Ongoing prophecy

[Tellyontellyon]

There are many prophets described in the Bible. In the OT, and also in the NT:
Jesus was, among other things, a prophet, Joseph, Mary and Elizabeth received prophecy, Peter's dream, Paul's conversion, John's revelation, Pentecost... etc, etc.

What about today...
Is prophecy still an accepted aspect of the experience of some Christians?

Could it lead to valid beliefs that are not explicit in the existing scriptures?

 

[Carl Emerson]

Yes...

 

[Jesus is my Superhero]

Only in the sense of yet to be fulfilled prophecies found in the inspired word of God which is the bible. Those imagining dreams as prophecies handed down to them personally, are being played by the prince of the power of the air.

Eph2:2
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.

Heb. 1:1-2

1On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets. 2But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.

 

[com7fy8]

Prophets did not only foretell the future.

"But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men." (1 Corinthians 14:3)

I see this can mean building up, charging up, keeping up in Jesus and His love. Grace does this, and prophecy is a gift, and 1 Peter 4:10 says >

"As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God." (1 Peter 4:10)

So, prophecy ministers God's own grace which includes God effecting our character to become built and charged and kept the way Jesus and His love is.

God's
redeeming
and
creative
effect

 

[Norbert L]

There are many prophets described in the Bible. In the OT, and also in the NT:
Jesus was, among other things, a prophet, Joseph, Mary and Elizabeth received prophecy, Peter's dream, Paul's conversion, John's revelation, Pentecost... etc, etc.

What about today...
Is prophecy still an accepted aspect of the experience of some Christians?

Could it lead to valid beliefs that are not explicit in the existing scriptures?

Everything today is questionable 1 John 4:1 Just because it's supernatural doesn't mean it's correct. Galatians 1:8

 

[Abaxvahl]

There are many prophets described in the Bible. In the OT, and also in the NT:
Jesus was, among other things, a prophet, Joseph, Mary and Elizabeth received prophecy, Peter's dream, Paul's conversion, John's revelation, Pentecost... etc, etc.

What about today...
Is prophecy still an accepted aspect of the experience of some Christians?

Could it lead to valid beliefs that are not explicit in the existing scriptures?

Prophecy continues in the Church.

As for leading to valid beliefs not explicit in the Scriptures, and I would add at least implicit, not really that I've seen. Scripture is considered definitive Public Revelation, it is from God and binding on all. Modern prophecy is private revelation (not binding on all), ultimately all true private revelations I have seen end up returning people and "reviving" them to follow Public Revelation, directing them in a particular time to do what God has always wanted them to do in a helpful way. I may be wrong on this but it's what I've seen. False private revelations tend to try and add things.

 

[Sketcher]

What about today...
Is prophecy still an accepted aspect of the experience of some Christians?

Yes.

Could it lead to valid beliefs that are not explicit in the existing scriptures?

Situational, perhaps - but it will always be in line with what is taught in Scripture. God isn't going to change his mind about what he already clearly taught us in Scripture.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Though not prophecy per se the Proverbs are predictably valid through time.

 

[Maria Billingsley]

There are many prophets described in the Bible. In the OT, and also in the NT:
Jesus was, among other things, a prophet, Joseph, Mary and Elizabeth received prophecy, Peter's dream, Paul's conversion, John's revelation, Pentecost... etc, etc.

What about today...
Is prophecy still an accepted aspect of the experience of some Christians?

Could it lead to valid beliefs that are not explicit in the existing scriptures?

Prophets mainly tried to bring Israel back to repentance. The fore telling was God's planned wrath on the unrepentant heart as well as many prophetic utterances about the coming Messiah. Today this is not the case. There are an abundance of charlatans who claim to be prophetic when in fact they just lust after power. That being said, I do believe there are those who are moved by the Holy Spirit who share prophetic knowledge that help a particular person or the Church, which is strictly for edification. Be blessed.

 

[ViaCrucis]

There are many prophets described in the Bible. In the OT, and also in the NT:
Jesus was, among other things, a prophet, Joseph, Mary and Elizabeth received prophecy, Peter's dream, Paul's conversion, John's revelation, Pentecost... etc, etc.

What about today...
Is prophecy still an accepted aspect of the experience of some Christians?

Could it lead to valid beliefs that are not explicit in the existing scriptures?

It depends on what what means by "prophecy".

Do new prophets with new revelation(s) from God show up? No.

The New Testament does talk about the charism--"gift"--of prophecy as one of the gifts of the Spirit that are present in the life of the Church.

I come from the position that the gift of prophecy has nothing to do with ecstatic utterances, that would be a Montanist view of prophecy which is heretical. Likewise prophecy has nothing to do with imparting revelatory knowledge, nor with predicting the future. Rather prophecy is the gift of speaking God's word.

When it comes to prophets in the Christian sense I would point to someone like Martin Luther King, Jr. King's boldness to speak the truth of God in the midst of a hostile world, proclaiming truth to power, and calling the Church to repentance are examples of what the prophetic life Christianity ought to look like.

It's therefore not about being a "prophet", but rather the prophetic reality of the power of God's word to cut through to the heart of things. That prophetic voice in the Church calls the Church to faithfulness and repentance, and it speaks truth to power. That prophetic voice is wherever God's word is being preached, not just in more extraordinary individuals like Dr. King, but at every pulpit where God's word is proclaimed for our own hearing.

In that sense every ordained pastor exercises the gift of prophecy whenever they preach the word to the Faithful. In the same way, pastors exercise the apostolic gifts when they serve in their pastoral capacity: Such as in the words of Absolution, and in the consecration of the elements of the Eucharist. These things are subsumed into the ministry or office of the Keys.

And so the exercising of the prophetic and apostolic is found not in extraordinary ministers such as the calling of new "prophets" or new "apostles"; but in the proper and faithful exercising of the Keys in the life of the Church.

But, again, sometimes certain individuals do seem to have a unique calling and to serve in a certain way at that time and place--such as Dr. King as already mentioned. I think Luther also served an important purpose for this at the time of the Reformation, and we can see other individuals in the history of the Church, both East and West. The tradition of the Fool-for-Christ, for example that of St. Francis of Assisi in the Western Church, or St. Basil the Blessed in the Eastern Church.

-CryptoLutheran