Old Testament Prophets and the Question of Integrity in the Context of Contemporary Prophets in Nigeria

Abstract

Integrity has been an issue of contempt among the Nigerians and has negatively indented the indigenes in other nations of the world. Unfortunately, the issue of integrity is the same among the prophets in the Old Testament and the contemporary prophets. The study is interested in giving a vivid description of what was obtainable in the Old Testament and the Christian ministers of the 21st century. The ethos of Christianity naturally believes that integrity is part of the religion. The study adopts a descriptive method for the gathering of its data. The primary data is from the Old Testament Bible and the secondary data was collected from books and other related materials on integrity. The paper realised the ambiguity of the assumption that the Prophets in general are closer to God. Both the Old Testament and current dispensation prove that issues of soiled integrity exist among the Prophet-hood in the Old Testament and our current dispensation. The paper recommends that the prophets of the current dispensation should not be mute like prophet Micaiah, but be active with integrity to impart the political era of Nigeria.