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I’ve been grappling with, I feel like I’m pouring over with too many preachers at the moment, and I’ve been battling, “Lord, what do you want me to say?” And I really felt that this morning, just that this was something that I’m going to be sharing on, that I’m trusting will be a key thing for us moving forward.
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I’ve been grappling with what to say, because I feel like I’m pouring over too many preachers at the moment, and I’ve been battling, “Lord, what do you want me to say?” And I really felt that this morning, that this was something I’m going to be sharing on, and I’m trusting it will be a key thing for us moving forward.
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So the title of today is Demystifying Prophecy.
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So the title of today is Demystifying Prophecy.
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Demystifying prophecy.
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Demystifying prophecy.
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And maybe just, I know this is Christmas time and I should look like Santa Claus or something, but we’re not here to entertain you.
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And maybe just, I know this is Christmas time and I should look like Santa Claus or something, but we’re not here to entertain you.
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We’re here to equip you.
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We’re here to equip you.
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And, you know, time is short.
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Time is short.
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The Lord is coming back soon.
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The Lord is coming back soon.
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And so I’m trusting that even today this will be a time of training and equipping, of teaching us what does God say about prophecy and how it should function.
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So I’m trusting that even today this will be a time of training and equipping, of teaching us what God says about prophecy and how it should function.
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And I’m going to look at a couple of different things.
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I’m going to look at a couple of different things.
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There’s so much I could speak on, but I think these are quite key as foundations.
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There’s so much I could speak on, but I think these are key foundations.
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And one of them is, and I’m going to be using the Bible.
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And one of them is, and I’m going to be using the Bible.
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If people want Bible teaching, this is going to be solid Bible teaching, so take out notes.
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If people want Bible teaching, this is going to be solid Bible teaching, so take out notes.
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Is prophecy for today?
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Is prophecy for today?
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And I’ll explain what prophecy is just now.
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And I’ll explain what prophecy is just now.
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But is it for today?
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But is it for today?
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Should we see prophecy in our churches and in our homes?
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Should we see prophecy in our churches and in our homes?
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I’m going to pick up on the difference between Old Testament and New Testament prophecy because I think many Christians do not understand the vast difference between Old Testament prophecy and New Testament prophecy.
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I’m going to pick up on the difference between Old Testament and New Testament prophecy, because I think many Christians do not understand the vast difference between them.
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If a person’s not 100% accurate when they prophesy, are they a false prophet?
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If a person’s not 100% accurate when they prophesy, are they a false prophet?
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That’s been bandied across Instagram and Facebook, punted by those who are anti-prophecy.
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That’s been bandied across Instagram and Facebook by those who are anti-prophecy.
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There is a massive attack.
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I hope you realize that, on charismatic, the gifts of the Spirit, the charismata in our day.
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There is a massive attack on charismatic gifts, the charismata, in our day.
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It’s probably the most, since I’ve been alive, the most militant attack against what I think is biblical Christianity.
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It’s probably the most militant attack, since I’ve been alive, against what I think is biblical Christianity.
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And so I’m hoping this will bolster us, give us some defense and faith to do with some of these things.
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So I’m hoping this will bolster us, give us some defense and faith in the face of these things.
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And lastly, what the Bible says prophecy should mean to you.
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And lastly, what the Bible says prophecy should mean to you.
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How should it apply in your life?
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How should it apply in your life?
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So it’s going to be an interesting little journey, which is going to need a miracle to get done in an hour.
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So it’s going to be an interesting little journey, which is going to need a miracle to get done in an hour.
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So maybe to start off with, in 1 Corinthians 12:1, and again, this is the Scripture, the Word of God.
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So maybe to start off with, in 1 Corinthians 12:1, and again, this is the Scripture, the Word of God.
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But here we see God speaking to us through Paul the apostle. And we see, “Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed about spiritual gifts.” Do you know that prophecy is a spiritual gift?
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But here we see God speaking to us through Paul the apostle. “Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.” Do you know that prophecy is a spiritual gift?
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And we are told here that we should not be ill-informed or uninformed about how these things work.
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And we are told here that we should not be uninformed about how these things work.
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How is it that as a generation we may have Bible teaching coming out of our ears, but we are so illiterate when it comes to the spiritual gifts, when the Bible specifically tells us we shouldn’t be uninformed?
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How is it that as a generation we may have Bible teaching coming out of our ears, but we are so illiterate when it comes to the spiritual gifts, when the Bible specifically tells us we shouldn’t be uninformed?
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We need to know how this stuff works.
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We need to know how this stuff works.
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We shouldn’t be confused by the mumbo jumbo.
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We shouldn’t be confused by the mumbo jumbo.
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We shouldn’t be scared of it because we just don’t understand it, which is often what happens.
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We shouldn’t be scared of it because we just don’t understand it, which is often what happens.
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We must know how prophecy and spiritual gifts work.
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We must know how prophecy and spiritual gifts work.
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And so in some ways, this is a bit of an, do you know what an apologist is?
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In some ways, this is a bit of an apologetic.
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I’m giving a strong defense here.
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I’m giving a strong defense here.
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I’m trying to give you ammunition, Bible ammunition, to bolster your belief, to bolster you when you get attacked, because you will be attacked because you believe in spiritual gifts.
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I’m trying to give you ammunition, Bible ammunition, to bolster your belief, to bolster you when you get attacked, because you will be attacked for believing in spiritual gifts.
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At some point, someone’s going to think you did drugs or you lost the plot.
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At some point, someone’s going to think you did drugs or you lost the plot.
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And you need to know why the Bible says these things are important so that you can stand in that time.
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And you need to know why the Bible says these things are important so that you can stand in that time.
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And then again, I want to show how we should see this thing used far more.
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And then again, I want to show how we should see this thing used far more.
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We should see this gift operating.
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We should see this gift operating.
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Do you know that there is a move away from this toward cessationism, which is basically churches, people are streaming out of charismatic churches, thankfully not ours because we train guys, but streaming out of charismatic churches into actually going back to Catholic churches, traditional churches, orthodox churches, because people don’t understand these things and so they want to go to what’s safe.
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There is a move away from this toward cessationism, and churches, people are streaming out of charismatic churches, thankfully not ours because we train guys, but streaming out of charismatic churches into Catholic, traditional, or orthodox churches, because people don’t understand these things and so they want to go to what feels safe.
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But I want to say this: there is nothing about Jesus that is safe.
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But I want to say this: there is nothing about Jesus that is safe.
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There is nothing about Jesus that is safe.
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There is nothing about Jesus that is safe.
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But we need to understand his ways so that we can follow them.
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But we need to understand his ways so that we can follow them.
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Otherwise, he becomes an offense to us and we actually resist him.
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Otherwise he becomes an offense to us and we actually resist him.
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And you know that that’s quite a common problem for humanity.
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And that’s quite a common problem for humanity.
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When he came to his own, what did his own do? Get out of here.
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When he came to his own, what did his own do? “Get out of here.
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We don’t like what you’re saying.
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We don’t like what you’re saying.”
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And let me just tell you, the Bible says in the end times what happened to the Jews is exactly what’s going to happen to the Gentiles.
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And let me just tell you, the Bible says in the end times what happened to the Jews is exactly what’s going to happen to the Gentiles.
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We will see the great apostasy, the great falling away.
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We will see the great apostasy, the great falling away.
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We Gentiles will be as fallen away as the Jews are.
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And you might look at America and say, “Well, it’s not happening on our watch.” I’m telling you, America is falling away in the middle of this because she’s forming herself on a false Christianity.
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You might look at America and say, “Well, it’s not happening on our watch.” I’m telling you, America is falling away in the middle of this because she’s forming herself on a false Christianity.
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And it’s not just America.
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And it’s not just America.
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It is now around the world.
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It is now around the world.
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We are in what I believe is the great apostasy, the great falling away.
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We are in what I believe is the great apostasy, the great falling away.
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And I’ll get to that some other time.
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And I’ll get to that some other time.
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So we need to know these things.
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So we need to know these things.
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So what is prophecy?
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What is prophecy?
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Let me try and define it.
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Let me try and define it.
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This is my own definition, but I think it stands up to biblical scrutiny.
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This is my own definition, but I think it stands up to biblical scrutiny.
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Prophecy is when God speaks through a person and reveals his thoughts, his will, or intent in a matter, including foretelling future things or future events.
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Prophecy is when God speaks through a person and reveals his thoughts, his will, or his intent in a matter, including foretelling future things or future events.
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In other words, it’s when God speaks through a person into a scenario or to another person about what he’s thinking or what he wants to do.
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In other words, it’s when God speaks through a person into a scenario or to another person about what he’s thinking or what he wants to do.
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And it’s quite a profound thing.
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It’s quite a profound thing.
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And now the Bible says, well, we’ll look at that just now. Let me not run ahead of myself, that we shouldn’t be uninformed about this.
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And the Bible says, well, we’ll look at that just now, that we shouldn’t be uninformed about this.
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Now one of the things that we get confused in, and I think this creates massive problems for Christians, is we confuse Old Testament prophecy and New Testament prophecy, and they are very, very, very different.
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One of the things that creates massive problems for Christians is that we confuse Old Testament prophecy and New Testament prophecy, and they are very, very different.
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So often people that try and attack Christianity or charismatic Christianity try and use Old Testament concepts, say, “Well, you’re not doing that because actually in the Old Testament, if you got a prophecy wrong, you died.” Anyone want the mantle to prophesy?
