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10 20 2026 Functions of New Testament Prophets · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Your Daily Portion. with your host, author, speaker, L.
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  Speaker 1: David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Tuesday, October 20, 2026. Hello,
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  Speaker 2: my name is L. David Harris. I am your host,
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  Speaker 2: and this is your daily portion where we give you
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  Speaker 2: We are continuing in our lesson study series, The Gift
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  Speaker 2: of Prophecy, and our caption for today is Functions of Life.
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  Speaker 2: New Testament prophets. I want you to pay keen attention today,
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  Speaker 2: especially functions of New Testament prophets. Before we get into that,
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  Speaker 2: you in the fullness. Thank you. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen, amen,
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  Speaker 2: and amen again. Functions of New Testament prophets. Now, I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to share some of the functions as I share
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  Speaker 2: what I think the most important thing is for today,
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  Speaker 2: but I want you to think about and listen for
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  Speaker 2: what functions are not for the New Testament prophets, okay?
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  Speaker 2: So I'm going to say some what are, and I
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  Speaker 2: want you to think what are not. So you can
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  Speaker 2: you're with me on YouTube. What are not some of
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  Speaker 2: the functions of New Testament prophets? And so, well, New
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  Speaker 2: Testament prophets edified— Yes, they exhorted and comforted God's people,
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  Speaker 2: equipping the saints for ministry and building up of the
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  Speaker 2: body of Christ. Of course, Jesus is the central focus
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  Speaker 2: of their message. And because their words came from him,
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  Speaker 2: they are faithful, they are true, they are worthy, and
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  Speaker 2: of full trust. Okay? Okay, so that's some of the
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  Speaker 2: things they even foretold. of some of the things that
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  Speaker 2: would happen in the future. We see the opening up
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  Speaker 2: of the sealed book of Daniel. We see the opening
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  Speaker 2: up of that in the book of Revelation. So God
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  Speaker 2: has unsealed and unclosed, if you want to say, the messages,
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  Speaker 2: the vision that he started to give to the prophet Daniel. Well,
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  Speaker 2: can I just share one thing that is not a
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  Speaker 2: function of New Testament prophets? That is to come up
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  Speaker 2: with something fresh and new. To come up with like
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  Speaker 2: some kind of brand new light that no prophet in
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  Speaker 2: the past of old has ever heard of. To contradict
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  Speaker 2: the established scriptures, these 66 blessed books. So if someone
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  Speaker 2: is coming with quote, prophecy that is in contradiction of
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  Speaker 2: or in addition to, that is not in alignment with
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  Speaker 2: the word of God, those prophets, the Bible says that
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  Speaker 2: anything that comes later has to be subject to the prophets.
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  Speaker 2: So we're not looking for something fresh, new, exciting, and
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  Speaker 2: nobody ever heard before. You start hearing that spirit, then
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  Speaker 2: this is time for you to run away and disqualify yourself.
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  Speaker 2: the whatever so-called prophet. You understand? So, that is not
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  Speaker 2: a function or a role of New Testament prophets or
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  Speaker 2: subsequent prophecies. And so, the Bible reads in 1 Corinthians
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  Speaker 2: chapter 14 and verse 3, which is our first lesson,
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  Speaker 2: 1 Corinthians chapter 14 and verse 3, but he that
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  Speaker 2: prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, that's edification, Encouragement,
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  Speaker 2: that's exhortation, and comfort, that's consolation. And so that is
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  Speaker 2: what God is saying, a calling to comfort, encourage, edify, and,
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  Speaker 2: of course, speak on behalf of God. So the prophetic
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  Speaker 2: gift actually builds up. It builds people up. And unfortunately,
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  Speaker 2: we see in the Old Testament where, you know, some
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  Speaker 2: of the leaders of nations did not like when the
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  Speaker 2: prophets came around. I talked to you about wicked Ahab
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  Speaker 2: a couple of days ago. But really, if we are
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  Speaker 2: in the mind frame of Christ, then whatever the prophecies are,
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  Speaker 2: we embrace them. We welcome the word. We don't spurn
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  Speaker 2: the word. We don't run away from the word. We
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  Speaker 2: welcome the word of God. And so I'm grateful because
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  Speaker 2: we are able now to speak a word of genuine
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  Speaker 2: encouragement to someone in the spirit of the prophets. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: who are struggling today. That's what I'm asking you to do,
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  Speaker 2: by the way. Yeah, and build them up in Christ.
