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Prophets

Prophets. Learning Goal: I will identify the term prophet and how they promote justice. A prophet is a person who SPEAKS for justice. How are they chosen? chosen from all walks of life to speak for justice

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Prophets

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  1. Prophets Learning Goal: I will identify the term prophet and how they promote justice.

  2. A prophet is a person who SPEAKS for justice. How are they chosen? • chosen from all walks of life to speak for justice • Experienced disappointment, suffering and persecution because of the messages they preached. What did prophets do in the bible? • Spoke on behalf of God to call people back to faithfulness • Hated any practice of religion not linked to working for justice • Read from the Old Testament prophets – find quotations that show this role.

  3. HOW DO WE JUDGE A PROPHET? • What do we look for to know a person is a worthy prophet? • Name some prophets in modern times.

  4. Criteria for judging a prophet: • Connects love of God with love of neighbour • Challenges the many evils of society • Encourages a new and better life • Provides insight into a society through trustworthy predictions • Personal life matches with what they preach

  5. A quote that helps us understand the role of the prophet: • “Prophets comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” (Prophets comfort those who suffer and cause suffering to those who are comfortable)

  6. Martin Luther King, Jr – a modern prophet • Remember a prophet is. someone who SPEAKS for JUSTICE. • How is MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Considered a Prophet? • What did MLK do to “afflict the comfortable”? • What did he accomplish? • How did his activity other Christian ministers?

  7. Martin Luther King, Jr.(January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) • was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. • He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi

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