How doth Christ execute the office of a prophet?

Which Bible passages support this answer?

The Westminster Assembly attached these Scripture proofs to answer 24. Read them together and ask what each one shows about the answer.

1. John 1:18

   No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known. (NET)

2. 1 Peter 1:10-12

   ¹⁰Concerning this salvation, the prophets who predicted the grace that would come to you searched and investigated carefully. ¹¹They probed into what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ and his subsequent glory. ¹²They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things angels long to catch a glimpse of. (NET)

3. John 15:15

   I no longer call you slaves because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father. (NET)

4. John 20:31

   But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. (NET)

What does this answer mean?

A prophet speaks for God. Christ is a prophet because he reveals to us the will of God for our salvation. He does this by his word and by his Spirit: the word tells us God's will, and the Spirit opens our minds to receive it.

What can we ask our children?

1. What does a prophet do?
2. What does Jesus show us as our prophet?
3. How does Jesus speak to us today?