My friend, a prophet is one who speaks in the power of the HS.
And no a dictionary will not point to a prophet but simply make clear what a prophet is.
If we can not even agree on what a prophet is then we may not be brothers. Matthew 12:49
Proverbs 12:18
You're right, we might not be brothers in Christ if you're heeding men who claim God told them this or that as His prophet when He did not.
No wonder today there's so many claiming that we don't really need to study God's Holy Writ, and that there's new revelations coming forth by new prophets today that transcend His Word of Truth! No, there ain't no new prophets speaking for God today, those who say God told them to do this or that, what kind of car to buy or what kind of soap to buy are false prophets. God did not call them.
And it's VERY easy to test those, since much of what they claim doesn't come to pass, and that's how God said to test them.
Prophecy.
Something I have tried to avoid talking about in these threads. God speaks in ways that you just don't understand. It's not your fault. Please don't hate me because of what has happened. The message is not mine, but I am the message. I have been through an extreme refining in order to do what I do; I have fought a war to stand where I am today. My heart has been torn, and my spirit broken. Of myself I am nothing. Sound familiar? I have been chastised for my indiscretion.
Maybe you ought to take a 'group photo' of yourself, since you're speaking as if you know my calling from Christ when you do not. When God spoke to His OT prophets, it was using plain speech. They understood Him clearly and plainly in spoken words, it wasn't just some inner leading or unction that still required confirmation within His Word through study. And you definitely... are NOT the message. GOD'S WORD IS THE MESSAGE, you are NOT a walking Bible.
Do you think I am going to come here and claim something without having the knowledge and experience?
Yep, very possible; false prophets do that all the time to try and trick the brethren into following them! If you proclaim anything coming down the line and claim God spoke to you to show it to you, and it does not come to pass, then you are a false prophet, plain and simple.
You claim to have studied the word so much that you now know what a prophet is.
Did I ever mention or brag about my level of experience in studying God's Word? No, I did not. God's Word defines His prophets He calls, and you ain't one of them, regardless of how much you'd like to be.
Can you sense my frustration? I don't even want to talk to you about this. How can you claim a relationship with a spirit when you don't seem to grasp what that entails? You have read the word, yet failed to understand it. How do you think God spoke to the prophets? How about Revelation, which so many of you like.
How would you know about my personal relationship with my Heaveny Father and His Son Jesus Christ? Did God tell you about it? I assure everyone here, He did not tell you about it, nor about any other's relationship here. You're just making all that up and bearing false witness.
BRETHREN IN CHRIST JESUS:
Watch out for these like 'risen angel'; there's a LOT of religious WIERDOS walking around today claiming God sent them like one of the OT prophets, some of them even claiming to BE the prophet Elijah!!!