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So often people who attack Christianity, or charismatic Christianity, try to use Old Testament concepts. They say, “Well, you’re not doing that because actually in the Old Testament, if you got a prophecy wrong, you died.” Anyone want the mantle to prophesy?
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That’s a big shift.
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That’s a big shift.
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And so we need to look at what does the Bible say about that, and how come we are so comfortable with prophecy?
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So we need to look at what the Bible says about that, and how come we are so comfortable with prophecy.
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Well, in the old covenant, there was a lot more fear and trembling around this gift.
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In the old covenant, there was a lot more fear and trembling around this gift.
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And actually there shouldn’t be fear and trembling in the new covenant about this gift.
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And actually there shouldn’t be fear and trembling in the new covenant about this gift.
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It is a gift from God, and God gives good gifts.
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It is a gift from God, and God gives good gifts.
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Now, Old Testament, let’s start in the Old Testament, the old covenant.
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Let’s start in the Old Testament, the old covenant.
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In other words, the people of God in the Old Testament, God was in some ways forming the nation of Israel, and they were his old covenant people.
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In other words, the people of God in the Old Testament were God’s old covenant people.
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We now are new covenant people.
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We now are new covenant people.
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We come into a different arrangement with God.
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We come into a different arrangement with God.
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And so he’s the same God; we just have a different way of relating to him.
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He’s the same God; we just have a different way of relating to him.
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Well, I’m not going to go into that now.
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But in the shift in the Old Testament, prophets were, and I look at what they are and I’m going to look at what we are, they were literally God’s mouthpiece.
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In the Old Testament, prophets were literally God’s mouthpiece.
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You remember in those days, the Bible wasn’t written or was being written.
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You remember that in those days the Bible wasn’t written, or was being written.
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And they were literally the word of God to the people of God, which means when they spoke, it was a really big deal.
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They were literally the word of God to the people of God, which means when they spoke, it was a really big deal.
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That time was a covenant, was the way God was leading his people.
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That time was a covenant way of God leading his people.
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We are no longer in that time.
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We are no longer in that time.
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Prophecy today is not like that.
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Prophecy today is not like that.
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And we’ll look at that more in more detail just now.
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And so in the Old Testament, when a prophet spoke, it was authoritative and it was binding.
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In the Old Testament, when a prophet spoke, it was authoritative and binding.
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If you didn’t listen to one of God’s prophets, you were going to be in trouble with God.
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If you didn’t listen to one of God’s prophets, you were going to be in trouble with God.
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They were actually, in the old covenant, the highest authority on earth.
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They were, in the old covenant, the highest authority on earth.
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They were higher than kings.
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They were higher than kings.
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Kings had authority, and then you had prophets who held kings to account.
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Kings had authority, and then you had prophets who held kings to account.
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In other words, in a court of law, what’s the highest court here?
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In other words, in a court of law, what’s the highest court here?
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The Supreme Court.
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The Supreme Court.
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The prophet is the highest court in the spiritual land.
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The prophet was the highest court in the spiritual land.
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There is no higher authority to appeal to.
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There is no higher authority to appeal to.
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And so when they spoke, Israel obeyed, and they spoke for God.
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So when they spoke, Israel obeyed, and they spoke for God.
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And so you didn’t mess with the prophets or you messed with God.
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You didn’t mess with the prophets, or you messed with God.
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Could you put up my picture for me?
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This is something I just, I used, I’m learning how to use AI.
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Ask me, make me a picture.
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And this is what it made.
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It was quite good, just what I wanted.
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In the Old Testament, you had these guys who would come down the mountain, and when they pointed their finger at you, you kind of got shaky legs because they were speaking on behalf of God, and they were authoritative.
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In the Old Testament, you had these guys who would come down the mountain, and when they pointed their finger at you, you got shaky legs because they were speaking on behalf of God, and they were authoritative.
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To disobey was to disobey God.
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To disobey was to disobey God.
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And so Deuteronomy 18:18-19, Old Testament prophecy.
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Could you put that up? “I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers.
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Deuteronomy 18:18–19 says, “I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers.
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And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to my people all that I command him.” In other words, God says, “I’m going to raise up certain individuals, and they will speak my words to my people,” the highest authority in the church—sorry, in Israel.
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And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to my people all that I command him.” In other words, God says, “I’m going to raise up certain individuals, and they will speak my words to my people,” the highest authority in Israel.
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Even kings would be removed or deposed if they didn’t listen to prophets.
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Even kings would be removed or deposed if they didn’t listen to prophets.
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In 2 Chronicles 36:16, this is what happens when you don’t listen to prophets, Old Testament: “But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.” In other words, you disobeyed the prophets, God’s wrath would be poured out upon you, and there’d be no remedy, nobody for you to hide, because you disobeyed God when you disobeyed his prophets.
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In 2 Chronicles 36:16, this is what happens when you don’t listen to prophets in the Old Testament: “But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.” In other words, if you disobeyed the prophets, God’s wrath would be poured out upon you, and there’d be no remedy, no place for you to hide, because you disobeyed God when you disobeyed his prophets.
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So, did you get that kind of pointy finger?
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It was like when he points the finger, you’re like, “Yes, sir.” It wasn’t America where we could vote.
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So it was like when he points the finger, you’re like, “Yes, sir.” It wasn’t America where we could vote.
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And so there were some tests of a prophet because everyone was kind of cool to be a prophet.
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And because of that, there were tests for a prophet. Everyone was kind of keen to be a prophet.
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You’re the guy, like you could just “thus saith the Lord” and it was like, wow, everyone’s going to obey you.
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You’re the guy—you could just say, “Thus says the Lord,” and it was like, wow, everyone’s going to obey you.
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So there were some very strong tests to make sure that in the old covenant what they said was actually God, that they always were hidden in God when they spoke, because a lot of people claimed to be prophets but were false prophets.
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So there were very strong tests to make sure that in the old covenant what they said really was God, that they were hidden in God when they spoke, because a lot of people claimed to be prophets but were false prophets.
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And so here’s one of the tests.
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Here’s one of the tests.
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There’s two.
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There are two.
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Deuteronomy 18:22.
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This is Old Testament. “When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously.
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Deuteronomy 18:22 says, “When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously.
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You need not be afraid of him.” In other words, if he says it’s going to happen and it doesn’t, well, we know he’s false.
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You need not be afraid of him.” In other words, if he says it’s going to happen and it doesn’t, then we know he’s false.
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Now, it’s interesting though, the way you define whether he’s true or false wasn’t by knowing intrinsically, because you’re filled with the Holy Spirit like we are.
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It’s interesting, though, that the way you defined whether he was true or false wasn’t by knowing intrinsically, because you’re filled with the Holy Spirit like we are.
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It was watching what he did because he was filled with the Spirit and you weren’t filled the same way.
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It was by watching what happened.
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But in the new covenant, something changes.
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But in the new covenant something changes.
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We are filled with the Spirit.
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We are filled with the Spirit.
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We know how to hear the voice of God.
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We know how to hear the voice of God.
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And so we can test differently.
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So we can test differently.
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We don’t have to wait to see, is it going to happen?
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We don’t have to wait to see, is it going to happen?
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We who have the Spirit can sense this is God speaking because we know God and we know how to hear his voice, and I’m hearing his voice through you.
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We who have the Spirit can sense, “This is God speaking,” because we know God and we know how to hear his voice, and I’m hearing his voice through you.
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So it’s a big difference.
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So it’s a big difference.
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Old Testament, it must come true.
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Old Testament prophecy must come true.
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Again, it should come true in the New Testament too if it’s God, but it’s not a test that we’re given in the New Testament.
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Again, it should come true in the New Testament too if it’s God, but it’s not a test that we’re given in the New Testament.
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Now, and the second one is interesting.
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The second test is interesting.
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So the one is, does it come true?
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The first is, does it come true?
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But then there’s a twist in it, which there always is with the devil.
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What happens if it comes true, and he’s still a false prophet?
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But what happens if it comes true and he’s still a false prophet?
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And do you know that that can happen?
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And do you know that can happen?
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People say, “Well, if it’s...” Yeah, the Bible actually shows that this can happen.
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People say, “Well, if it’s...” Yes, the Bible actually shows that this can happen.
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In other words, one of the tests is did it come true.
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One of the tests is whether it came true.
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There’s a second test if it does come true. Because it coming true doesn’t mean it’s God.
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There’s a second test if it does come true, because it coming true doesn’t mean it’s God.
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And it’s in Deuteronomy 13:1-3.
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It’s in Deuteronomy 13:1–3.
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And it basically says this, you’ll find it for us now.
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If a prophet comes and prophesies something that comes true, and the sign and the wonder that he tells you comes to pass—in other words, he actually prophesies it and it happens just like he said, and it’s miraculous how it happened.
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If a prophet comes and prophesies something that comes true, and the sign and the wonder that he tells you comes to pass—in other words, he actually prophesies it and it happens just like he said, and it’s miraculous how it happened—so this is not just some vague thing; this is miraculous.
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So this is not just some vague thing; this is miraculous.
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He said it and it came true.
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He said it and it came true.
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But then he says, “Let us go after other gods,” you shall not listen to him.
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But then he says, “Let us go after other gods,” you shall not listen to him.
