You can be a prophet if your money and who you affiliate with is completely clean.
Also, I am in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We have prophets and apostles.
Because someone claims to be a prophet does not a prophet make them. A prophet is authorized to speak as God has inspired him/her to speak and what is spoken is tested for truth..........anyone can claim to be a prophet. There is a source to calibrate or measure the words of a prophet. If a prophets speaks something that contradicts that which has already been revealed by the Holy Spirit inspired word of God.......that person is not a true prophet, but a lying prophet.
What does the word of God declare about the supernatural gifts provided by the Holy Spirit such as the gift of prophecy? The Word of God teaches us that there are 2 methods to receive these supernatural gifts of the Spirit. 1. Baptism of the Holy Spirit as happened on the day of Pentecost following the ascension of the Lord into heaven. There were only 2 instances in the entire N.T. record of anyone receiving such a Baptism of the Holy Spirit........the 1st was on the day of Pentecost and its stated that such was the fulfillment of a prophecy made by the prophet Joel (Joel 2:28) -- Acts 2
The 2nd instance of someone receiving a Baptism of the Holy Spirit was 10 years later at the house of Cornelius........and this instance is clearly revealed to be a sign from God that Gentiles were to be accepted into the N.T. church as Peter declared, the Spirit fell on them as it did on us on the day of Pentecost. (Acts 10) There is no other record of anyone being Baptized by the Holy Spirit of God......anywhere in N.T. scripture.
2. The only other record of any receiving any supernatural gift from the Holy Spirit came as a result of the Laying on of the Hands from an Apostle of Christ. Example: (Acts 8:14-18) Peter clearly stated that no one other than an Apostle had "part nor lot" in the matter of receving a gift by the laying on of hands. Philip was already at Samaria.........Philip had received supernatural gifts (Acts 6) from an Apostle but could not pass on these gifts because he was not authorized by God as an Apostle of Christ. The Spirit had fell on none of the newly converted disciples at Samaria.........thus, An Apostle was called upon to bestow these gifts of the Spirit.
Conclusion when compared to the actual content of the Word of God: Anyone claiming to be an Apostle or a Prophet today is promoting a "lying spirit".
These supernatural gifts were used to establish doctrine for the N.T. church (as Jesus told Peter, Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven -- Matthew 16:19).......the infant church is being constructed with the Apostles of Christ and their appointed prophets as the foundation of the N.T church (Eph. 2:20)........the Old Law had been nailed to the cross of the Christ (Col. 2:14). The N.T. doctrine was being written on the hearts of the belivers just as prophesied in Jer. 31-31-34.....the Law of God would not longer be written on stone.
The Word of God also tells us that these gifts such as prophecy, speaking in tongues never learned (different eartly languges used to spread the gospel to different natives of other nations)....healing, etc., .........ALL WOULD CEASE OR FAIL when their need was exhausted.......once the infant N.T church was made complete/whole with all the doctrine required to lead one to salvation. That faith has been delivered but ONCE (Jude 3) to the saints of the 1st century. (1 Cor. 13:8-13)
Some argue that the Perfect has not come.....the perfect is Jesus. But the Greek word Perfect as used by Paul is not speaking of a person but a THING...."when THAT which is perfect comes.." The Greek word means to be made whole or complete........the same word is used by James (1:25) in describing the "Perfect Law of Liberty".......the N.T. of Christ Jesus
Today our gifts from the Spirit are Faith, Hope and Charity/Love.......with love being the greatest of the gifts.
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