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Thank you. We are in Luke Chapter 4

versus 22 through 30. If you're new one of the things we like to do is go

through books of the Bible. Today you're going to get to learn about Jesus as a prophet. He is God and he came

into human history as a man and he came to preach and to prophesy. That's part of his ministry so I want to give you a bit of information

about the prophets the Bible has a succession of prophets they're in fact the authors

of scripture and a prophet is someone who is hand chosen by God.

Unlike a priest who has to come from a certain family line and go through certain training

and pass certain exams, prophets are just appointed by God, the Holy Spirit is upon them,

they oftentimes don't walk out of institutions, they walk out of the woods, they serve

God alone, they are often fearless, some of them do have massive depression

because of the rejection they suffer.

The call in a prophet's life is very intense.

They say hundreds of times in the Old Testament,

thus saith the Lord, they speak on behalf of God. They say hundreds of times in the Old Testament,

thus saith the Lord, they speak on behalf of God,

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