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God's Prophetic People

that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” The Samaritan woman said she desired this water which Jesus was telling her about, and Jesus responded in verse sixteen, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” The woman answered that she didn’t have a husband. In verses seventeen and eighteen, Jesus replied, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’ for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.” Her response in verse nineteen was, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet…”

3. The people declared Him to be a prophet due to His

works (John 9:17, Luke 7:16, 24:19)

Throughout the gospels we see Jesus healing the sick, giving sight to the blind, setting the captives free, and raising people from the dead. In Luke 7:16, after Jesus raised the son of the widow at Nain from the dead, the Bible says, “Then great fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, ‘A great prophet has risen among us and God has visited His people.’”

4. The people of faith saw Christ as the last, great eschatological prophet (John 6:14)

Jesus Christ, as our pattern prophet, not only received and proclaimed God’s Word, not only fulfilled and demonstrated the spirit of the Law, but also was the living Word of God, who appeared to us in human flesh. “The ministry of Jesus Christ is to all men. He is the PATTERN for all who share in the administration of forgiveness and blessing. He who was the Prince of Peace, the recipient of peace, and has now become the King of Peace, the Administrator of Peace.

” K. Varner, The More Excellent Ministry . 3

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