Of course. Prophecy is teaching the revealed Word of God. It's teaching scripture.
Original Word: προφητεία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: prophéteia
Phonetic Spelling: (prof-ay-ti'-ah)
Short Definition: prophecy
Definition: prophecy, prophesying; the gift of communicating and enforcing revealed truth.
Yes Paul speaks many foreign languages. And sings with them too.
Ya know...this whole thread is pretty redundant really. The things you think Paul is telling the Corinthians to do, he's not...and even those things he's telling those people not to do, are not the same things you think they are. The undisputed and oft repeated message of Pauls letter to Corinth was to abide in Faith, Hope, Charity.....LOVE. He rebukes them over their pagan traditions and tells them to MOVE ON and GROW UP into those things
You'd think people would just LOOK out in the world to see if miracles are being summoned by Christians, just to check if there might be a possibility that they have got a slightly skewed take on that particular book of the New Testament. Do you think there might be a chance?
The very fact that Christians do NOT have the ability to instantly heal brethren using 'gifts', make the blind see, raise the dead, heal whole towns of people like the 1st Century Apostles did...well.....its a giveaway.
But go ahead and continue your self-edification. Good luck.
Just show me where Jesus talks gibberish.
Of course. Prophecy is teaching the revealed Word of God. It's teaching scripture.
Problem is that teaching and prophecy are dichotomised gifts. Doesnt work. They are distinct. Prophecy is a BIT MORE supernatural then just teaching . . . hence "the secrets of his heart are revealed and he falls on his face declaring God is amongst you." The "secrets of the heart" is the contents of the prophecy . . . not exegesis of scripture.
Further, every bit of prophecy in Acts has NOTHING to do with exegeting Scripture . . . Agabus foretells a coming famine, then he speaks about the one "wearing this belt" being taken in chains . . . the women warn people not to go places . . . NOT ONE BIT IS TEACHING THE REVEALED WORD OF GOD. Your position isnt informed as to the case studies in Scripture as to what prophecy IS.
Yes Paul speaks many foreign languages
Again, cant be foreign languages, no one understands them . . . and even if you say "ya, no one present" . . . it still doesnt work. Why would one speak in foreign languages for the purpose of communicating the Gospel to people IN THAT LANGUAGE . . . WHEN THEY ARENT EVEN PRESENT, cuz no one understands. Not consistent in action bro. Why is a GIFT of INTERPRETATION NEEDED
NEEDED
to interpret it? If it is a foreign language, meant for people of that language, then why a SPECIAL GIFT OF INTERPRETATION needed? The people who know the language dont need it . . . right? They can just interpret w/o a gift of interpretation . . . yet Paul says AN INTERPRETATION IS NEEDED PER THE GIFT OF THE SPIRIT OF INTERPRETATION. Again not consistent.
He rebukes them over their pagan traditions and tells them to MOVE ON and GROW UP into those things
His comment about childish and grown things is NOT NEGATIVE. It is not a denouncement. He is speaking in a parallel about progress in growth and that the fullness of that growth doesnt happen until the perfect comes . . . HE SEES HIMSELF AS PART OF THE CHILDISH AGE. Dont make parallels mean things they are not supposed to.
Rebuke huh? Sure, that makes HUGE sense when he tells them to pursue the things and not to disallow them
You'd think people would just LOOK out in the world to see if miracles are being summoned by Christians, just to check if there might be a possibility that they have got a slightly skewed take on that particular book of the New Testament. Do you think there might be a chance?
LOL, have u read any of the accounts of what is happening world wide in the missions fields? I have a man in my church WHO WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD BRO . . . my daughter WAS blind in her right eye, and now she is seeing, we have people who ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD FROM CANCER who are now TOTALLY cancer free . . . arthritics healed, paralyzed tongues now speaking, blind eyes now seeing . . .
sorry, I got living breathing proof of the current manifestations of the power of God IN A CHURCH WITH SOUND DOCTRINE.
The very fact that Christians do NOT have the ability to instantly heal brethren using 'gifts', make the blind see, raise the dead, heal whole towns of people like the 1st Century Apostles did...well.....its a giveaway.
Uh no it is not, it is ur failure to read the text and work out a proper systematic.
The text says the manifestations are given "as the Spirit wills" . . . so if the Spirit doesnt want to, it doesnt happen. This means that the gifts are NOT RESIDENTIAL. IOW, one doesnt just activate them. Paul himself didnt heal everyone, trophimus, timothy, even himself.
The healthy systematic is that God is sovereign and works to His will for His glory, and if a gifting doesnt suit that in the moment, it doesnt happen. So your whole theory about hospitals collapses. They arent according to the person.
Just show me where Jesus talks gibberish
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why would He need to?
Tongues is for the fostering of the person's intimacy with God . . . Jesus had no need for this, so no need for tongues. So again, your statment falls to the ground. Sorry
