The Law and the Prophets  Ezek.

7:26 – they shall seek a

 The dragon was wroth with the women
and went to make war (Rev. 12:17)
 There is a deep significance to this text,
especially these two characteristics, the
law and the prophets.
 The two go hand in hand. This theme is
consistent throughout the scripture, and
we are going to look at a few texts to
establish this.
 The law and the prophets go together.
 Psa. 78:5 God established a
testimony and a law
 Act 24:14 Believing all things
written in the law and the
prophets
 Isaiah. 30:9-10 won’t hear the
law, tell prophets to “prophesy
smooth things
 Prov. 29:18 – where there is no
vision… happy is he who keeps
the law
 However, God’s people rebelled against
the law and the prophets.
 Neh. 9:26 – they cast the law
behind their backs and slew
[turn around] the prophets
 Isa. 30:10 won’t hear laws, tell
prophets to prophesy…
 Jeremiah 18:18 – the law shall
not perish – nor the word from
the prophets.
 God warned that their apostasy would
not go unpunished. If they continued to
reject his law, he would remove the
prophetic ministry from their midst and
leave them to the delusions they had
chosen.
 Jeremiah 26:4-6 - If you will not
listen to the law or the
prophets…
vision from the prophet, the law
shall perish from the priest.
 Zechariah. 7:10-13 – Lest they
should hear the law … and the
prophets.
 Prov. 28:9 – he who turns his
ear the law…
 Lamentation. 2:8-9 – the law is
no more prophets find no vision.
 Here’s the point – the law and the
prophets go together. Those who refused
to obey God’s law also refused to heed
the voice of His prophets. Those who
rejected His prophets, also rejected His
law (regardless their profession – Jer.
18:18). Because of their rebellion, God
removed the law and the prophets from
his people. Yet the Lord did not leave
His people alone. He promised that, if
obedient, He would restore the prophetic
gift to His church.
Beware of false prophets
 Tests of the prophetic gift:
Jesus did not warn ‘beware of prophets’, but
‘beware of false prophets’ Matt. 7:15. How is
one to determine whether a prophet is true or
false? The Bible warns the honest seeker after
truth not to spurn prophetic visions and dreams
but to ‘test’ them. Don’t despise all prophesying
(1 Thes. 5: 19-21).
Don’t receive all prophecies (1 John 4:1). It is
interesting to note that Paul speaks in the
positive and John the negative, yet both making
the simple point that prophet are to be tested.
1. Physical phenomena - Prophets are
aware of supernatural communication.
(Num. 24:2-4: Dan. 10:7-11, 15-18; 2
Cor. 12:2-4)

