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Originally Posted by shazeep
Amen to that. The worst place to be is in the position of thinking you have arrived, imo; i constantly have to force myself to leave there. Each new revelation still brings that particular pride on in me!
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Yes, even Paul admitted that he had not yet arrived, but was still pressing forward, to attain. I want to have that same attitude as well, although you are right, it can be a hard one to keep in focus. We want to think that we have arrived, that we can sit back, relax, and have to contend no longer, but as Paul stated, even as his life was about to end, he was still pressing in.
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Originally Posted by shazeep
Can anyone find any evidence of anyone in Scripture describing themselves as a prophet? I don't think you can! I may have to eat those words, but i'm not finding it? For some reason, it equates to me the same as saying, "I am a great person--" iow, just not something that really should be self-proclaimed, but meant for others to say about you? What do you think? While we're at it, 'Bishop,' too--i hear alarms @ anyone titling themselves 'Bishop.' Now, if the title is put on you by others, those you shepherd, ok...prolly i'm being weird there?
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I don't know about this. I would venture to say all the prophets in the OT, prefaced their writings by saying that the word of the Lord came to them. I'm sure someone else knows the answer to this.
About allowing yourself to be titled by some preeminent name, such as Bishop... I guess it is biblical, as Paul called himself an apostle of Jesus Christ in many places. I think the attitude behind the titling is what is more important. Does such a title puff you up, and make you feel more special and important than anyone else? If so... I would be careful about allowing such a thing, because the sin of pride is one of the worst to beset any of us.
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