prophets

• Prophets


  People who hear from God and share it
• Prophets are not just people who know the future, but know whatever God tells them</b>
• Before Jesus and the Bible, God spoke to his family through a few people, some of whom were prophets
• Prophets with books in the Bible

  • Isaiah
  • Jeremiah
  • Ezekiel
  • Daniel
  • Hosea
  • Joel
  • Amos
  • Obadiah
  • Jonah
  • Micah
  • Nahum
  • Habakkuk
  • Zephaniah
  • Haggai
  • Zechariah
  • Malachi
• Prophets' message


  • You've sinned, now you're in trouble
  • If you stop sinning and follow God, he'll have mercy on you
• Prophets doing crazy things

  • Isaiah walking around in his underwear for 3 years
  • Jeremiah hiding and digging up his rotting belt
• Sin


  Disobeying God
• Holy


  Perfect
• God is perfect


  Sin has to be punished
• Mercy


  Not getting punished even though you deserve it
• Nobody could stop sinning for very long
• God had a plan to send someone perfect to take the punishment for everybody else's sin
• If our sin was paid for, we wouldn't be in trouble anymore and could come close to God
• Since the rescuer (Jesus) already came, we can follow God and accept that Jesus took our punishment, so it doesn't separate us from God anymore
• We can prophesy too, by hearing from God and sharing it