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In other words, it’s possible for someone to prophesy something but actually still lead you astray, to prophesy accurately.
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In other words, it’s possible for someone to prophesy something but actually still lead you astray, to prophesy accurately.
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But if he starts pointing you to a different god, that’s another way you’ll know that he’s not genuine.
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But if he starts pointing you to a different god, that’s another way you’ll know he’s not genuine.
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He’s got to point you to worship Yahweh, the God of Israel.
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He’s got to point you to worship Yahweh, the God of Israel.
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He’s got to teach you to worship the God as he is, as he reveals himself, not some imagined god.
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He’s got to teach you to worship God as he is, as he reveals himself, not some imagined god.
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You know, it’s been said that in the beginning God made man in his own image and in his own likeness.
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It’s been said that in the beginning God made man in his own image and in his own likeness.
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Unfortunately, mankind decided to return the favor.
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Unfortunately, mankind decided to return the favor.
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In other words, we want a God in our likeness.
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In other words, we want a God in our likeness.
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And when we have a God in our likeness, it’s probably not the God of the Bible.
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And when we have a God in our likeness, it’s probably not the God of the Bible.
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He’s pointing to a false god.
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He’s pointing to a false god.
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And the consequence of getting it wrong, Deuteronomy 18:20, Old Testament: “But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.” Who kills him?
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The consequence of getting it wrong is in Deuteronomy 18:20: “But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.” Who kills him?
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The people of God do.
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The people of God do.
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Actually, people of God are supposed to kill him.
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The people of God are supposed to kill him.
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You’ve got to get rid of this guy.
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You’ve got to get rid of this guy.
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He’s dangerous.
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He’s dangerous.
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He’s going to lead people astray.
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He’s going to lead people astray.
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So, kind of nice position to have if you like power, but pretty serious.
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If you like power, it was kind of nice, but it was pretty serious.
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You get this wrong, it’s costly.
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Which meant there was a fear in Israel.
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Which meant there was a fear in Israel.
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And for a prophet, you should make sure that what you say is what God’s saying, not just your own presumption or imagination, because it could cost you your life.
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And for a prophet, you had to make sure that what you said was what God was saying, not just your own presumption or imagination, because it could cost you your life.
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And so, very strong, in some ways authoritative, in some ways as binding as the Bible is to us today because they didn’t have the Bible.
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In some ways it was as authoritative and as binding as the Bible is to us today, because they didn’t have the Bible.
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So as we obey the Bible, you should have obeyed the prophets in the old covenant.
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So as we obey the Bible, they were supposed to obey the prophets in the old covenant.
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And then everything changes in the new covenant because we see Jesus dying on a cross.
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Then everything changes in the new covenant because we see Jesus dying on a cross.
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We see the way into the presence of God break open.
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We see the way into the presence of God break open.
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The temple curtains torn.
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The temple curtain is torn.
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Suddenly God is no longer distanced.
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Suddenly God is no longer distant.
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Now he comes to live inside of all who believe.
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Now he comes to live inside all who believe.
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And so we become the temple of the living God.
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We become the temple of the living God.
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And one of the signs of the new covenant, one of the signs that salvation has broken out on a whole new scale, is actually in Acts 2:17-21.
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One of the signs of the new covenant, one of the signs that salvation has broken out on a whole new scale, is in Acts 2:17–21.
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And I want to read this because this is what happens on Pentecost.
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And Pentecost is the birthing of this new covenant.
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This is what happens on Pentecost, and Pentecost is the birthing of this new covenant.
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It’s the birthing of the church.
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It’s the birthing of the church.
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It’s the birthing of what God is about to do.
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It’s the birthing of what God is about to do.
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And everything changes from the cross. And this is just after the cross.
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Everything changes from the cross, and this is just after the cross.
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This is the outworking of the new covenant.
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This is the outworking of the new covenant.
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It’s starting to show us what this looks like.
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It’s starting to show us what this looks like.
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And so here’s what we see will happen post-Pentecost.
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Here’s what we see will happen post-Pentecost.
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In other words, when the nations will come to Christ, when we come to God through the Lord Jesus Christ, it’s called from the time of his death until now, the Bible calls it the last days.
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When the nations will come to Christ, when we come to God through the Lord Jesus Christ, from the time of his death until now the Bible calls it the last days.
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The last days.
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The last days.
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I mean, you’ve got the last days, the last 2,000 years, and then you’ve got the last days, which we’re probably living in, the last days of the last days.
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You’ve got the last days, the last 2,000 years, and then you’ve got the last days, which we’re probably living in—the last days of the last days.
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But in the last days, this is what the Bible is telling us.
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But in the last days, this is what the Bible is telling us.
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This is them explaining the Holy Spirit being poured out on the day of Pentecost.
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God says, “I will pour out my Spirit on all people.” In the old covenant, the Spirit of God came upon the prophets.
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God says, “I will pour out my Spirit on all people.” In the old covenant, the Spirit of God came upon the prophets.
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But now he’s coming on all who call on his name.
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But now he’s coming on all who call on his name.
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The anointing of God is given for each and every one of us, not just for some select few.
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The anointing of God is given for each and every one of us, not just for some select few.
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We are now called a kingdom of priests.
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We are now called a kingdom of priests.
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We are called and anointed by God as we come into the family of God.
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We are called and anointed by God as we come into the family of God.
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And so actually the gifting now comes to all of us.
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So actually the gifting now comes to all of us.
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And here’s what it looks like: “Your sons and daughters will prophesy.” So now it’s the children even among us that are going to start speaking the mysteries of God and prophesying.
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And here’s what it looks like: “Your sons and daughters will prophesy.” So now it’s even the children among us who are going to start speaking the mysteries of God and prophesying.
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It’s no longer just this kind of guy that comes down the mountain authoritatively with the Word of God.
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It’s no longer just the guy who comes down the mountain with the Word of God.
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Now your sons and daughters will prophesy.
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Your young men will see visions, which is a form of prophecy. Your old men will dream dreams, which is another form of prophecy.
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Now your sons and daughters will prophesy. “Your young men will see visions,” which is a form of prophecy, “your old men will dream dreams,” which is another form of prophecy.
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Now everyone, old to young, everyone in the house of God has these gifts. “Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.” They will prophesy. If you come into the new covenant and the Spirit of God is on you, one of the ways that will manifest is you will prophesy.
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Now everyone, old to young, everyone in the house of God has these gifts. “Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.” If you come into the new covenant and the Spirit of God is on you, one of the ways that will manifest is that you will prophesy.
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And it’s for everyone.
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And it’s for everyone.
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Let’s carry on. “I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.” And that’s actually now he’s starting to move towards things that are coming.
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Let’s carry on. “I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.” Now he’s moving toward things that are coming.
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Actually, these are some of the signs of the second coming.
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We’ll see later. “The sun will be turned to darkness, the moon to blood.” So he’s talking about from the time of Pentecost right through till the second coming of Christ, “before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.” In other words, prophecy is going to be in the church from Pentecost until the day we see him coming in the sky.
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Actually, these are some of the signs of the second coming. “The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood.” So he’s talking about the time from Pentecost right through to the second coming of Christ, “before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.” In other words, prophecy is going to be in the church from Pentecost until the day we see him coming in the sky.
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Christians will prophesy.
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Christians will prophesy.
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So why don’t we see that happening?
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So why don’t we see that happening?
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What’s wrong?
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What’s wrong?
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Have we believed a lie?
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Have we believed a lie?
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Have we not understood the wonder of what God has for us in this new covenant?
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Have we not understood the wonder of what God has for us in this new covenant?
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So again, Old Testament, select few got that kind of anointing.
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Old Testament: a select few got that kind of anointing.
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But now it’s no longer like that.
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But now it’s no longer like that.
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Now we all can prophesy.
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Now we all can prophesy.
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And that’s what it said literally, did it not?
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And that’s what it said, literally, did it not?
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Everyone prophesying.
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Everyone prophesying.
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And the whole of the New Testament is that it’s people prophesying, people having dreams, visions, people being told to go here, do that.
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And the whole of the New Testament is people prophesying, people having dreams, visions, people being told to go here, do that.
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The whole of our Bible from that point onward is that.
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The whole of our Bible from that point onward is that.
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It ends with John and the Book of Revelation.
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It ends with John and the book of Revelation—a prophetic revelation.
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The whole book is prophecy.
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The whole book is prophecy.
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It’s like prophecy is going to be in the church from Pentecost until we hear the trumpet and we see him coming in the sky.
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It’s like prophecy is going to be in the church from Pentecost until we hear the trumpet and we see him coming in the sky.
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But prophecy changes now because a couple of things have changed.
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But prophecy changes now because a couple of things have changed.
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One of them being, well, now we all have the Spirit.
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One of them is that now we all have the Spirit.
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Now we can all prophesy.
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Now we can all prophesy.
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Now we also have our Bible, which is a big deal.
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Now we also have our Bible, which is a big deal.
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In other words, something shifts, and we’ll look at that scripturally.
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Something shifts, and we’ll look at that scripturally.
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Even prophecy moves from its position that it had and actually prophecy in itself no longer carries authority like it did because now children are doing it, women are doing it, everyone’s doing it.
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Even prophecy moves from the position it had, and prophecy no longer carries authority like it did because now children are doing it, women are doing it, everyone’s doing it.
