Are there prophets in the church today?

[lentz]

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I mostly certainly don’t want to offend you. But the signs of the Apostles are certainly over and done with.
You wish to believe they are still alive and well today,that’s fine. But allow me to believe differently.
Neither here nor there.but I would say you are of a Pentecostal background.

I can’t read that signature. Something was lost in the translation

 

[lentz]

I mostly certainly don’t want to offend you. But the signs of the Apostles are certainly over and done with.
You wish to believe they are still alive and well today,that’s fine. But allow me to believe differently.
Neither here nor there.but I would say you are of a Pentecostal background.

Acts 2:17; 'AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,' God says, 'THAT I WILL POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT ON ALL MANKIND; AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS;

I would say this is more the "last" days than when that was written.

1Cor 14:37; If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that the things which I write to you are the Lord's commandment.



Definitely baptist/cessationist leaning.

Peter was saying “like “ in the book of Joel. What was happening on the day of Pentacost,was not what Joel described.
The Spirit fell on a very few,by size of the crowd. And the sun didn’t go dark,or moon turn to blood.
All of that has yet to happen.
So,still no prophets,angels,gift of healing,raising the dead during Church age

 

[First and the Last]

I mostly certainly don’t want to offend you. But the signs of the Apostles are certainly over and done with.
You wish to believe they are still alive and well today,that’s fine. But allow me to believe differently.
Neither here nor there.but I would say you are of a Pentecostal background.

I can’t read that signature. Something was lost in the translation

We both have the freedom to believe what we want that is absolutely true. Two opposing ideas can't both be right according to scripture. So which is right. Let others weigh in on this, because we are both content with what we believe. God bless and may God richly bless you.

 

[joestue]

So,still no prophets,angels,gift of healing,raising the dead during Church age

There is.

But its not for the public to witness.

 

[lentz]

There is.

But its not for the public to witness.

You personally saw the dead raised?
Jesus Christ lives inside us. What is an angel going to do?
God can heal and does at times. But you’re going to die from something.
If it’s not witnessed,how does God get glory from it?

 

[First and the Last]

Peter was saying “like “ in the book of Joel. What was happening on the day of Pentacost,was not what Joel described.
The Spirit fell on a very few,by size of the crowd. And the sun didn’t go dark,or moon turn to blood.
All of that has yet to happen.
So,still no prophets,angels,gift of healing,raising the dead during Church age

In Acts 3, Peter heals a man lame from birth at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. This miracle is performed through the invocation of Jesus Christ's name, emphasizing the belief in the continued power of Jesus working through his apostles after his ascension.

Acts 5:15-16 describes how people brought the sick into the streets, hoping that Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by. All of them were healed.

Perhaps the most famous instance is in Acts 9:36-42, where Peter raises a woman named Tabitha (also called Dorcas) from the dead in Joppa. This miracle leads many to believe in Christ.

Another instance is in Acts 20:9-12, where Paul raises a young man named Eutychus who had fallen from a window and died during one of Paul's lengthy sermons.

These accounts are meant to show that the apostles carried forward Jesus' mission and divine authority. They were seen as confirmations of the truth of Jesus' teachings and as signs of the power of the Holy Spirit among the believers.

Acts 2:17-18 quotes the prophet Joel, indicating that God would pour out His Spirit upon all people, enabling prophecy, visions, and dreams. This suggests that the gift of prophecy was expected to continue throughout the Church age.

Furthermore, the Apostle Paul discusses spiritual gifts extensively in 1 Corinthians 12-14, where he confirms that gifts like healing and prophecy are bestowed by the Holy Spirit to serve the common good and build up the Church. The presence of angels in the Church age is also indicated in multiple New Testament passages, such as Hebrews 1:14, which describes angels as ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation.

These accounts suggest that miraculous gifts, including healing and raising the dead, were part of the early Church’s experience, intended to affirm the message of the Gospel and the presence of God's Kingdom. Thus, the idea that such occurrences were absent during the Church age does not align with New Testament teachings or the experiences of the early Christians.

 

[joestue]

You personally saw the dead raised?
Jesus Christ lives inside us. What is an angel going to do?
God can heal and does at times. But you’re going to die from something.
If it’s not witnessed,how does God get glory from it?

You seem weirdly angry.

The masses these days are not receptive to the gospel and if a dead man was raised in a shopping mall no one would notice or believe it.

-as far as angels go, i once angrily stated on the wrong planet.net forum, that entropy wins and the universe will die the "heat death" of the universe. an angel woke me up, a few months later over that statement, at 4 am in the morning. -so far in the last 12 years i've done lots more dumber stuff than that yet that remains the single most biblical scale experience i've had, and gives me the confidence to declare a more nuanced interpretation of the "new heaven and earth" is more correct. this universe will not be destroyed. NT wright gets it better than most in his book on this matter.

who is glorified when a mother prays for a still born and brings it back to life? and no one believes her because no one witnessed it?

 

[First and the Last]

Firstly, concerning prophets, the New Testament explicitly mentions the presence and importance of prophets during the Church age. In Ephesians 4:11-12, Paul outlines that Christ gave the church "apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up." This indicates that prophets were considered a foundational part of the early Church's structure. Moreover, in Acts 11:27-28 and Acts 21:10-11, individuals like Agabus are recognized as prophets who played significant roles in guiding the early Christians, particularly by foretelling future events that affected the Church directly.

Regarding angels, the New Testament also provides multiple accounts of angelic interactions during the Church age. In Acts 12:7-11, an angel helps Peter escape from prison, clearly demonstrating that angels continued to intervene in human affairs after Christ’s resurrection and during the early Church period. Similarly, in Revelation, angels are prominently involved in communicating messages and visions to John, which are central to the book’s prophetic literature.

Thus, the biblical record suggests that both prophets and angels were active and integral to God's plans during the Church age, contradicting the idea that their roles ceased after the formation of the early Church.

 

[Brad Huber]

You personally saw the dead raised?
Jesus Christ lives inside us. What is an angel going to do?
God can heal and does at times. But you’re going to die from something.
If it’s not witnessed,how does God get glory from it?

Do you really think our media is so morally upright, that they would speak on miracles? Or is the world media for the most part owned by enemies of the truth? And the few that report the miracles are thought bogus by so many.

 

[lentz]

Based on most people’s posts, it is easy to tell someone’s leaning toward a particular denomination.

 

[First and the Last]

Just like a story I heard from a Missionary sometime ago. They were having a tent revival outside of the city, because of where they were, if you even said the name Jesus or Christian you would be arrested. It's been long time now I can't remember the country. Anyway they were having worship service and the tent was surrounded by a paramilitary group with automatic weapons and opened fire. Not a soul in the tent revival was harmed the bullets passed through and killed all the military guys. The Missionary had a shirt with holes on both side where the bullets passed through. I am not inclined to call a Missionary a liar. Besides the power of God was so strong in that place as he was explaining in detail.

Something like that in a country against Christianity to only have a miracle to validate Christianity's influence. If that would have been broadcasted that country with have been turned upside down like Bible days of Old. But that country would never allow its regular citizenry to know.