'Prophets And Principles'

When Jesus was defining the total contents of the Bible (the 'Old Testament' being all the Bible there was at that time, for Jesus had not given the commandment to the apostles yet to 'teach all nations' 'to observe (do, keep, and teach) all things whatsoever I have commanded you.'
(Matthew 28:19-20), therefore they wrote to the Church (various churches) all those things that Christ commanded them; therefore being 'all things whatsoever' Jesus had commanded them, and those accounts and epistles became the 'New Testament'), He named them as follows:

Luke 24:44:

24) “And He (Jesus) said unto them, 'These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet (prior to His crucifixion and death, burial and resurrection) with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning Me.'

Does that mean that the Old Testament alone contained prophets, and that in the New Testament there were no prophets?

What saith the scriptures?

I Corinthians 12:27-28:
27) “Now ye (, the Church of all believers in Christ,) are (, in totality,) the body of Christ, and members in particular.
28) “And God hath set some in the Church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.”

So God also set prophets in the Church, which are 'members in particular', and function as a specific member of the body of Christ is assigned to function.

Were the apostles prophets?

Let me answer that with this question: Did they not write 'scriptures'? Then they were that partucular member, and therefore, 'apostles'. (Ref: Ephesians 19:20)

However, any believer must function in whatever 'office' he/she is called upon to do at any given time by the Holy Ghost; therefore we are to 'do the work of an evangelist', or a teacher, or a prophet, or an apostle (though there are no apostles but twelve in the Church, for an apostle must have been chosen by Christ Himself, and were given authority to write scriptures), for we all have the same Spirit, Who gives those gifts to whom He chooses, particularly when one who ordinarily functions as that 'member in particular' is not immediately available, and that function must be accomplished.

Are there apostles to day in the Church?

No. The twelve apostles of the New Testament, and the prophets of the Old Testament, were the writers of the scriptures, which are the literal foundation on which the Church was built by Jesus Christ, Himself being the 'Head of the corner', or, the 'Cornerstone' (where Jews and Gentiles meet, in the faith of Abraham, believing in Christ Jesus, and becoming sons of God, according to the promise of Abraham, and the covenant God made with Abraham (Genesis 17:1-11), as fulfilled in Jesus Christ our Lord. (Reference scriptures: Ephesians 2:1-22; Matthew 28:18; Galatians 3:18-19)

Now as a prophet, the apostle, Paul, also known as 'Saul', when he spoke a thing, it was acted upon by God, for Paul spoke in faith, as his spirit was prompted, to do the will of the Father.

One such incident is found in the following scripture:

Acts 13:6-11:

6) “And when they (Saul and Barnabas) had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:
7) “Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
8) “But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn the deputy from the faith.
9) “Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on nim,
10) “And said, 'O full of all subtlety and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
11) “And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season.' And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.”

Now I would not be wrong to say that, by this principle of God, being a scripture in the Bible, God also will cause a 'mist' and a 'darkness' (blindness) to fall upon each and every one who will fall into the same classification as Elymas the sorcerer, and you will not be able to comprehend the things of God (the 'light') for a season, until you return to God, and receive Christ as your Savior, and your sins be taken away. Then your eyes will be 'lightened', and you will be able to see the things of God which you had perverted, and faith will grow in your heart.

Avoid that delusion and confusion. Stop perverting the right ways of the Lord, and receive Jesus now.

We who believe in Christ and follow Him, were all of that same 'species' of human, which is termed as a 'sinner', so we are not at all unaware of what other 'sinners' face, being without Christ. But we are now more familiar with the better side of life, the life for which we were initially made to live in Christ, and are commanded in the love of God to take the gospel of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ to all the 'lost souls' of men who are still without Christ, and must be saved during their time on earth.

You can stay as you are, in contempt of the righteousness of God, or be redeemed by the shedding of Jesus' blood for you on the cross and change your 'fate' of a sinner to a 'destiny' of a believer, a son of God, saved by grace, because you believed in Jesus Christ to become your Savior.

Romans 5:12:

12) “Wherefore, as by one man (Adam, who sinned, and polluted all his generations after him with a sinful nature in our flesh) sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all (flesh of all) men, for that all (of us) have sinned:”

Romans 5:8:

8) “But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

John 3:16-18:

16) “For God so loved (each and every person in) the world, that He gave (for the only acceptable Sacrifice for the taking away of our sins) His only begotten (physically born) Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish (as a sinner, having unforgiven sins which had not been taken away), but have everlasting life.
17) “For God sent not His Son to condemn (any person in) the world, but that (each and every person that believes in Jesus, the only Savior of lost souls of men in) the world through Him might be saved (by believing).
18) “He that believeth on Him is not condemned (any longer); but he that believeth not is (still) condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”

God loves you. Love Him back.