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So it’s different.
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So it’s different.
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And I’ll show you just now how different it is.
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And I’ll show you just now how different it is.
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Similar and different.
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Similar and different.
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And so the only scripture that they can use is this one.
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So the only scripture that people can use against this is this one.
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This is their best shot at trying to say it doesn’t exist anymore.
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It’s their best shot at trying to say it doesn’t exist anymore.
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Let’s look at it and just look at it.
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Because if they’re speaking the truth, well then we better not do it, right?
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Let’s look at it, because if they’re speaking the truth, then we better not do it, right?
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I want to be a Bible guy.
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I want to be a Bible guy.
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I don’t care what culture we like.
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I don’t care what culture we like.
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I want to be a Bible guy.
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I want to be a Bible guy.
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“Love never ends.
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“Love never ends.
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As for prophecies, they will pass away.” Ooh, looking like they’ve got a point at this point.
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Now you’re telling me, I thought they were going to pass away. “As for tongues, they will cease.” And they’re going, “I feel so good now,” because those are kind of freaky gifts.
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As for prophecies, they will pass away.” Ooh, looking like they’ve got a point at this stage. “As for tongues, they will cease.” And they’re going, “I feel so good now,” because those are kind of freaky gifts.
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So they’re going to stop. “As for knowledge,” whoops, “it will pass away.” Hang on.
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So they’re going to stop. “As for knowledge,” whoops, “it will pass away.” Hang on.
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So then why are you teaching the Bible?
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So then why are you teaching the Bible?
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Because what is the Bible?
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Because what is the Bible?
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What is this knowledge?
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What is this knowledge?
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So hang on, what is being said here then?
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So what is being said here?
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What do you—because you can’t just throw away prophecy and tongues and say, “Well, we’re going to keep knowledge.” Churches that are built just on knowledge are actually churches that are devoid of the power of the Holy Spirit.
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You can’t just throw away prophecy and tongues and say, “Well, we’re going to keep knowledge.” Churches built just on knowledge are actually churches devoid of the power of the Holy Spirit.
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We’ve cut God out because God is a God of power.
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We’ve cut God out because God is a God of power.
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So knowledge is going to pass away too.
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So knowledge is going to pass away too.
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And then it tells us when this is going to happen: “For we know in part and we prophesy in part.” So what he’s telling us is when you prophesy, you don’t know everything about the person.
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And then it tells us when this is going to happen: “For we know in part and we prophesy in part.” What he’s telling us is that when you prophesy, you don’t know everything about the person.
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You only can prophesy what God shows you in the moment.
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You can only prophesy what God shows you in the moment.
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So you’re prophesying in part, right?
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So you are prophesying in part.
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But when the perfect comes—now when does the perfect come?
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But when the perfect comes—when does the perfect come?
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When Jesus returns.
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When Jesus returns.
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Didn’t that what Acts said?
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Isn’t that what Acts said?
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It’s going to be there until we see the great and glorious day of the Lord, until the very last of the last days.
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It’s going to be there until we see the great and glorious day of the Lord, until the very last of the last days.
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So when Jesus returns, the partial—partial—and I need to say this, your knowledge is also partial.
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All these partial things are going to fall away because when he returns we will see him and we will be as he is and we will know as he knows.
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So we won’t need knowledge because we will know.
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It’s not like I need knowledge. It’s just I know, like I know.
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It’s not like I need knowledge; it’s just that I know, like I know.
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It’s inside of me.
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It’s inside of me.
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It’s who I am.
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It’s who I am.
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It’s because I’m made like God.
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It’s because I’m made like God.
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And so I don’t need prophecy when he returns because everything’s known.
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And so I don’t need prophecy when he returns because everything is known.
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I know as he knows.
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I know as he knows.
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So prophecy falls away.
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Tongues fall away and knowledge falls away when he returns.
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Tongues fall away. Knowledge falls away when he returns.
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And if, just carrying on a few verses later, so you won’t need teaching in heaven.
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I don’t have a job.
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1 Corinthians 13:12.
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I’ll happily be worshiping the King with all of you.
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I’m so glad it’ll just be.
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Can you imagine just seeing him as he is?
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I mean, today I hope you see something of him as I preach, but you’re going to see a little part of him.
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A few verses later: “For now we see in a mirror dimly.” At best, by the end of this preach, hopefully you’re going to think, “Oh, I get to see prophecy a bit better,” like looking at a mirror.
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But when he returns, we will see him as he is.
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But the mirrors then weren’t like our mirrors.
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“But now we see in a mirror dimly.” I mean, at the best, by the end of this preach, hopefully you’re going to, “Oh, I get to see prophecy a bit better,” like looking at a— and the mirrors there aren’t like our mirrors.
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Their mirrors were like polished metal.
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Their mirrors were polished metal.
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It was like, I think I look good today.
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But then when the perfect comes, we’re going to see him face to face. “Now I know in part, but then I’ll know fully, even as I have been fully known.” When is the perfect?
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It was like, “I think I look good today.” But then when the perfect comes, we’re going to see him face to face. “Now I know in part, but then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.” When is the perfect?
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When the Lord returns.
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When the Lord returns.
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And until the Lord returns, we need prophecy.
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And until the Lord returns, we need prophecy.
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We need tongues.
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We need tongues.
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We need to not be ignorant of spiritual gifts.
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We need not to be ignorant of spiritual gifts.
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And this is confirmed.
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And this is confirmed.
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I mean, it’s interesting.
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People say prophecy is no longer.
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People say prophecy is no longer.
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I’ve even heard some significant teachers say that if someone prophesies, they’re doing it by the devil.
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I’ve even heard some significant teachers say that if someone prophesies, they’re doing it by the devil.
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I’m thinking, man, you’re in danger of blaspheming the Spirit.
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I’m thinking, man, you’re in danger of blaspheming the Spirit.
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You’re doing the very thing they said about Jesus when he was doing things that they couldn’t understand. “He’s doing it by Beelzebub,” and the church is saying this about the church now.
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You’re doing the very thing they said about Jesus when he was doing things they couldn’t understand: “He’s doing it by Beelzebub.” And the church is saying this about the church now.
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We’re in terrible times.
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We’re in terrible times.
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I think we’re in the great apostasy, the great falling away.
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I think we’re in the great apostasy, the great falling away.
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Brother will turn on brother and hate brother.
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Brother will turn on brother and hate brother.
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How—who gives you authority to say these things?
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Well, the Word of God does.
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So John, in the Book of Revelation, and John is looking forward from the end of the first century.
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So John, in the book of Revelation, is looking forward from the end of the first century.
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He’s writing this in about A.D.
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He’s writing this around A.D.
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He’s on the island of Patmos in prison, and he sees a vision of the future.
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He’s on the island of Patmos in prison, and he sees a vision of the future.
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And as he looks towards the future, he actually looks towards the rise of the world against God, the rise, the compromise of the church.
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As he looks toward the future, he actually sees the rise of the world against God, the compromise of the church, everything into our day and beyond.
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He looks at everything and he sees however long it’s going to take into our day and beyond.
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And as he looks forward into the future, he tells us about one of the last things that will happen on planet Earth.
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And as he looks forward, he tells us about one of the last things that will happen on planet Earth.
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Now people say there’s no prophets anymore.
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People say there are no prophets anymore.
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The problem is the Bible says differently.
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The problem is the Bible says differently.
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And so in the Book of Revelation 11:3, John is looking forward, after our day, because this hasn’t happened yet. “And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
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In Revelation 11:3, John is looking forward, after our day, because this hasn’t happened yet: “And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
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Who are they prophesying against?
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Who are they prophesying against?
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They’re prophesying against Babylon.
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They’re prophesying against Babylon.
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They’re prophesying against the church that’s risen up.
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They’re prophesying against the church that’s risen up.
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They’re prophesying against the compromised people of God.
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They’re prophesying against the compromised people of God.
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And God says, so if Revelation tells us, and John’s looking forward 2,000 years or more, and he’s saying there’s guys that are going to prophesy in the very end, how dare we say that prophecy is gone when the Bible very clearly says right at the end we’re going to have guys doing it?
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And God says, if Revelation tells us, and John is looking forward 2,000 years or more, and he’s saying there are guys who are going to prophesy in the very end, how dare we say that prophecy is gone when the Bible very clearly says that right at the end we’re going to have guys doing it?
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Interesting in Revelation 18:20, the background to this, and it’s actually apostles too, just by the way.
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In Revelation 18:20, the background to this is that there are also apostles.
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Again, you wonder why we’re so nervous of apostles because we don’t understand the difference between a first-century apostle and a modern apostle, and there’s guys about the new apostolic reformation, which we are not a part of, by the way, because I do think there’s some wack stuff in what they teach.
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Again, you wonder why we’re so nervous of apostles because we don’t understand the difference between a first-century apostle and a modern apostle. There are guys about the new apostolic reformation, which we are not a part of, by the way, because I do think there’s some wack stuff in what they teach.
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But can I say this?
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We need these gifts until we all reach unity in the faith and to grow into perfection.
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But we need these gifts until we all reach unity in the faith and grow into perfection.
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And so now John is looking forward, and he doesn’t only say we need prophets in the last days.
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John is looking forward, and he doesn’t only say we need prophets in the last days.
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We will see them.
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He actually talks to apostles in the last days in his vision.
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He actually talks about apostles in the last days in his vision.
