Quote (cadizzle1392 @ Mar 14 2011 11:15pm)
Im sorry but i am still not convinced. Nothin of what you stated leads me to believe that the gift of prophecy is no more. In fact, you have led me to believe in the gift of prophecy even more by the scripture of matthew 7:15-20. God is saying beware of false prophets. Then goes to talk about good trees bear good fruits, and bad trees bear good fruits, and that you will know them by their fruit. Leading me to believe there are true prophets and false prophets. In corinthians. it seems God is trying to paint a bigger picture, nothing about the gift of prophecy is no more.
If you refuse to believe 1 Corinthians 13:8-10 then there is probably nothing I can say to change your mind. However, I will leave you with this to think about.
There are those who believe that God still speaks directly to us as He did in the first century as the New Testament was being written. Some believing this see no need to study His communication to us through the Scriptures and, so, they do not read the entire Bible or feel that the Scriptures do not cover all modern-day situations.
There was a reason God communicated directly to men in the first century. The information He intended for us was not previously known (Romans 7:7; Ephesians 3:5; I Corinthians 2:9-11; Nehemiah 9:14), and He wanted to insure that it was provided accurately (Matthew 24:35; II Peter 1:15). In the Scriptures, we are assured that we have the
complete will of God for man today.
His apostles were promised that the Holy Spirit would be given to “guide them into all truth.” (John 16:13) Unless He lied,
they had all truth in the first century!
Paul tells us in II Timothy 3:16, 17, “all scripture was given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, completely furnished unto all good works.” If we have
in Scripture the instruction for
all good works, what else can we possibly need? In Ephesians 3:3-5, Paul tells us he received his message by revelation from God, and that it can be understood by its readers. If we have
all truth in the writings of the apostles; if the scriptures furnish to “
all good works” and make the man of God “complete”, and it is written so we
can understand it, there is no need for God to continue to reveal to mankind over and over again that which He provided completely. In fact, Jude 3 tells us the “faith”
was once for all delivered unto the saints. Peter was able to say that God “hath given to us
all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of him that hath called us by glory and virtue...” (II Peter 1:3).
There are some who believe that God must speak to guide us in daily choices. Such a view ignores the scriptural process which develops maturity with the growing spiritual person that provides the ability to “discern good and evil” (Hebrews 5:12-14).
Others point out that the Scriptures themselves teach that the Spirit must lead and guide the Christian. While they do so, it is important to understand HOW the Spirit does so. In Ephesians 6:17, Paul tells us to take “the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God...” As the instrument through which a soldier does battle is the “sword”, so the instrument through which the Spirit operates is the word of God.
How did this happen? The Bible says the Spirit was to convict the world of sin (John 16:8). On the day of Pentecost, in carrying out this promise, the words of the Spirit pricked men in the heart, and led them to seek salvation (Acts 2:36-38). See also Acts 24:25.