Are There Modern Day Prophets

Modern Day Prophecy


Christianity Oasis Ministry has provided this Are There Modern Day Prophets Bible study on Modern Day Prophecy. We will look into that and all aspects of the Christian Walk. This study brings forth truth, understanding and peace within.

Welcome to our Christianity Oasis Christian Walk Bible study program. This is our Are There Modern Day Prophets Bible study looking into the predicted Modern Day Prophecy and how the message within affects you today. This Are There Modern Day Prophets Bible study will truly enLIGHTen your be-YOU-tiful Christian walk. Let's look into this together.


Are There Modern Day Prophets Truth

Modern Day Prophecy

Are There Modern Day Prophets Predicted in the Bible
What is Modern Day Prophecy

There are some people who believe that God no longer sends messengers to spread His Word in the world today. Some believe that since Jesus' first visit, there haven't been any Prophets of God to deliver His message. Someone once said that in our world today, people persecute living Prophets, and praise dead Saints.

What's the Truth of the matter?

Are there still people in today's world that God speaks through? Let's take a look in the Bible and see what we can find, shall we? Perhaps one of the reasons why some people believe there are no modern day Prophets of God in our time is this Scripture from the Old Testament:

Amos 8:11-12

11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:
12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.

If you read the lines of this scripture carefully, you'll find that God said there would be no hearing of the Words of the Lord, not any speaking of them. If you read between the lines of this scripture, you may even conclude that this might be speaking of what God said through the Prophet Isaiah concerning the Israelites:

Isaiah 6:9-12

9 And He said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
11 Then said I, Lord, how long? And He answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
12 And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.

And in fact, they are still seeking the Word of the Lord. Jesus, the Messiah was sent, and right before their very eyes, was not only the spoken Word of the Lord, but the Word made flesh ... And though they sought Him for an incredibly long time, they did not recognize Him. Many are still awaiting.

Are There Modern Day Prophets Around Today
Modern Day Prophecy Blessing

There may be other reasons why people don't believe there are modern day Prophets of God in our generation. But, didn't most every generation believe that?

Matthew 23:29-36

29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

Some people believe that the New Testament rendered the "Prophet" obsolete. The Apostle Paul certainly believed there would be more Prophets. Paul quoted Elijah while explaining in his letter to the Romans that God said he wouldn't forsake His people, but that there would be plenty of Prophets to continue to deliver the Word:

Romans 11:2-5

2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel saying,
3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of Grace.

Are There Modern Day Prophets Concern
Modern Day Prophecy Warning

All that aside, the question is simple ... Does God still use prophets after Jesus died for our sins? The Bible states point blank that there were Prophets after Jesus' first visit:

Acts 21:8-9

8 And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.
9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.


Acts 13:1

Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain Prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.


Acts 15:32

And Judas and Silas, being Prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.


Acts 21:10-11

10 And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

Are There Modern Day Prophets Known Today
Who Is Giving Modern Day Prophecy

Prophecy is the Spiritually inspired declaration of God's will and purpose which is yet to happen. The events in the entire book of Revelation are yet to happen, so St. John must have been a Prophet. By the way, the Revelation was written in about 90 AD. That is, after Jesus was here on earth.

Amos 3:7

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but He revealeth His secret unto His servants the Prophets.

If a Prophet is a man or woman that hears God Word and shares it with others. Are not Peter, Paul and many others over the years ... Prophets? God still uses mankind as modern day prophets to share His modern day prophecy.

This is the Spiritual gift of Prophecy.

1 Corinthians 13:2

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

When speaking to Christians ... Prophecy was one of the Spiritual gifts that is given by the Holy Spirit to Christians.

Romans 12:6

Having then gifts differing according to the Grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

Sooooooo, if we are to believe that if there are no longer Prophets, does that mean that everything that God has planned has already been revealed? Heavens no!

God said there will be more Prophets in the future.

Acts 2:16-18

16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel [Joel 2:28-29];
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

Are There Modern Day Prophets Research
Modern Day Prophecy Counseling

You never know who God will choose and use as a Prophet:

Matthew 21:15-16

15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased,
16 And said unto Him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

The word of God may come through a child! In fact, one of the four major Prophets of the Bible was just a child when he was called by God to prophesy:

Jeremiah 1:4-10

4 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
6 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
7 But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
9 Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

Are There Modern Day Prophets Summary
Modern Day Prophecy Conclusion

Don't be mistaken, there are many false prophets in the world today, but there are Prophets of God as well. Does your face hold the doubt or condemnation that God spoke of when He told Jeremiah not to fear the faces of the people?

Open your mind and heart when you contemplate on whether or not there are still Prophets of God, delivering His Word to us on Earth today. If you're waiting for someone with a long robe, sandals, a beard, a staff and emitting an aura around his head ... you will be waiting for a long time. God uses people like you and I ...

1 Corinthians 1:26-28

26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: