PJP2 “7 PRAISES” - 161231 - PROPHET

PROPHET:

Proclaim (His) Redemption/Reconciliation Of (the) People & Proclaim His Eternal Truth

Deuteronomy 32:3 For I will proclaim the name of the Lord; ascribe greatness to our God!

PROPHET....as we exit 2016, and roll into 2017, one of the things we'll see and hear is discussions/projections about what our New Year will be like.  I can remember as a youngster seeing the published 'prophecy' of our current/modern day 'seer's.  That, of course, brings to mind the concept of a PROPHET.  According to the christiananswers.net website: PROPHET Defined: "Nabi is is the first and the most generally used for a prophet. In the time of Samuel another word, ro'eh, “seer,” began to be used (1 Sam. 9:9). It occurs seven times in reference to Samuel. Afterwards another word, hozeh, “seer” (2 Sam. 24:11), was employed. In 1 Ch. 29:29 all these three words are used: “Samuel the seer (ro'eh), Nathan the prophet (nabi'), Gad the seer” (hozeh). In Josh. 13:22 Balaam is called (Hebrew) a kosem “diviner,” a word used only of a false prophet. The “prophet” proclaimed the message given to him, as the “seer” beheld the vision of God. (See Num. 12:6, 8.) Thus a prophet was a spokesman for God; he spake in God's name and by his authority (Ex. 7:1). He is the mouth by which God speaks to men (Jer. 1:9; Isa. 51:16), and hence what the prophet says is not of man but of God (2 Pet. 1:20-21; compare Hebrews 3:7; Acts 4:25; 28:25). Prophets were the immediate organs of God for the communication of his mind and will to men (Deut. 18:18-19). The whole Word of God may in this general sense be spoken of as prophetic, inasmuch as it was written by men who received the revelation they communicated from God, no matter what its nature might be. The foretelling of future events was not a necessary but only an incidental part of the prophetic office. The great task assigned to the prophets whom God raised up among the people was “to correct moral and religious abuses, to proclaim the great moral and religious truths which are connected with the character of God, and which lie at the foundation of his government.” Any one being a spokesman for God to man might thus be called a prophet. Thus Enoch, Abraham, and the patriarchs, as bearers of God's message (Gen. 20:7; Ex. 7:1; Ps. 105:15), as also Moses (Deut. 18:15; 34:10; Hos. 12:13), are ranked among the prophets."

(Read more at: http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/prophet.html)

Thus with this broad scope of God's PROPHET, being one to....

Proclaim (His) Redemption/Reconciliation Of (the) People & Proclaim His Eternal Truth....

Let us go forward together, Sharing, Proclaiming and Reflecting His WORD and Eternal TRUTH in our every Word, Thought and Deed......For as His Holy Spirit Inspired our Lord's Apostle Peter to Record (1 Peter 2:9-10 {ESV/emphasis added/jaj})...."BUT you Are A Chosen Race, A Royal Priesthood, A Holy Nation, A People For HIS Own Possession, THAT you May PROCLAIM The Excellencies Of HIM WHO Called you Out Of darkness INTO HIS Marvelous LIGHT.  Once you were NOT a people, BUT NOW you Are God's People; once you Had NOT Received Mercy, BUT NOW you Have Received Mercy."....

So, for our PJP2 Prelude Prayer for 161231, may I Offer Up a Paraphrase of Prayer and Praise from His Holy Spirit's Inspired WORD to Paul as Recorded in Ephesians 6:18-19 (ESV/emphasis & paraphrase added/jaj)....O Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit, Father God, we Thank You Lord for Your Presence and Your Guidance to us in the past, our present and in our future with You.  Lord Jesus Encourage us and Empower us to be Praying to You at all times In Conjunction With Your Holy Spirit.  Father God, With All our Prayers And Supplication, Help us to Reflect You in our Word, Thought and Deeds.  Lord Jesus, To That End, Please Help us to Keep Alert With All Perseverance, as we Walk In Your Steps.  Holy Spirit, we Come to You, Making Supplication For All Your saints.  Father God, Also for each of us individually as Your children whom You Know each of us By name.  Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit, Father God, we Pray That Your WORDs May Be Given To us each time we Open our Mouths To Boldly PROCLAIM The Mystery Of Your Gospel.  In Your Holy Name, Lord Jesus, we Raise our Prayers and Praise....Amen and Amen....jaj