't tell me how the Apostels quoted from the Old Testament. Quoting from Scripture does not cause one to be exalted to the office of prophet nor does borrowing from others.

Can someone help me out here?

 

[DeanM]

I am not very learned from a biblical standpoint (compared to many here).

Perhaps I'm not understanding your question, either.

But here's a 'what-if' scenario.

Let's say God has spoken to 10 prophets in the last 3000 years (total guess, btw).

Upon reaching out to a new prophet, God might say "I know you've read these three books. 2 of them are false, but 1 was written by a true prophet. Take the ideas you found in that book and add these new concepts, and tell the people."

Granted, God could have just recited the contents of the 1 good book and hoped that the prophet retained all that information, or God could have just said to use the 1 good book as a starting point for His new revelations.

Granted, this is a what-if situation.

But if I understand your question, I think you're figuring that God would never have done this?

And if you think may never have done this, I wonder why you'd think that?

I'm not being adversarial, nor I have near the knowledge of many members here, but I couldn't help but think that God might have done something like this, and I've never seen any evidence that He didn't.

 

[.chrys.]

Can someone show me in the Bible where a prophet borrowed from someone else to tell the people?

It seems to me that a true prophet receives from God and then tells the people. I don't see prophets in the Bible borrowing from others to tell God's people and then calling themselves a prophet.

Now don't tell me how the Apostels quoted from the Old Testament. Quoting from Scripture does not cause one to be exalted to the office of prophet nor does borrowing from others.

Can someone help me out here?

Perhaps Moses and Aaron. Moses received word from God and Aaron relayed the word to the people.

 

[k4c]

Perhaps Moses and Aaron. Moses received word from God and Aaron relayed the word to the people.

So are you saying that the people EGW borrowed from were inspired but EGW was not?

 

[Pythons]

I'm not an authority on Ellen White but I think most of the people who reside in this particular forum would not accept Ellen as a Prophet in the Biblical sense.

From my religious camp, God reveals Himself through the manifold wisdom of the Church. As in Acts 15 where the Church is directly tied to the Holy Spirit. Prophets were used prior to the Incarnation of God and subsequent to the Resurrection God speaks to us directly through the Church.

That's just my take on it.

 

[.chrys.]

So are you saying that the people EGW borrowed from were inspired but EGW was not?

I said nothing about Ellen White whatsoever. I merely answered the query you set forth. Had you something else in mind? Was your intent to discuss whether or not Ellen White was a prophet?

 

[k4c]

I said nothing about Ellen White whatsoever. I merely answered the query you set forth. Had you something else in mind? Was your intent to discuss whether or not Ellen White was a prophet?

We are talking about prophets, which should equate to Ellen if you consider her a prophet.

 

[.chrys.]

We are talking about prophets, which should equate to Ellen if you consider her a prophet.

My humblest apologies. I'm truly embarrassed. I did not assume you wanted to discuss Ellen White; I merely thought you were seeking an answer to your original question. Forgive me.

 

[Moriah_Conquering_Wind]

k4c no one in the P/M/FA forum (that Moriah knows about) considers EGW to be a prophet, and certainly not in the 'authoritative' sense in which the OT prophets bes prophets.

you appear to be in the wrong forum for this discussion. it might interest the Tradventists. it has no bearing on us, AFAIK.

 

[k4c]

My humblest apologies. I'm truly embarassed. I did not assume you wanted to discuss Ellen White; I merely thought you were seeking an answer to your original question. Forgive me.

No need to apologize I should have made my thread more clearer...