Saturday, March 30, 2013
The prophetic
There are many in the old school that do not believe that genuine prophets exist today. They argue that prophets were a thing of the past as the old church did not have the benefit of the written scriptures. They argue that the Holy Spirit is in us and we can hear God directly ourselves.
They quote Ephesians 2 where is it reads,
Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit (Ephesians 2:19-22).
They argue that the foundations of the church is already laid and built. But who said God has stopped building?
The prophetic is not just old school, but the very part of the 5-fold ministry and the new testament church. There are many times I am lost for directions even after much prayer, but a prophetic from someone keeps me in the direction God wants me to follow. It is a spiritual war and if the enemy is using fortune tellers and soothsayers to tell people about their future, how much more we must be open to the prophetic voices of God's prophets.
Friends listen to the prophets, and you shall prosper. Many warn us against prophets using 1 John 4:1 but I believe it does not refer so much to genuine New testament prophets but those of other prophets like Muhammad, Sai BaBa, Mary Baker Eddy to name a few (my opinion).
So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.” 2 Chronicles 20:20
They quote Ephesians 2 where is it reads,
Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit (Ephesians 2:19-22).
They argue that the foundations of the church is already laid and built. But who said God has stopped building?
The prophetic is not just old school, but the very part of the 5-fold ministry and the new testament church. There are many times I am lost for directions even after much prayer, but a prophetic from someone keeps me in the direction God wants me to follow. It is a spiritual war and if the enemy is using fortune tellers and soothsayers to tell people about their future, how much more we must be open to the prophetic voices of God's prophets.
Friends listen to the prophets, and you shall prosper. Many warn us against prophets using 1 John 4:1 but I believe it does not refer so much to genuine New testament prophets but those of other prophets like Muhammad, Sai BaBa, Mary Baker Eddy to name a few (my opinion).
So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.” 2 Chronicles 20:20