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In Revelation 18:20, the church is being persecuted.
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In Revelation 18:20, the church is being persecuted.
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And by the way, we are coming into a time of persecution where brother will betray brother, church against church.
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And by the way, we are coming into a time of persecution where brother will betray brother, church against church.
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It’s coming.
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It’s coming.
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We’re in it.
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We’re in it.
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We’re already brother against brother.
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We’re already brother against brother.
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The internet is filled with Christians against Christians calling each other out, fighting on—it’s just, we’re in it.
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The internet is filled with Christians against Christians calling each other out, fighting.
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We’re in it now.
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We’re in it now.
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Handing over to the authorities.
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I’ve already had that happen to me in Africa.
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I’ve already had that happen to me in Africa.
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I was handed over to authorities because I believed basic biblical truth.
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I was handed over to authorities because I believed basic biblical truth.
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Okay, we’re in it.
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We’re in it.
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And so John’s looking at this, and he actually sees Christians being killed and persecuted and chased from their homes. And he says this to the future church.
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John sees Christians being killed and persecuted and chased from their homes, and he says this to the future church.
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We’re not there fully yet: “Rejoice over her.” Now God is now going to destroy Babylon, and straight after this happens, the Bible says it’s the wedding feast of the Lamb.
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We’re not there fully yet: “Rejoice over her.” Now God is going to destroy Babylon, and straight after this happens the Bible says it’s the wedding feast of the Lamb.
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So we’re right at the end, and finally God’s breaking into creation again powerfully.
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So we’re right at the end, and finally God’s breaking into creation again powerfully.
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It says, “Rejoice over her, over Babylon falling, over the system that is anti-God falling, O heaven and those in the heavens.” And so what it effectively saying is those that are dead and you saints and apostles and prophets—note, these are not those in heaven.
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It says, “Rejoice over her, O heaven and you saints and apostles and prophets,” note, these are not those in heaven; these are those on the earth.
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These are those that are on the earth.
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We’ve just read about the two prophets. “For God has given judgment for you against her.”
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We’ve just read about the two prophets. “For God has given judgment for you against her.”
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She has judged you, and now God will come and judge for you against her.
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She has judged you, and now God will come and judge for you against her.
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Which means we actually should see apostles right through until Christ returns, which again fits with what you read in Ephesians 4.
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Which means we actually should see apostles right through until Christ returns, which again fits with what you read in Ephesians 4.
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So how come we don’t?
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So how come we don’t?
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Because we’re just like Israel because we’ve fallen away from the truth.
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Because we’re just like Israel, because we’ve fallen away from the truth.
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And because now that Christ wants to break back into his church, we’re saying, “Well, you can’t come that way because that’s not how we know you.”
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And because now that Christ wants to break back into his church, we’re saying, “Well, you can’t come that way because that’s not how we know you.”
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I’m being strong today, but this is the Word of God.
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I’m being strong today, but this is the Word of God.
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This is the Word of God.
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This is the Word of God.
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This is future.
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This is future.
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I don’t have time to do more on that.
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So do you see this?
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So do you see this?
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I mean, right through to the end, we need to see prophecy.
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Right through to the end, we need to see prophecy.
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So let’s break it down to us now as believers, because if we’re going to have it right to the end, what does that mean for you?
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Let’s break it down to us now as believers, because if we’re going to have it right to the end, what does that mean for you?
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What does that mean for you?
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What does that mean for you?
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And so the Bible, God actually has some things to tell you about what he expects from you, what he wants for you.
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The Bible has things to tell you about what he expects from you and what he wants for you.
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Let’s look at that now that we know it’s relevant.
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Let’s look at that now that we know it’s relevant.
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So we’re in it.
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We’re in it.
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In 1 Corinthians 14:5, “Now I want all of you to speak in tongues.” Woo!
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In 1 Corinthians 14:5, “Now I want all of you to speak in tongues.” Did you get that?
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Did you get that?
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That was the Word of God. “I want all of you to speak in tongues.” So don’t just say, “Well, it’s not for me.” But even more than that, “I want all of you to prophesy.” Amen.
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That was the Word of God. “I want all of you to speak in tongues.” So don’t just say, “Well, it’s not for me.” But even more than that, “I want all of you to prophesy.” Amen.
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Which means it’s something that God has for you.
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Which means it’s something God has for you.
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He’s got it for little children, for goodness sake.
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He’s got it for little children, for goodness’ sake.
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So how come you’ve just settled with, “Well, that’s not for me”?
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So how come you’ve just settled with, “Well, that’s not for me”?
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I’ll tell you why. Because you’re rebellious.
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I’ll tell you why: because you’re rebellious, or you don’t know.
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Or you don’t know.
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But you stand in defiance against the Word of God.
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But you stand in defiance against the Word of God.
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You stand in defiance against the God of the universe.
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You stand in defiance against the God of the universe.
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God says, “I want you to prophesy.” You better seek it.
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God says, “I want you to prophesy.” You better seek it.
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1 Corinthians 14:1: “Pursue love and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.” If you are not desiring it, you’re in rebellion to God.
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1 Corinthians 14:1 says, “Pursue love and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.” If you are not desiring it, you’re in rebellion to God.
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Listen to me.
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Listen to me.
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Listen to the Word of God.
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Listen to the Word of God.
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This is not Andrew.
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This is not Andrew.
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This is the Bible.
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This is the Bible.
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It doesn’t get plainer than that.
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It doesn’t get plainer than that.
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It says, “Do not murder.” If you murder, you break the law.
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If it says, “Do not murder,” and you murder, you break the law.
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If it says prophesy, so wake up.
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If it says prophesy, then wake up.
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Wake up, O sleeping church.
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Wake up, O sleeping church.
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Wake up to what the Father has given you, where he has died to give you these things.
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Wake up to what the Father has given you, what he died to give you.
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I know for some of us, I don’t even know what that looks like.
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I know for some of us, we don’t even know what that looks like.
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We’ll train you in the new year because it’s one of those gifts that all of us can do.
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We’ll train you in the new year because it’s one of those gifts that all of us can do.
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And who wouldn’t want to speak mysteries over another person that can strengthen them in their faith, that can build their faith, that they would know that God is here?
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And who wouldn’t want to speak mysteries over another person that can strengthen them in their faith, that can build their faith, that they would know that God is here?
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It’s for all of us.
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It’s for all of us.
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So what is New Testament prophecy for?
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So what is New Testament prophecy for?
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Because it’s different from the Old Testament.
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Because it’s different from the Old Testament.
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In the Old Testament, it was corrective pretty much. You guys are messing up and you better stop it because God’s about to come with a big stick.
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In the Old Testament it was corrective pretty much: “You guys are messing up and you better stop it because God’s about to come with a big stick.” That was Old Testament prophecy.
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That was Old Testament prophecy.
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That’s pretty much the whole Old Testament, isn’t it?
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I do think he’s coming with a big stick for the New Testament church too, by the way, because we are sons and he disciplines sons.
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I do think he’s coming with a big stick for the New Testament church too, by the way, because we are sons and he disciplines sons.
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I think we’ve taught a Jesus that doesn’t come with a stick.
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I think we’ve taught a Jesus who doesn’t come with a stick.
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He comes with a big stick because he wants obedience in us.
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He comes with a big stick because he wants obedience in us.
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He wants our lives devoted and surrendered to him.
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He wants our lives devoted and surrendered to him.
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What is New Testament prophecy for?
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What is New Testament prophecy for?
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1 Corinthians 14:3.
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Are you with me?
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Sorry, I’ve just felt like I don’t normally preach like this, but it’s like wake up. “On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.”
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1 Corinthians 14:3 says, “On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.”
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Did you notice that the Old Testament is corrective? But there’s nothing corrective about prophecy.
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Did you notice that the Old Testament is corrective, but there’s nothing corrective about prophecy?
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There are other correctives.
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There are other correctives.
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I’m giving you a corrective today in some ways with the Word of God as an elder.
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I’m giving you a corrective today in some ways with the Word of God as an elder.
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But prophecies don’t bring correctives in the new covenant.
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But prophecies don’t bring corrective in the new covenant.
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They don’t have authority in the new covenant.
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They don’t have authority in the new covenant.
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In the old covenant, they were the highest authority.
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In the old covenant, they were the highest authority.
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In the new covenant, they don’t carry authority because everyone can do it.
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In the new covenant, they don’t carry authority because everyone can do it.
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But they do bring something, and it’s beautiful, and this is why we should desire it.
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But they do bring something beautiful, and this is why we should desire it.
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They come to build us up, to encourage, and to bring us consolation.
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They come to build us up, to encourage us, and to bring consolation.
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In other words, in the old covenant, they had the sheriff’s badge, and you don’t mess with the sheriff.
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In the old covenant, they had the sheriff’s badge, and you don’t mess with the sheriff.
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In the new covenant, they don’t have the sheriff’s badge, but they do still speak for God.
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In the new covenant, they don’t have the sheriff’s badge, but they do still speak for God.
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And when God speaks through them, you will know that God knows you personally.
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And when God speaks through them, you will know that God knows you personally.
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You will know that he loves you.
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You will know that he loves you.
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You’ll know that there’s nothing about you that’s hidden from his sight.
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You’ll know that there’s nothing about you hidden from his sight.
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You will know.
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You will know because he will utter mysteries that you know he didn’t know.
