{"id":7355,"date":"2026-11-10T09:10:30","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T09:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=7355"},"modified":"2026-11-10T09:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T09:10:30","slug":"the-prophet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=7355","title":{"rendered":"THE PROPHET"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

THE PROPHET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henry Law, 1858\u201c<\/em><\/strong> <\/sup><\/em><\/strong>The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;<\/em><\/strong>\u201c<\/em><\/strong> Deut. 18:15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All fullness dwells in Christ. Reader, come ponder\u2014praise\u2014admire\u2014adore Him. Those who know Him, never can commend enough. Ignorance alone neglects\u2014despises\u2014disesteems Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The neediest of needy sinners find all supply in Him. He is salvation\u2019s overflowing well. He fills all vessels, so that they can hold no more. He is a treasure-house, in which gold never fails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let the surface of this truth be touched. You are sin-soiled. Here is a fountain of all-cleansing blood. Wash, and be whiter, than the spotless snow. Satan, and SELF, and life-long trespasses condemn you. Here is Jesus\u2019 wounded side, presenting an acquitting plea. Your best obedience is a filthy rag. Here is the righteousness of God\u2014a perfect covering\u2014a glorious robe. Your heart<\/em> by nature is a lifeless stone. Christ sends His Spirit, and the entrance is life. He is a PRIEST, offering His blood\u2014living to intercede\u2014pouring down blessings. He is a KING\u2014ruling above\u2014within\u2014around. He is a PROPHET<\/strong>, giving all knowledge\u2014leading in wisdom\u2019s paths\u2014diffusing floods of light\u2014teaching salvation\u2019s lessons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is this latter office, which now claims special thought. Let us approach it by enquiring, what man\u2019s state must be, unless rays beam from heaven?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When sin invaded earth, knowledge of God was slain. That lovely plant was blighted to the root. That beauteous column fell a shattered ruin. The mind lost power to fly aloft. Its wings were clipped. The eye was dim to pierce the skies. The wish and skill to find out God were utterly extinct. Man\u2019s intellect\u2014alert to grovel in the dust\u2014could never scale this height. Here mental shrewdness slobbered, as a fool. Witness the silly failures of philosophy\u2019s most boasted efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unless, then, some revelation had been given, God and His essence must have been shrouded in impenetrable night. Man could not dig such a jewel out of his own quarry. He could not find it in his own empty chambers. Along a brief career of blindness he must have gone down to that deep prison-house, where darkness ever darkens, and God is never seen. The world by wisdom knows not God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case of need, then, is most clear. But all is met by Jesus. He undertakes to save, and undertakes to teach. The Church\u2019s Saviour is the Church\u2019s Prophet. He is not slow to enter on His work. In Eden\u2019s garden, where the light expired, He strikes a new spark. There He is quick to speak of remedy<\/em> and rescue<\/em>\u2014of a woman-born Saviour\u2014and His final triumphs. As time rolls on, He adds fresh light. By types, by prophecies, by figures, and by signs, He pictures redemption. He raises holy men, and puts His words into their mouths. He shakes a torch of truth in the world\u2019s night. He shows His Calvary through vistas of long time\u2014and so guides many a benighted pilgrim in the path to heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus the Prophet\u2019s voice is early heard\u2014the Prophet\u2019s school is early open. But in appointed time, the Prophet-God must come in person. Moses thus states the fact. \u201dThe Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken\u201d. <\/em><\/strong> Let us now mark the marvellous fulfilment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE PROPHET Henry Law, 1858\u201c The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;\u201c Deut. 18:15 All fullness dwells in Christ. Reader, come ponder\u2014praise\u2014admire\u2014adore Him. Those who know Him, never can commend enough. Ignorance alone neglects\u2014despises\u2014disesteems Him. The neediest of needy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-henry-law","category-gospel-preaching"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7356,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7355\/revisions\/7356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}