One reality of life in the Kingdom, according to what Jesus taught, is that in and amongst the people of the Kingdom of God there will be many prophets speaking.
Jesus warned that there would be false prophets. He spoke famously about them in Matthew 7 saying that false prophets come in sheep's clothing but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. He explained that a prophet will be known for what s/he is, not by what s/he says, but by the fruit s/he produces. And, immediately after that, He spoke about a (true) prophet doing the will of His Father.
I ask, therefore, based on what Jesus taught, who are the prophets the people of the CGGC regard as speaking the Word of God to them?
Clearly, they reject me.
Yet, I'm not certain that it is I that they are rejecting. I suspect that they are rejecting the very notion that God may be alive and engaged with them, speaking to them, attempting to lead them with wisdom that comes to them through a human voice other than that of a leader of the institution.
The biblical truth is that, in teaching about the Kingdom, Jesus made it clear that there would normally be prophets speaking to His people.
Paul taught that God's household would be built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus as the chief cornerstone.
If we are going to become people of the Kingdom, we are going to have to come to grips with what Jesus taught about prophets in the Kingdom.
If we don't, we will never hear His voice spoken to us in our time and place and we will be rejecting Him and standing against His will.
And, we will never be walking in His blessing, as is the case now.
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