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Ellen White was once asked by her son, W.C.
White whether she had ordinary dreams like
others do. When she replied that she did, he then
asked how she knew the difference between her
ordinary dreams and her prophetic drams. Her
reply, ‘The same angel who stands by my side in
the vision of the day also stands by my side in
the prophetic dreams at night’. [White, Arthur I
messenger to the Remnant. P. 7]
2. They have a sense of their
worthlessness - Daniel exclaimed “my
splendor was turned to corruption”
Daniel 10:8; Isa. 6:5
3. They often lose their strength at the
onset of the vision. Daniel 10: 9-15.
4. At times strength is renewed during
vision. Daniel 10: 18-19
5. They often don’t breath, she does not
breath (White, James, Life incidents
272-273) Daniel 10:17; 10:16 speaks
without breath)
6. They often are oblivious to their
surroundings even though eyes are
open. 2 Cor. 12: 2-4 – Caught up to
third heaven)
7. Occasionally experience physical
trauma following vision. Acts 9:7-9.
Ten scriptural tests for the prophetic gift.
1. They must be associated with God’s true
church (1 Cor. 14:22)
2. They do not claim to be verbally
(mechanically) inspired (1 Cor. 14: 32-
33)
3. They will not contradict revealed truth
(Isa. 8:20). False prophets misinterpret
the Bible (Ezek. 22:28)
4. They will acknowledge the divine
(Human nature of Christ) [1 John 4:2-3]
5. Their prophecies must come true. Deut.
18:22; Jer. 28:9.
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 An exception here would be
conditional prophecies [Jer.
18:6-10].
 Jonah [Jonah 3:4] – conditions
were given [v 9]
 His knowledge of conditional
prophecy led him to flee [4:2]
-Health – she said in 1905 that
cancer is a germ/virus which
medical science began to
endorse only in the 1950’s [Dr.
Wendell Stanley, University of
California. Qualification that he
believes viruses cause most of
all human cancer – Newsweek,
June 1956.
-In 1864, she wrote ‘Tobacco is
a poison of the most deceitful
and malignant kind’ It wasn’t
until 1957 that the American
Heart Association concluded
that smoking was a causative
factor in lung cancer.
6. Their message will always lead closer to
Christ. Deut. 13: 1-4.
7. They will plainly point out sin,
regarding faithfulness. Isa. 58: 1-2;
Lamentation. 2:14
8. They have absolutely no association
with spiritualism. Deut. 18:10-12.
9. They will live Holy lives. Matt. 7:20
10. They will not be popular. Luke 6:26
Types of Prophets
1. Literary, canonical barreefamadhaafi
qinda'a kan ta'e.[write books of the
Bible] – Moses, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah,
Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, etc.
2. Literary, non-canonical
barreefamaadha garuu kan qindaa'e
miti– Iddo, Nathan, Ahijah [2 Chron.
9:29], Shemaiah [2 Chron. 12:5, 15]
 3. Non-literary, non-canonical
barreefamas miti qinda'as miti– Enoch
[Jude 14], God [1 Sam. 22:5; 2 Sam.
24:11], Elisha [2 Kings 6:12], Philips’
four daughters [Acts 21:9]
4. Further, some prophets were women
– Miriam [Exod. 15:20], Deborah
[Judges 4:4], Isaiah’s wife [Isaiah 8:3],
Philip’s four daughters [Acts 21:9]
5. Some were contemporariesRaaji
yeroo kan dubbatan – Moses, Miriam,
Isaiah and Micah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and
Daniel, Haggai and Zechariah, Aarlias,
Paul, Silas, Judas, Philip’s four
daughters and John.
Dubartittii dhiignishee dhaabate:
 Luke 8:43-44 shaashara wayyaa isaa
yoon tuqe nan fayya. Fiixen wayya isaa
suun maal qaba
 deebi
 Numb. 15: 37:40
 Exod. 15:26
Gift of Tongues…
1) There are three lists of Spiritual gifts:
 Ephes. 4
 1 Corin. 12
 Roman 12
The only gift that appears in all three is the gift
of prophecy. There is one gift that occurs in only
one and if occurs last; that is the gift of tongues:
1 Corin. 12: 4-10.
2) The church of Corinth was disturbed
ecclesiastically and morally. It was
troubled church. Some of the things that
he mentioned in Corinthians are
mentioned in no other epistles. They
dealt with gross immorality, law suits,
head coverings, the use of the Lord’s
Supper, and baptism for the dead, the
resurrection, and tongues. These are not
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mentioned anywhere else. Corinth was a
sick church, so should we be turning to
Paul’s words to them for advice? If
tongues were a major part of Paul’s
teaching, wouldn’t we find this
elsewhere? Because of building a
healthy theology from a sickly church,
3) Jesus spoke of tongues only one time in
His ministry. Mark 16:17 [verses 9-20]
4) Tongues clearly wasn’t major feature of
Jesus’ theology or Paul’s and no one
else mentions it in epistles.
5) Jesus never spoke in tongues. There is
no evidence that Jesus ever did. A)
“Tongues” – in the Greek – Glossa
(language or literal, physical language,
and dialektos – (language). Both of
these words always refer to language.
6) In Acts 2, they received “Glossa” and
the people said that they heard them
speak in their own “dialektos”. From
these we can see that glossa and
dialoktos are used interchangeably. This
is the gift of languages for the purpose
of evangelism since there were people
from many different places. (9-10). B)
In Acts 10, the key is that peter says that
if happened to these people just as if did
to them at Pentecost 10:47; 11:15).
There were people who spoke different
languages; for example, Cornelius was
an Italian, peter says that it happened in
the same way as first time, therefore,
these were intelligible languages, and it
was for the purpose of evangelism.
7) Some think that tongues in some secret
prayer language, however, if it were,
when the disciples asked Jesus how to
pray, He would have said something
other than what He said in Matt. 6:9.
8) The Corinthian church had substituted
the gifts of Spirit for the fruits of the
spirit. 1 Corin. 13 show love as the gift
to be more greatly desired (12:30-31), 1
 Corin. 13:1, Paul contrasts the gifts vs
the fruits putting all the gifts below the
fruits throughout the chapter. Paul tells
them to quit acting like kids. (v.11). a)
Corinth elevated the gift over the fruits.
b) Pentecostals cling to 1 Corin. 14: 2,
14. In verse 2, the translators understood
that the context of the chapter is that
people were speaking in tongues without
anyone being able to understand them.
This is why they supplied the word
“unknown”.
Reading the entire chapter helps to clarify things
according to verse 2, what is Paul’s problem
with tongues? No one is being edified. Contrast
with v.3 prophecy edifies the brethren.
1. When it says “Spirit” is translated breath
in some other places.
2. Everywhere we see this word “mystery”
it is in reference to the gospel. 1 Tim.
3:16, Colos. 1:27, Revel. 10:7.

Gifts (1Cori. 12) Fruits (Gal.5:22-3)

Prophecy Love
Apostleship Joy
Healing Peace
Wisdom Longsuffering
Faith Gentleness
Miracles Goodness
Tongues Faith
Interpretation Meekness
Teaching Temperance

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