Christ our Prophet

"Christ's prophetic work does not cease, however, with the end of his earthly ministry at his Ascension. As Louis Berkhof notes, Christ'continues His prophetical activity through the operation of the Holy Spirit. His teachings are both verbal and factual, that is, He teaches not only by verbal communications, but also by the facts of revelation, such as the incarnation, His atoning death, the resurrection and ascension.'7 Christ is the one who sends the Holy Spirit, and as the Spirit of Christ, he is the one who'will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment' (Jn 16:8). As Christ is the Word incarnate, and the central figure in biblical revelation, so too we cannot divorce the work of his Spirit from the written word. Since Christ fulfills the office of prophet, and since he continues to speak to us through his word-and only through his word-the Reformed are very reticent to give any credence to supposed'words from God,' or'words of knowledge' from modern day schwärmer such as Pat Robertson or Benny Hinn who repeatedly make such claims to speak forth Spirit-led utterances." -Kim Riddlebarger, The Triple Cure: Jesus Christ - Our Prophet, Priest and King