{"id":7362,"date":"2023-11-29T08:26:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T08:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/?p=7362"},"modified":"2024-01-10T08:03:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T08:03:49","slug":"a-man-of-god-2-samuel-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/a-man-of-god-2-samuel-96\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cA Man of God\u201d (2 Samuel 9:6)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cA Man of God\u201d (2 Samuel 9:6)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part Two<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Almighty God has not left His creatures with nothing. He saves, protects, teaches and rebukes all in many ways. In scripted in the Book of Job, \u201cGod may speak in one way,\u00a0or in another.\u201d (Job 33:14) Thus, after He created man honorably more than others, He safeguards him through Divine, Angelic and Human Protection.<\/p>\n

The Lord has granted mankind human protection through Kings, Priests and Prophets as well by teaching, rebuking and safeguarding them from harm. In this case, especially in the Old Testament, the major saints who advised, taught, rebuked and warned of plagues which was about to come from God were Prophets. They were consulate from God, to preach, consult and comfort the people.<\/p>\n

Saint Prophets are \u201cA man of God\u201d who are real people and speak the truth which it is instigated just as their words. In the Book of Samuel, I, it is stated as, \u201cLook now,\u00a0there is\u00a0in this city\u00a0a man of God, and\u00a0he is\u00a0an honorable man;\u00a0all that he says surely comes to pass. (1 Samuel 9:6) These words are spoken about Prophet Samuel who has spoken the true prophecy, teaching and words of God. With this, we comprehend the truth about prophets are true people of God who speaks and transmit word of God, true prophecy and preaching to gentiles.<\/p>\n

They neither speak any word for themselves, nor fear or think for their corporeal desire and worldly or earthly honor. Even as they speak, they say \u201cGod says\u2026\u201d because Prophecy telling is a gift from God but not one\u2019s own power. (Amos 1:3, 6:9) The message is God\u2019s words but humans. Saint Peter said accordingly, \u201cProphecy never came by the will of man,\u00a0but\u00a0holy men of God spoke\u00a0as they were\u00a0moved by the Holy Spirit.\u201d (2 Peter 1:21) We can understand many things from the Apostol\u2019s words.<\/p>\n

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  1. Prophecy is not from the will of man<\/li>\n
  2. No one deserves to interpret prophecies<\/li>\n
  3. Only a man of God send by Him can speak prophecy<\/li>\n
  4. A man must be holy to fulfill God\u2019s mission and speak about His message<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It is in scripted in the Holy Book about prophets being \u201cThe Mouth of God\u201d who transmits events which takes place in the future, plagues on Kings who defy the Law of God or else about their sin and what they need to do through words, proverbs or actions. (Isaiah 5:1-7, Ezekiel 4:2)\u00a0 \u00a0Prophecies were major service for the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to come to this world as a man and save us. (Matthew 5:17)<\/p>\n

    Although it is not perceiving as the Old testament, we read in the Holy Bible about God raising the prophets who are bestowed grace of prophecy in the New Testament, built Holy Church with the Apostles and served with the them. (Acts 13:1, Ephesians 2\u136120)<\/p>\n

    Prophecy and visions are not given focus as much in the New Testament since Patristic Fathers said they were needed for the Years of Condemnation. \u00a0As it is said, \u201cFor we all are as a defiled thing and all our righteousness is like the patch of cloth of a menstruous woman. We all fall like leaves, and our sins have carried us off like a hurricane.\u201d (Isaiah 64:6) Prophets the consult and consulate the people according to His words, \u201cComfort, comfort\u00a0my people.\u201d (Isaiah 40:1)<\/p>\n

    However, in the New Testament, they would not have spoken about Lord Jesus Christ work of redemption through prophecy for He would teach the gospel Himself, do many miraculous and be crucified for our salvation.<\/p>\n

    False prophets though have surfaced widely on this globe foretelling many false prophecies without being given the gift of prophecy from God. They give wrong interpretations about Holy Books (scriptures) and teach falsehood just as the Lord has told us. His words affirm for us not to rely on prophets and prophecies. \u00a0This does not mean we are confirming \u201cThere is not either Prophecy or Prophets\u201d in the New Testament but even if prophets exist, they could only serve to consult, comfort and build up Churches but not foretell prophecies. \u00a0(Acts 15:32)<\/p>\n

    Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ said, \u201cWatch out for false prophets.\u00a0They come to you in sheep\u2019s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.\u201d (Matthew 7:15) Those who have pierced with axe, cut with saw, who has led gentiles in sincerity has taken the name of the prophets. But they are tricky, evil, trickery, are extortionists consumed by love of money, fornication, pagan worshiping, and Evil, usurpers and liars.<\/p>\n

    Saint Peter has also taught saying, \u201cBut there were also false prophets\u00a0among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.\u00a0They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord\u00a0who bought them bringing swift destruction on themselves.\u201d (2 Peter 2:1) This has been entirely done now a-days. There are false prophets who have poisoned people with heresy and false teaching, dove out the flocks from their stable and made them wonderers, float in the air with vain hopes and like a straw push by the wind.<\/p>\n

    Saint John in his Epistle, \u201cBeloved, do not believe every spirit, but\u00a0test the spirits, whether they are of God; because\u00a0many false prophets have gone out into the world.\u201d (1 John 4:1) We have to observe these words and differentiate about the false prophets that exist in this time for us to know their false teachings and be protected from them. Our Lord has told informed everything that will take place in the future and so we shall be aware.<\/p>\n

    Brethren, let us notice how our world is manipulated by false preaching\u2019s, teachers and prophecies as we have clarified above and acknowledge how to protect ourselves in living in the true of God,<\/p>\n

    May God\u2019s guidance be with us, Amen!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Saint Prophets are \u201cA man of God\u201d who are real people and speak the truth which it is instigated just as their words. In the Book of Samuel, I, it is stated as, \u201cLook now,\u00a0there is\u00a0in this city\u00a0a man of God, and\u00a0he is\u00a0an honorable man;\u00a0all that he says surely comes to pass. (1 Samuel 9:6)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fasts","category-sermon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7362"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7362"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7472,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7362\/revisions\/7472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}