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You will know because he will utter mysteries that that person could not have known.
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That person didn’t know.
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And so it strengthens you.
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So it strengthens you.
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It builds you up.
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It builds you up.
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Last week we had MV here, and you know, for some of us it was like, “What was that?” This guy singing over people and speaking over people and just calling people out.
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Last week we had MV here, and for some of us it was like, “What was that?” This guy singing over people, speaking over people, calling people out.
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He doesn’t know people from a bar of soap.
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He doesn’t know people from a bar of soap.
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You know, some of you, but the guys he called out certainly, some of them he has no idea who they are.
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Some of you, yes, but certainly not the people he called out.
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I didn’t even know who they are.
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And so why don’t the two of you come up quickly?
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And so why don’t the two of you come up quickly?
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And you’re welcome.
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Vitali was one of the guys.
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Vitali was one of the guys.
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Both of these guys came to us.
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Both of these guys came to us.
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You came about four months, five months ago?
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You came about four months ago?
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And the first time he came, he was singled out and prophesied over.
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And the first time you came, you were singled out and prophesied over.
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I’m going to let him tell the story now.
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I’m going to let you tell the story now.
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You came last week, and I think it was your second time.
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You came last week, and I think it was your second time?
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Third time.
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Third time.
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And did MV know you at all?
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And did MV know you at all?
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Do we know you at all?
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Do we know you at all?
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Are we still learning who you are?
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Are we still learning who you are?
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I mean, it’s like these guys do.
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But so he’s coming in as he’s really a visitor.
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He’s coming in as a visitor.
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He’s checking us out.
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He’s checking us out.
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He’s obviously sensing something of God, hopefully, and that’s kept him coming back.
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He’s obviously sensing something of God, hopefully, and that’s kept him coming back.
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And so what happened when MV just singled you out, called you out, and started to speak and sing over you?
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So what happened when MV singled you out, called you out, and started to speak and sing over you?
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So, just want to give a little background about me.
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I just want to give a little background about me.
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I come from a Christian family.
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I come from a Christian family.
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I come from a very conservative background, but I’ve never—I’ve known of God my whole life, but I’ve never known truly God face to face.
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I come from a very conservative background, but I’ve never truly known God face to face.
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Like last week when Murf called me out, I was trembling.
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Last week when Murf called me out, I was trembling.
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I was sobbing, breaking down.
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I was sobbing, breaking down, and in the coming weeks up to this, and even that morning, I was asking God to speak to me, and I was asking him to please, like, show me that, you know, you’re truly who you say you are and speak to me personally.
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In the weeks leading up to it, and even that morning, I was asking God to speak to me, asking him to please show me that you’re truly who you say you are and speak to me personally.
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And when he called me out, I was just like—I couldn’t, my voice was quavering.
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When he called me out, I just couldn’t speak. My voice was quavering.
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I couldn’t speak.
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I was just sobbing, sobbing.
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I was sobbing.
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And I truly felt God’s presence and God’s Spirit.
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I truly felt God’s presence and God’s Spirit.
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And I’m just like, I’m not usually a crier, you know, but like in worship I was just breaking down.
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I’m not usually a crier, but in worship I was just breaking down.
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And the whole rest of the day I was trembling and breaking down and listening to worship, and I was just like, Lord, why me?
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The whole rest of the day I was trembling and breaking down and listening to worship, and I was just like, Lord, why me?
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Out of all people, I’m just a wretched sinner, but why did you choose me?
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Out of all people, I’m just a wretched sinner, but why did you choose me?
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Why did you tell me about these things?
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Why did you tell me these things?
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And like, you know, it’s amazing.
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It’s amazing.
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You got what happened to you?
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You got what happened to you?
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And we’ve actually been friends for a long time.
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We’ve actually been friends for a long time.
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We grew up in the same background, Slavic Baptist, very conservative and strict.
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We grew up in the same background—Slavic Baptist, very conservative and strict.
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And I started going to a non-denominational church with my wife, Anna, and we just knew something was missing.
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I started going to a non-denominational church with my wife, Anna, and we just knew something was missing.
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So God led us to this church, and the first time it was May, and I remember everything about the church we loved.
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So God led us to this church. The first time was in May, and I remember everything about the church we loved.
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And we’re just like, “Oh my goodness, I think this is our church.”
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We were like, “Oh my goodness, I think this is our church.”
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And then Andrew comes up and he’s like, “Hey, we’re going to have a prophet test here.” And I’m like, “What?” My walls like right away, walls up.
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And then Andrew comes up and he’s like, “Hey, we’re going to have a prophet test here.” And I’m like, “What?” My walls went up right away.
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I’m like, these people are maybe crazies, I don’t know.
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I’m like, these people are maybe crazies, I don’t know.
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How do we end up here?
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How do we end up here?
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But I’ve been changing my points of view on a lot of things, and I decided to wrestle through this with God.
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But I’ve been changing my point of view on a lot of things, and I decided to wrestle through this with God.
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So we prayed, and we’re like, “God, reveal, like if we’re wrong in our views here, you know.” So we came one more week, and then we’re like, okay, we’re going to come to this prophet test event.
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So we prayed, and we were like, “God, reveal to us if we’re wrong in our views here.” So we came one more week, and then we were like, okay, we’re going to come to this prophet test event.
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And we were here.
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We were sitting on this side, and I remember I’m like, I’m going to catch her repeating some stuff, and she definitely—this is something wrong, right?
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We were sitting on this side, and I remember thinking I’m going to catch her repeating some stuff, and she definitely—there’s something wrong, right?
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So I’m listening, just staring her down, and she leaves our section.
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So I’m listening, just staring her down.
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She’s somewhere I think like over here, and I’m just staring at her, and she catches eyes with me.
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She leaves our section and is somewhere over here, and I’m still staring at her.
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And I’m like, well, if she has these powers, can she read my mind right now?
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She catches my eyes, and I’m like, well, if she has these powers, can she read my mind right now?
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And I’m like, do you know that I’m doubting you?
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My thought to her was, do you know that I’m doubting you?
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Like that was my thought to her.
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And she like thought about it and then comes back and invites my wife and I up here.
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She thought about it and then comes back and invites my wife and I up here.
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And as we come up, she was so accurate on so many things.
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And as we come up, she was so accurate on so many things.
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I think there was literally like one detail that she was off, but the thing was true, but what she said leading up to it.
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I think there was literally one detail she was off on, but the thing was true, and what she said leading up to it was true.
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And we’re like, wow, what’s going on?
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And we were like, wow, what’s going on?
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But the one thing that really stuck out to me was, after she was done, Bill was talking.
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But the one thing that really stuck out to me was after she was done, Bill was talking.
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I’ve been questioning, like, am I really chosen?
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I’ve been questioning, am I really chosen?
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How do you know that you’re chosen?
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How do you know that you’re chosen?
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Like everyone thinks they’re chosen, you know?
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Like everyone thinks they’re chosen, you know?
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So Bill was like, “Hey, you’re not an accident.
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So Bill was like, “Hey, you’re not an accident.
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You’re not a constant.
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You’re not a constant.
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God’s chosen you.” And that just freaked me like, what?
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God has chosen you.” And that just freaked me out.
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Like, what?
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How do you know this?
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How do you know this?
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How does he know?
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How does he know this?
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None of you guys know me.
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None of you guys know me.
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No one knows these stories.
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No one knows these stories.
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So we were just taken aback, and I think coming out of that and just wrestling with the whole idea of gifts and how God showed, like put people in our lives and our families to actually bring out the answers as well, like to make us more confident and like, wait, this still exists.
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We were just taken aback, and coming out of that and wrestling with the whole idea of gifts and how God put people in our lives and our families to actually bring out the answers as well, it made us more confident.
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We’re like, wait, this still exists.
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We’ve just been overlooking it.
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We’ve just been overlooking it.
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And yeah, like praise God for that.
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Praise God for that.
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Thank you guys.
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Thank you guys.
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I love these stories because this is what the Bible says will happen when prophecy is moving.
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I love these stories because this is what the Bible says will happen when prophecy is moving.
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And it’s in 1 Corinthians 14:24-25.
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And just listen to what the Bible says and then apply it to what they said: “But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or outsider enters,” outsiders, brand new, “he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all.
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In 1 Corinthians 14:24–25, listen to what the Bible says and then apply it to what they said: “But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all.
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The secrets of his heart are disclosed. And so, falling on his face, he will worship God and declare that God is really among you.”
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The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and so, falling on his face, he will worship God and declare that God is really among you.”
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That’s exactly what the Bible says, and that’s exactly what they experienced.
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That’s exactly what the Bible says, and that’s exactly what they experienced.
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Cleaned #518
Do you see the Word of God?
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Do you see the Word of God?
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Cleaned #519
Do you see how God moves?
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Do you see how God moves?
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Cleaned #520
We need prophecy.
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We need prophecy.
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It is a testimony of Jesus.
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It is a testimony of Jesus.
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And I guarantee you for them there was a testimony: Jesus is alive.
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And I guarantee you, for them there was a testimony: Jesus is alive.
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He knows me.
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He knows me.
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He loves me.
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He loves me.
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He knows everything about me.
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He knows everything about me.
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What is man that you’re mindful of him, God, that you would think of me?
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What is man that you’re mindful of him, God, that you would think of me?
