Office Of The Prophet
If they give the word and people rebel against the word that.
Office of the prophet. A prophet is first of all a minister who can preach or teach with an anointing. God does not hold prophets responsible for the outcome unless they fail to give the exhortive word. The office of a prophet.
The highest level in the prophetic realm is the office of the prophet. A prophet is one that along with the apostle has a senior role of direction and influence in the body of christ. The office of prophet is one of the leadership offices in the body of christ that exists to equip the saints for the work of the ministry ephesians 4 11 12.
And god hath set some in the church first apostles secondarily prophets thirdly teachers after that. Thus the nt prophet received inspired words from god and what he declared was as equal in authority as the words say of isaiah or amos. Not all believers are called to such a leadership office but the prophet is.
12 28 even a fulltime minister would not be placed in the office of a prophet until he has been in ministry for some years. The office of a prophet has a different distinction to the gift of prophecy in that it is a specific role rather than just a gift. The words of the prophets thus served to lay the foundation of the church by articulating the theological truths and ethical principles binding on the universal body of christ eph.
Because the prophet seems to be the second highest calling see the order as it is listed in 1 cor. When it would seem easier to compromise here or there a true called office prophet will speak up and exhort people not to compromise for the sake of the lord s standard and blessing.