The true prophet is called to be a voice of God
to his generation. His mission is to bring God’s message to God’s
people, in such a way that they hear it and obey it. Therefore, he needs
to be rooted deeply in the Word of God. What is the purpose and mission
of the Word of God? To find us, to locate us—to identify us and our
times—and to reveal truth to us. Its purpose is to show what is wrong
with us, but also to show what is right with us.
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Now, the work of the prophet is to convey God’s
Word to God’s people in the proper balance. God never says anything
negative to His people but what He also presents the positive side. We
are to deal with the negative, but we are to focus on what is right
about our walk with God. It does not matter if things are either
negative or positive in the world. Out in the world, people are lost,
and until they come to faith in Jesus Christ, God has nothing really to
say about them. They are headed for judgment to come. In the church, it
is a different story. Regardless of how badly a person has backslidden,
God always has a way to come back prepared for him or her. Nobody has
ever done anything that was a surprise to God. I am sure that it did not
shock God when Adam and Eve did what they did in the Garden of Eden. He
was not standing in the heavens rubbing His hands together, worrying
about what He would do next. God’s plan is always built in eternity and
cannot be destroyed by time.
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