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It’s fear, trembling, worship, and awe.
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It’s fear, trembling, worship, and awe.
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And people say it’s from the devil.
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And people say it’s from the devil.
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I’m like, what are you doing?
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I’m like, what are you doing?
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What are you doing?
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This is the Word of God.
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This is the Word of God.
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Cleaned #532
So it’s normal.
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So it’s normal.
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And in fact, the Bible says that our church services should see this on a very normative way.
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In fact, the Bible says our church services should see this in a very normative way.
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Paul—it’s so normal in the Corinthian church that Paul’s trying to actually pull it back because everyone’s just prophesying and it’s chaos.
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Paul—it’s so normal in the Corinthian church that Paul is actually trying to pull it back because everyone is just prophesying and it’s chaos.
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Cleaned #535
And so he’s writing to try and bring a little bit of order to the chaos.
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So he’s writing to bring a little order to the chaos.
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Cleaned #536
It’s good that you’re prophesying. “I want you all to prophesy,” is what he says.
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It’s good that you’re prophesying. “I want you all to prophesy,” is what he says.
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Cleaned #537
But you’ve got to learn to do this in a way that it’s not nuts.
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But you’ve got to learn to do this in a way that isn’t nuts.
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Cleaned #538
If everyone’s just prophesying and all screaming at the top of their lungs, nobody knows what’s going on.
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If everyone is just prophesying and all screaming at the top of their lungs, nobody knows what’s going on.
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Cleaned #539
And that’s really what he’s saying to them.
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That’s really what he’s saying to them.
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But he says this, and again, he’s trying to establish that it’s so normal.
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But he says this to establish that it’s normal.
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He’s telling us how it should work.
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He’s telling us how it should work.
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“Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said.” Interesting.
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“Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said.” Interesting.
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Now how do we test whether it’s true?
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How do we test whether it’s true?
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Because we all have the Spirit.
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Because we all have the Spirit.
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Others can weigh.
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Others can weigh it.
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Cleaned #546
As a person speaks, others go, “I know the Spirit of the Lord.
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As a person speaks, others go, “I know the Spirit of the Lord.
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Cleaned #547
That’s the Lord’s voice.
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That’s the Lord’s voice.
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Cleaned #548
I know how to hear his voice.
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I know how to hear his voice.
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I’m hearing his voice coming through you.” But here’s the thing. Two or three prophets speak, and let others weigh. “If a revelation is made to another sitting there, let the first be silent.
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I’m hearing his voice coming through you.” But here’s the thing: let two or three prophets speak, and let others weigh. “If a revelation is made to another sitting there, let the first be silent.
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For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and be encouraged.”
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For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and be encouraged.”
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In other words, in the New Testament, we’re all doing this, and we just need to do it in order.
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In other words, in the New Testament we’re all doing this, and we just need to do it in order.
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Cleaned #553
And we need to do it not so we can boast about how spiritual we are, because we can all do it.
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And we need to do it not so we can boast about how spiritual we are, because we can all do it.
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Cleaned #554
The children can do it.
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The children can do it.
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Cleaned #555
We do it because we strengthen and encourage one another because the mysteries of their heart are suddenly unveiled as we speak God’s heart and mysteries over them.
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We do it because we strengthen and encourage one another, because the mysteries of their heart are suddenly unveiled as we speak God’s heart and mysteries over them.
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Cleaned #556
So got that.
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So this should be the normative in churches.
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So that should be normative in churches.
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Cleaned #558
Have you seen prophecy as being part of this church?
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Have you seen prophecy as being part of this church?
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Cleaned #559
Here’s a question: do you see prophecy as normative in every church?
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Here’s a question: do you see prophecy as normative in every church?
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Cleaned #562
Bad doctrine, comfort, convenience, the traditions of man.
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Bad doctrine, comfort, convenience, the traditions of man.
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Cleaned #563
Matthew 15:6: the traditions of man nullify the Word of God.
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Matthew 15:6 says the traditions of man nullify the Word of God.
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Cleaned #564
You’re nullifying the very presence and the power of God among you because you’re not obeying what the Bible actually says.
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You’re nullifying the very presence and power of God among you because you’re not obeying what the Bible actually says.
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Cleaned #565
“I want you all to prophesy.” When you come together, we need to see these gifts moving.
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“I want you all to prophesy.” When you come together, we need to see these gifts moving.
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Cleaned #566
This one can get up and speak.
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This one can get up and speak.
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Cleaned #567
That one can bring a word.
Polished #487
That one can bring a word.
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Cleaned #568
We’ve settled for the substandard for so long.
Polished #488
We’ve settled for the substandard for so long.
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Cleaned #569
And God’s saying, “I want my church back.
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And God’s saying, “I want my church back.
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Cleaned #570
I want it back from the boards.
Polished #490
I want it back from the boards.
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Cleaned #571
I want it back from the senior pastor who’s the king.
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I want it back from the senior pastor who’s the king.
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I want it back.
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I want it back.
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Cleaned #573
I want to be king.
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I want to be King.
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I want to be Lord.
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I want to be Lord.
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Cleaned #575
And I want to be able to move amongst my people.
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And I want to move among my people.
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Cleaned #576
They’re a kingdom of priests.”
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They’re a kingdom of priests.”
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Cleaned #577
I am gloves off today.
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I am gloves off today.
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Cleaned #578-579
I am sorry if I’m offensive, but this, you know what? This is God’s Word, for goodness’ sake.
Polished #498
I’m sorry if I’m offensive, but this is God’s Word, for goodness’ sake.
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Cleaned #580
You can’t just ignore it.
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You can’t just ignore it.
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And it’s clear.
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And it’s clear.
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It’s not like I’m trying to play with Greek and Hebrew.
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It’s not like I’m trying to play with Greek and Hebrew.
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The normative should be prophecy.
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The normative should be prophecy.
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And so what does that mean?
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So what does that mean?
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Cleaned #585
Because now we’ve got to look at what does that mean?
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We’ve got to look at what that means.
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And I’m still doing okay timewise.
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A few things.
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A few things.
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Cleaned #588
Prophecy now is not the Bible.
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Prophecy now is not the Bible.
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Cleaned #589
It’s not the Bible.
Polished #507
It’s not the Bible.
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Cleaned #590
We don’t add to the Bible.
Polished #508
We don’t add to the Bible.
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Cleaned #591
People say, “Well, if you could prophesy, then God’s speaking, then it’s like the Bible.” I’m like, no, man, for goodness’ sake.
Polished #509
People say, “Well, if you could prophesy, then God’s speaking, then it’s like the Bible.” No, man, for goodness’ sake.
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Cleaned #592
Prophecy in the Bible told us the Bible.
Polished #510
Prophecy in the Bible told us the Bible.
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We don’t add to the Bible.
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We don’t add to the Bible.
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The Bible is—we don’t go beyond it.
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It is the fabric and the foundation.
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The Bible is the fabric and the foundation.
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We don’t go beyond what’s written.
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We don’t go beyond what’s written.
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In fact, when we prophesy, we’re just doing what’s written.
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In fact, when we prophesy, we’re just doing what’s written.
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Cleaned #598
But we don’t add to what’s written.
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But we don’t add to what’s written.
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Cleaned #599
We just build on it.
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We just build on it.
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Cleaned #600
The foundation is laid.
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The foundation is laid.
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Cleaned #601
We just build on that foundation.
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We just build on that foundation.
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Cleaned #602
We never add to Scripture.
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We never add to Scripture.
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Cleaned #603
Can I say this?
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Cleaned #604
No divine prophetic revelation is binding now or authoritative in itself.
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No divine prophetic revelation is binding now or authoritative in itself.
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In other words, if someone says something to you, there is no authority in what they say.
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In other words, if someone says something to you, there is no authority in what they say.
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It’s not binding.
Polished #522
It’s not binding.
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Cleaned #607
They’re not Old Testament.
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They’re not Old Testament.
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Cleaned #608
Now you have the Spirit in you, and the Spirit inside of you is what he’s got to lead you.
Polished #524
Now you have the Spirit in you, and the Spirit inside of you is what must lead you.
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Cleaned #609
You keep in step with the Spirit because you’re a son and a daughter of God.
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You keep in step with the Spirit because you’re a son and daughter of God.
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And if the prophecy aligns with what the Spirit of God is saying to you, then it becomes authoritative.
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And if the prophecy aligns with what the Spirit of God is saying to you, then it becomes authoritative.
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Cleaned #611
But the word in itself, if it makes no sense, if it doesn’t give you peace, if it doesn’t edify you, you just go, “Well, thank you for that word.
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But the word in itself, if it makes no sense, if it doesn’t give you peace, if it doesn’t edify you, you just say, “Well, thank you for that word.
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Cleaned #612
Thanks for that.
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That was a great try.
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That was a great try.
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Good attempt.” But it just—I mean, just thank the person.
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You don’t have to correct them.
Polished #529
Good attempt.” You don’t have to correct them.
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Just thank you for—it was great.
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And you don’t have to even correct them.
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Just love them.
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Just thank them, and love them.
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Cover them in love.
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Cover them in love.
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And that was great.
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It’s good that you’re trying.
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It was good that you were trying.
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Cleaned #622
I get that you want to encourage me.
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I get that you want to encourage me.
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Cleaned #623
That’s good.
Polished #534
That’s good.
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Cleaned #624
But it just didn’t bear witness with me.
