The Call and Tasks of a Prophet: An Exegetical Analysis of Jeremiah 1:4-10
This article argues that the concept of a call to ministry may not be the same as the period of the Prophets. The issue of call to ministry remains a bone of contention among the Christian communities today. It is a bone of contention because people have different views on the issue of call. Some...
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| description | This article argues that the concept of a call to ministry may not be the same as the
period of the Prophets. The issue of call to ministry remains a bone of contention
among the Christian communities today. It is a bone of contention because people
have different views on the issue of call. Some see the call to ministry from
God’s perspective, while others see it from the perspective of human beings. The
fundamental question is: what does it mean to have a call and task to ministry.
This paper has examined the call and tasks of a prophet in Jeremiah 1:4-10. The
approach for this study was exegetical. The findings reveal that the call and tasks
of a prophet in Jeremiah 1:4-10 disclose the sovereignty of God in deciding the fate
of a person before the foundation of the world. Thus, the call and tasks of Jeremiah
were a completed action in the mind of God before the actualization of it in the
future. This article posits that Christian scholars should educate the church that no
two calls are the same in the Bible. Scholars should also dissuade the church from
using people without a clear call to pastoral ministry |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bf777b8e203a407288f648b4021df8032023-08-02T02:12:27ZengNoyam JournalsE-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies2458-73382022-02-01824858https://doi.org/10.38159/erats.2022825The Call and Tasks of a Prophet: An Exegetical Analysis of Jeremiah 1:4-10Julius Ndishua0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9653-7747Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso, Nigeria (NBTS)This article argues that the concept of a call to ministry may not be the same as the period of the Prophets. The issue of call to ministry remains a bone of contention among the Christian communities today. It is a bone of contention because people have different views on the issue of call. Some see the call to ministry from God’s perspective, while others see it from the perspective of human beings. The fundamental question is: what does it mean to have a call and task to ministry. This paper has examined the call and tasks of a prophet in Jeremiah 1:4-10. The approach for this study was exegetical. The findings reveal that the call and tasks of a prophet in Jeremiah 1:4-10 disclose the sovereignty of God in deciding the fate of a person before the foundation of the world. Thus, the call and tasks of Jeremiah were a completed action in the mind of God before the actualization of it in the future. This article posits that Christian scholars should educate the church that no two calls are the same in the Bible. Scholars should also dissuade the church from using people without a clear call to pastoral ministryhttps://noyam.org/erats2022825/calltaskprophetministrychurch |
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| title | The Call and Tasks of a Prophet: An Exegetical Analysis of Jeremiah 1:4-10 |
| title_full | The Call and Tasks of a Prophet: An Exegetical Analysis of Jeremiah 1:4-10 |
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| title_short | The Call and Tasks of a Prophet: An Exegetical Analysis of Jeremiah 1:4-10 |
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