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  Speaker 2: If you want to be like the prophets, whether you
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  Speaker 2: have the prophetic gift, yes or no, whether you have
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  Speaker 2: the spirit of prophecy, yes or no, in the same
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  Speaker 2: power of the Holy Ghost, though, you can be of
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  Speaker 2: encouragement to someone who's struggling. Someone you know has lost
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  Speaker 2: a loved one or maybe someone you'll encounter. Someone you
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  Speaker 2: know or will encounter has lost their job. Someone who's
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  Speaker 2: you know or will encounter just needs encouragement to keep
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  Speaker 2: plugging along because Jesus is coming soon and they're starting
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  Speaker 2: to become weary in well-doing. So, this is your privilege
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  Speaker 2: and honor. You are able to do this. Now, the
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  Speaker 2: Bible also reads in Ephesians chapter 4 and verse 2,
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  Speaker 2: Ephesians 4 and verse 2, that all of the gifts
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  Speaker 2: that God gives us, including this particular one, is for
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  Speaker 2: the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry,
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  Speaker 2: and for the edifying of the body of Christ. How
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  Speaker 2: do you know if something's a spiritual gift? It has
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  Speaker 2: to meet these criteria. Coming from the Holy Spirit to
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  Speaker 2: perfect the saints, for the work of the ministry, for
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  Speaker 2: the edifying of the body of Christ. So there are
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  Speaker 2: people who sing very well. And some of you just
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  Speaker 2: kind of haphazardly say, well, this one has the gift.
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  Speaker 2: And it's like, okay, what gift are you talking about?
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  Speaker 2: If you're saying the gift of the Holy Ghost, well,
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  Speaker 2: let's see. Is it perfecting of the saints? Is it
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  Speaker 2: for the work of the ministry? Is it for the
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  Speaker 2: edifying of the body of Christ? If it is not,
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  Speaker 2: then it's just something that people do. It's a skill.
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  Speaker 2: And it may sound really good as a singer or
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  Speaker 2: people who have the ability to teach. Is it for
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  Speaker 2: the perfecting of the saints? I think we know where
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  Speaker 2: we're going here. For the work of the ministry, for
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  Speaker 2: the edifying of the body of Christ, if it does
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  Speaker 2: meet this criteria given by the Holy Ghost, it's a
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  Speaker 2: spiritual gift and not just a skill. The same thing
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  Speaker 2: with prophecy. The prophetic gift, if it's a holy gift,
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  Speaker 2: besides meeting the standard of validating those gifts for particular measures,
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  Speaker 2: As the Bible teaches us, is it for the perfecting
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  Speaker 2: of the saints? Is it for the working of the ministry?
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  Speaker 2: Is it for the edifying of the body of Christ?
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  Speaker 2: Then we know it is, of course, a spiritual gift,
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  Speaker 2: considering if it meets those four criteria that we'll talk about,
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure, in the coming weeks. And so God's gifts
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  Speaker 2: to the church exist to equip his people for ministry
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  Speaker 2: and not to elevate a few. See, what happens is
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  Speaker 2: in certain faith fellowships, we pick our favorite spiritual gift.
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  Speaker 2: In some of the more charismatic movements, speaking in tongues
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  Speaker 2: is something that they will say is a big deal. Okay,
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  Speaker 2: and the gift of tongues as God had given it
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  Speaker 2: in the first century church is a great big deal
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  Speaker 2: as he taught the gospel message to people from around
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  Speaker 2: the world while these men were speaking in their language
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  Speaker 2: than the others heard in their own languages. That was
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  Speaker 2: the gift of tongues, languages that they could not natively
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  Speaker 2: have spoken without the power of God. Some people do
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  Speaker 2: the same with prophecy in different faith fellowships. All I'm
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  Speaker 2: saying is that God did not say that we are
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  Speaker 2: to elevate a few, but we are to equip people
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  Speaker 2: for his ministry. You've been furnished with this gift. Now
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  Speaker 2: use it to the glory of God.
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