Nowadays, there are a lot of people who consider prophets to be someone who can teach and have that teaching run straight to the heart. I call that a good teacher.
Teaching and prophecy are two different things. Prophets and Teachers are two different ministries. Some prophets might also be teachers, but not all are. Based upon my experience with modern prophets who do not teach, I would consider Agabus as an example of a prophet in Scripture who did not teach. He perceived a famine at one time, and at another time he perceived through the Spirit that Paul would be bound in Jerusalem. These were each a word of wisdom revealed to him by the Spirit and had nothing to do with the ministry of teaching.
The teaching ministry is one whereby the vessel applies himself to the understanding of spiritual matters and instructing others in those matters, usually through the Scriptures, but also through comparison of spiritual concepts found in everyday life. The prophetic ministry, on the other hand, hinges upon perceiving a word from God in the Spirit. A prophet is a seer. He perceives a word directly from God. While every believer should experience prophecy in his life, the prophet experiences it frequently and to a greater degree, and by exercising himself thereby, he becomes an example to others in the body of Christ of this prophetic work of the Holy Spirit.
Peace be with you.
David Miller.
---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org
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