Gifted to Edify, Exhort, and Console

But now that difference matters. Because I don't know about you, but if the prophet is the mouthpiece of God and what they say I got to listen to and what they, I'll say again, they got to listen to I ain't gonna think of another word. But all can do it. You I gotta listen to I done heard some of the prophecy people would engage people. I'm not I wouldn't dare listen to it. But under the old covenant, if I don't, I'm rebelling against God. So are you telling me that everybody is now an authority over my life? And whatever they sense in the spirit, I'm supposed to accept as God. No. I got a problem with that. The bible do too. [01:01:56] (51 seconds)  #PropheticDiscernment

And everybody wanna get caught up in trying to tell somebody the future, but the primary function and purpose of the prophets in the Old Testament was to exhort the people of God and God's truth, mercy, justice, and righteousness, and to warn them when they were not. And because they had to warn them when they were not, they would then have to give predictive prophecies to say, and if you don't do this, this is what's gonna happen to you. Right? Because you continue to rebel, you're gonna go into captivity now. Right? Or even to reveal the plan of salvation, which was less about punishment or judgment. Right? Those same functions still exist today. [01:24:18] (34 seconds)  #ProphetsExhortAndWarn

This is why he wishes everybody would do it, that we all can be the body of Christ who sees a brother who has fallen or a sister who has fallen but has repented, but they can't let go of the shame of what it is that they did, that we can go to them with prophetic utterances saying to them, you have been forgiven. Yeah. Yeah. You have repented. You have been restored. You have been God's love is still on you. Come back to him. That's something that we should all be able to do, which is why all shall prophesy. [01:30:11] (30 seconds)  #PropheticRestoration

But I'm not gonna just dismiss an entire function of the church that is beneficial and hopeful to us because we got a few people that wanna run around claiming things that they can't claim. We just need to understand they ain't got no authority over your life. You just need to understand that they ain't on no mountain talking directly to God. I don't care what they say. They are sensing and understanding God through the same means in which you are, by the spirit in you, and they are processing through that. And so this is why I always tell people, don't speak with authority when you say God is saying. Just simply say, this is what I'm feeling God might be saying. This is what I'm think I'm hearing God say. [01:34:21] (36 seconds)  #HumbleProphecy

Point being, we out of here. I'm not gonna deny that the prophetic function is alive, and we need it, and we must not quench the power, but function in it rightly. And to those, by the way, who are not operating in that gift as their primary, here's what I wanna say. I wanna warn you to be cautious of excessive dependence on prophetic words for making routine daily decisions for your life. Remember, you have the spirit of God. You are enough. And if you are truly seeking the Lord and dying to your flesh, then be led by the spirit and let the prophetic voice be confirmation, not your foundation. [01:37:23] (34 seconds)  #SpiritFirstProphecyConfirms

We see this in first Corinthians 14 where Paul addresses the silliness happening in the church with both tongues and the prophets, and he gives them an order. And part of that order is stop with this out of control, I just can't help it. The spirit got a hold of me nonsense that people be saying. Yeah. Like, let's be clear. The spirit if your spirit is out of control, it ain't the holy spirit. Because the fruit of the spirit is self control. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's the first test. Yeah. Right? [01:15:46] (29 seconds)  #FruitOfSpiritIsSelfControl

Man, the spirit said it. No. The spirit of the prophet is subject to the prophet. You might need to sit on the word for a little bit and let it marinate in you first to get the right interpretation, or maybe let's see what else is happening on and just watch and observe and see when it's the right time for you to release as they say that word that God has given you. But Paul gives this instruction to the church who is app operating out of control. Right? Now why am I saying that? Because he says, this is how you're gonna function in the church. As an apostle, I'm gonna give this order. [01:17:25] (37 seconds)  #MaturePropheticTiming

That is part of what the prophet does, and it's interesting that modern prophets, because they're just mean, they just wanna tell you mean stuff. They're gonna rebuke you all day long, but how many come right back and function in the other side of saying, now that you have heeded the warning, I need you to receive the mercy and grace of the lord. I need you to embrace that you have been forgiven and to get up and to let go of the lies of the enemy that is in your head. Those words coming forth are prophetic utterances. [01:29:45] (26 seconds)  #PropheticComfortAndCorrection