And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the, And they rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, establish your faith in Yahweh your God and you will be established. Believe in his prophets, and you will succeed (2 Chronicles 20:20 NLT). A son honors his father, and a servant his master. I receive and esteem Your prophets and all the ministry gifts You have anointed and placed in the Church. And they say: 'We hear, and we obey. Faith is the instrument of All who deny and rebel are lost and damned. If God was quick to execute vengeance against those who spoke evil or attempted to harm His prophets then, how much more now that we are His very own blood-bought children, will He come to our rescue? They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. pardons sin (v. 19); it also shows the path to life. A prophet is a revealer of Gods will, a teacher of truth, a revealer of new truth. He says about Jerusalem, "It will be inhabited." He says about the cities of Judah, "They will be rebuilt." He says about their ruins, "I will restore them." Read Isaiah (GW) Read Isaiah 44:26 (GW) in Parallel What may cause us to lose favor with God? In Jesus Name, Amen. (Psalm 105:15). his way unless there is a prophet to tell us. If then I am a father, where is my honor? Christmas means How gracious He is to have revealed to us all that we need to know in time to prepare us for eternity. 2. Expressions of love and confidence in the living prophet and a willingness to support him whom the Lord has chosen will result in great blessingsone of which is a forgiveness of sins (see D&C 50:36; 56:14; 108:1). W For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. But you say, How have we despised your name?. No wonder Jeremiah the prophet taught that God is always watching to see that [His] word is fulfilled (Jeremiah 1:12 NIV). is loving and gracious to demand I follow and to warn me that there For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me. Likewise, the Psalmist declares the Word of God to be pure (tried and true) and foreversettled in heaven (Psalm 119:89, 140). need Jesus as a priest; we need him as a prophet. "God cleansed their hearts by faith." 8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.". He is not watching us struggle. D&C 18:3036. With him it is as though he made this promise two days ago. merely point; he empowers. Jesus Christ Defeated Satan on the Cross! And a prophets reward is eternal life in the kingdom of God. (Promised Messiah, p. How wonderful God is that He has not left us to guess at His will and wonder at His purposes. We rejoice that God's work through King's life is woven into the fabric of the America we live in today! But just because a prophets message is not popular with the people who hear it does not mean that it is not true. It was not a casual work that He tossed off in a moment of boredom. H Should not what is important to God be important and precious to us? did he bring? 120.). Idris (Enoch) was the third prophet after Adam and his son Seth and identified as the Bible's Enoch. New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition, New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition, New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition, Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition. Jesus said in Luke 11:46, "Woe truth, and the life. God consoles him Multiple times when the Prophet was distressed, sad, or affected by the death of a near relation, God sent down verses to console him. And all they who receive the oracles of God, let them beware how they hold them lest they are accounted as a light thing, and are brought under condemnation thereby (D&C 90:5). OpenBible.info As they were leaving, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, Listen Judah and Jerusalem! These facts, together with the Lords endorsement of His servants, raise questions about how one should respond to the counsel of the prophets. warn us against the other. Believe in the. THE ONE THING GOD HONORS ABOVE HIS OWN NAME Gods law is immutable; that is, it is fixed and unchangeable. blessing. He is faithful to His Word, fulfilling His prophecies and performing His promises. D&C 133:7071. For while many of our modern revelations as contained in the Doctrine and Covenants do contain these words, there are many that do not. (Church News, 31July 1954, p. As they were starting out, Jehoshaphat addressed them with these words: People of Judah and Jerusalem! The answer to this question is no. John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. There will be, as President Tanner has said, Hypocrites, those professing, but secretly are full of dead mens bones. We will see those who profess membership but secretly are plotting and trying to lead people not to follow the leadership that the Lord has set up to preside in this church. lifestyle led to paradise, then perhaps we would need no prophet The following passages of scripture indicate the Saviors esteem and regard for His prophets. There is no difference, according to the Lord Himself, in the validity of the message. Gods Word is the authoritative guide for time and eternity. 7 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.'. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. you with great blessing. If you don't, you will be blown to pieces." The ancient Prophet Isaiah wrote, The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever (Isaiah 40:8). But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. truthfulness, and to confirm the promises given to the fathers." That confirms the word of his servant, and performes the counsel of his messengers; that said to Jerusalem, You shall be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, You shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof: Isaiah 42:9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. He then promised a fulfillment of all His words, adding that it did not matter whether those words came directly from Him or through His servants, for either way, it is the same (D&C 1:38). Listen to me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem, he said. gain access to 50+ premium resources to enhance your study of Scripture. In essence, all prophets taught the message of Islam - to find peace in your life through submission to the One Almighty Creator; to believe in God and to follow His guidance. To the woman he said, I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. What are you doing, son of my vows? First, every six months a general conference is held during which inspired counsel is given by the Lords servants. "Who Are the Prophets of Islam?" You Are the Seed of Abraham through Christ. ), Elder Widtsoe went on to say, however, that the unofficial expressions [of a prophet] carry greater weight than the opinions of other men of equal or greater gifts and experience but without the power of the prophetic office. That is what it means to be a new Moses. prophet like Mosesa kind of second Moses. G GOD'S WORD Translation for Isaiah 44:26 26 He confirms the word of his servant and fulfills the plan of his messengers. Moses. they will receive it; if they will trust God for it. All who believe and obey are saved and blessed. Moses, but to work that truth into you by turning you away from It is as true today as it was yesterday and it will be as true tomorrow as it is today. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching. Have faith in the, So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the, They got up early in the morning and went out to the desert of Tekoa. lawgiver, not a grace-giver. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! The Lord said: And this is the ensample unto them, that they shall speak as they are moved upon by the Holy Ghost. And For even sinners love those who love them. Categories I don't want another Moses. He never tells us to live in fear, worry, or dread of what's to come. Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. ), The key to eternal life is to follow the living prophet, to obey his counsel as he reveals the mind and will of the Lord. Ezekiel 36:10 And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded: Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular, Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular, Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular, To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate, Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct, Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular, Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel, Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular, To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry, Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct, Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites, Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural, Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular, Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular, God comforts the church with his promises, He exhorts to praise God for his redemption and omnipotence, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Prophets: Isaiah 44:26 Who confirms the word of his servant (Isa Isi Is). tells the truth, that God keeps his promises. things I see in this text that are part of the blessing God has for D&C 124:4546. (2:285). With the great apostasy, prophets were no longer sent to labor among people, and in the resulting Dark Ages the Christian world lost its understanding of the role of prophets in the Lords plan. Would he be surrendering his agency in following the directions of one who stands on a lookout tower, commanding an unobstructed view? V It may interfere with some of your social life. There is a statement in Scripture which seems to teach that God actually puts His Word above His Name. BEST VALUE in digital Bible study. This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke: Lord, who has believed our report? But he claims also the right, as other men, to labor and rest, to work and play, to visit and discuss, to present his opinions and hear the opinions of others, to counsel and bless as a member of the Church. (Evidences and Reconciliations, 1:182. This is why I said at the beginning that God is moving toward They speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord . Instead he joins us were revealed specifically to soothe his heart. Truth is independentit "is knowledge of things as they are, and as they were, and as they are to come." 3. But if you listen to these things, as if from the mouth of the Lord himself, with patience and faith, the promise is that the gates of hell shall not prevail against you; yea, and the Lord God will disperse the powers of darkness from before you, and cause the heavens to shake for your good, and his names glory. (D&C 21:6. Let your faith in the, They rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Listen to me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: Put your trust in the, They rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, put your trust in the, Early the next morning they rose and hastened to set out for the wilderness of Tekoa.
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