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Prophets are just people, the bible says so.

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rvhill:
If you look at the old Testament you have almost every prophet were sinning, and at least all the 'great' prophets were sinning..

Abraham who laugh at God. Genesis 17:17 Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, "Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?" he also was the cause of the problem with Muslims by not believing God would do what he said he would do.

Moses was forbidden to Cross the Jordan because of his sins. Deuteronomy 3:23 At that time I pleaded with the LORD : 24 "O Sovereign LORD, you have begun to show to your servant your greatness and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do the deeds and mighty works you do? 25 Let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that fine hill country and Lebanon."  26 But because of you the LORD was angry with me and would not listen to me. "That is enough," the LORD said. "Do not speak to me anymore about this matter.
 
Samson and David sins would take pages and pages just list.

Solomon's problem with Women, and his Idolatry. Amos 5:26 You have lifted up the shrine of your king, the pedestal of your idols, the star of your god [ Or lifted up Sakkuth your king / and Kaiwan your idols, / your star-gods ; Septuagint lifted up the shrine of Molech / and the star of your god Rephan, / their idols ] — which you made for yourselves.

Elijah  and the youths.  2 Kings 2:24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.

It a long list and by now you should be getting the ideal if you did not already know this. Then we have what Jesus said about the Prophets.

 Of John Jesus said, Matthew 11:11 I tell you the truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.  But Jesus also said this, Matthew 5:19 Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus said this of prophets in general. 
   John 10:1"I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. 2The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his sheep. 3The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger's voice." 6Jesus used this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them.

    7Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.[a] He will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

    11"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

    14"I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. 17The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. 18No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father."

So, why would anyone want to fallow a Prophet? Why do some so called Christians insist on calling their religious leader a Prophet? I believe those Christians who do call their religious leader a prophet mean Messiah. They hope that if they do not use the word messiah then God will never know their sin. So what do you think of Prophets, and the people who fallow them?



okay, I took out the scum of the earth part in the title, because it seem to have made to many people uncomfortable.

UncleBeau:
You say that these verses speak about prophets?

Mark 4:13
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

rvhill:
My point is that the Prophets are only human and were no better or worse then any one else. Jesus is the Word of God Jesus practiced and teached the commandments. this why he will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. The Prophets are those who broke the least of these commandments and teached others to do the same. What is a prophet anyways?

rvhill:
Also are not Prophets human? What does it mean to be human. Are we not of this world, earth, and are we not all scum?

Romans 3:12
All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one." [ Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Eccles. 7:20]

So is it not safe to say that all prophets are scum of the earth?

Craig:
Prophets were human spokesmen of God.

Where does it say in scripture that Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, etc. are prophets?

Craig

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