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But it just didn’t bear witness with me.
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So what I do when I get a word I don’t understand, I just go, “Okay, that makes no sense to me right now.
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I’m just going to put it in my back pocket,” because I’ve learned this sometimes. Sometimes it makes no sense to me now, but man, give me a few months’ time and I’m like in the middle of the biggest fire of my life and I’m like, “Where are you, God?” Oh.
Polished #536
What I do when I get a word I don’t understand is I put it in my back pocket, because I’ve learned that sometimes it makes no sense to me now, but give me a few months and I’m in the middle of the biggest fire of my life and I’m like, “Where are you, God?” Oh.
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Cleaned #628
So I don’t discard it too quickly.
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So I don’t discard it too quickly.
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I just kind of go, “Well, Lord, I’ve learned this: if I follow the Spirit, I fall into prophecy.” In other words, I just follow what the Lord tells me to do.
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I just go, “Well, Lord, I’ve learned this: if I follow the Spirit, I fall into prophecy.” In other words, I just follow what the Lord tells me to do.
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Cleaned #630
Because the problem is when I hear prophecy, I, you know, humans want to be like God.
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The problem is when I hear prophecy, humans want to be like God.
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Cleaned #631
So God says, “I’ve got this for you,” and you go, “Well, then I’m going to go for it,” and God says, “No, wait.
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So God says, “I’ve got this for you,” and you go, “Well, then I’m going to go for it,” and God says, “No, wait.
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Cleaned #632
I don’t delight in the strength of a horse or legs of a man.
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I don’t delight in the strength of a horse or legs of a man.
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Cleaned #633
I don’t need your strength.
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I don’t need your strength.
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Cleaned #634
I just need you to trust and obey.” But God, you said I’m going to do this. “When am I going to—just trust and obey.
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I just need you to trust and obey.”
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Cleaned #635
Just follow me.”
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So I’ve learned often God says he’s going that way with me and then he starts the journey this way.
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I’ve learned that often God says he’s going that way with me and then he starts the journey this way.
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Cleaned #637
I’m like, I don’t understand.
Polished #545
I’m like, I don’t understand.
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Cleaned #638
So faith, Andrew, this is the story of every Bible figure reader.
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But faith, Andrew. This is the story of every Bible figure.
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Cleaned #639
Joseph, “Your father and brother are going to bow down to you.” Well, that didn’t look like that was going to happen for most of his life.
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Joseph: “Your father and brothers are going to bow down to you.” That didn’t look like it was going to happen for most of his life.
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It was like prison.
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I mean, he’s literally bowing down to everyone.
Polished #549
It was prison, and he was literally bowing down to everyone.
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And then right at the end, he falls into the prophecy.
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Then right at the end he falls into the prophecy.
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Cleaned #643
So when you get a prophetic word, don’t follow it.
Polished #551
So when you get a prophetic word, don’t follow it.
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Cleaned #644
Follow the Lord.
Polished #552
Follow the Lord.
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Cleaned #645
You have the Spirit in you, man, for goodness’ sake.
Polished #553
You have the Spirit in you, for goodness’ sake.
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Cleaned #646
Prophecy is not authoritative anymore because we have the Bible and we have the Spirit.
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Prophecy is not authoritative anymore because we have the Bible and we have the Spirit.
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Cleaned #647
If it helps you, if it encourages you, good, because sometimes we do need prophetic encouragement, but it’s got to be evaluated.
Polished #555
If it helps you, if it encourages you, good, because sometimes we do need prophetic encouragement, but it’s got to be evaluated.
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Cleaned #648
And so let me see if there’s anything else I want to say there.
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All right, moving on quickly.
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So what happens if a person gets some right and some wrong?
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What happens if a person gets some right and some wrong?
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Because that’s the other thing people say now. Well, if it’s not 100% accurate, then he’s a false prophet.
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That’s the other thing people say now. “Well, if it’s not 100% accurate, then he’s a false prophet.
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Cleaned #653
Let’s stone him.
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Remember this: everything changed when sons and daughters started prophesying.
Polished #558
Let’s stone him.” Remember this: everything changed when sons and daughters started prophesying.
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Cleaned #655
Everything changed because we all carry the anointing, but we’re not all prophets.
Polished #559
Everything changed because we all carry the anointing, but we’re not all prophets.
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Cleaned #656
We’re not writing Scripture.
Polished #560
We’re not writing Scripture.
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Cleaned #657
God is not as precise with us as he was with them because they needed to get it exactly right.
Polished #561
God is not as precise with us as he was with them because they needed to get it exactly right.
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Cleaned #658
The Word of God is the Word of God.
Polished #562
The Word of God is the Word of God.
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Cleaned #659
So now when he comes to us to prophesy and he speaks through us, it’s not like that.
Polished #563
So now when he comes to us to prophesy and speaks through us, it’s not like that.
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Cleaned #660
It’s not like this, “Thus saith the Lord.” I’ll never forget hearing our prince prophesy, and he goes, “Thus saith the Lord, as Moses built the ark.” I mean, as Noah built the ark.
Polished #564
It’s not like, “Thus saith the Lord.” I’ll never forget hearing one man prophesy, and he goes, “Thus saith the Lord, as Moses built the ark.” I’m like, did God make a mistake there?
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And I’m like, did God make a mistake there?
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And I heard a guy do that.
Polished #565
And I heard a guy do that.
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Cleaned #663
I was in the meeting, you know, and I’m like, okay, I don’t think God made a mistake.
Polished #566
I was in the meeting, and I’m thinking, okay, I don’t think God made a mistake.
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Cleaned #664
He knew exactly who built the ark.
Polished #567
He knew exactly who built the ark.
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Cleaned #665
So what is happening?
Polished #568
So what is happening?
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Cleaned #666
We now find in the New Covenant prophecy is still here, and we should all do it, but it’s not as precise as it is in the Old Testament.
Polished #569
We now find in the New Covenant that prophecy is still here, and we should all do it, but it’s not as precise as it is in the Old Testament.
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Cleaned #667
And so the Bible tells us in 1 Thessalonians 5:20-21, “Do not despise prophecy.” Don’t despise it, but test everything.
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So the Bible tells us in 1 Thessalonians 5:20–21, “Do not despise prophecy.” Don’t despise it, but test everything.
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And the context is prophecy.
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In context, it’s prophecy.
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In other words, as the word comes, I don’t despise it.
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As the word comes, I don’t despise it.
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I receive it, but then I test it.
Polished #573
I receive it, but then I test it.
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I’m listening and I’m going, is this—the Spirit in bearing witness?
Polished #574
I’m listening and asking, does this bear witness with the Spirit?
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Does this line up with the Word of God, the Bible?
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Does this line up with the Word of God, the Bible?
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And then it says, “Hold to what is good.”
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And then it says, “Hold fast to what is good.”
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Which means when you go to prophecy, there’s a percentage of “hit it,” and there’s a percentage of going, “I tested that.
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Which means when you go to prophecy, there’s a percentage that hits, and there’s a percentage where you go, “I tested that.
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Cleaned #675
I’m not sure about that, but I’m going to hold to the good parts.” It was interesting hearing Dennis; she kind of got the one part right, but it was kind of a little bit—well, that’s exactly what it’s saying, because we’re all doing it now.
Polished #578-579
I’m not sure about that, but I’m going to hold to the good parts.” It was interesting hearing Dennis; she kind of got one part right, but it was a little bit off. Well, that’s exactly what this is saying, because we’re all doing it now.
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Cleaned #676
We’re not all Old Testament prophets, so we get it a bit wrong.
Polished #580
We’re not all Old Testament prophets, so we get it a bit wrong.
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It’s not that we’re not hearing God.
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It’s not that we’re not hearing God.
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It’s just God speaking through human beings, and we’re not inspired the way they were.
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It’s that God is speaking through human beings, and we’re not inspired the way they were.
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Cleaned #679
And so when we speak, there’s a little bit of us in this.
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So when we speak, there’s a little bit of us in this.
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And so when prophecy comes, it doesn’t equal Scripture.
Polished #584
Prophecy doesn’t equal Scripture.
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It’s not binding like Scripture.
Polished #585
It’s not binding like Scripture.
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And let me say this: God never gets confused.
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God never gets confused.
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God never fails.
Polished #587
God never fails.
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If I speak something accurate, it’s God.
Polished #588
If I speak something accurate, it’s God.
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Cleaned #685
If I speak something that is confusing, it’s just something else.
Polished #589
If I speak something confusing, it’s just something else.
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God always speaks the truth.
Polished #590
God always speaks the truth.
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Cleaned #687
The fact is he’s working through imperfect vessels.
Polished #591
The fact is he’s working through imperfect vessels.
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And so in 1 Corinthians 13:9-10, now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, which means even what I’m teaching you isn’t perfect.
Polished #592
In 1 Corinthians 13:9–10, our knowledge is partial and incomplete, which means even what I’m teaching you isn’t perfect.
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Cleaned #689
I hope it’s close.
Polished #593
I hope it’s close.
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But even the gift of prophecy reveals only a part of the whole picture.
Polished #594
But even the gift of prophecy reveals only a part of the whole picture.
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In other words, when they prophesy, they’re getting a part.
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The problem is with us humans is we don’t like empty spaces.
Polished #595
The problem with us humans is we don’t like empty spaces.
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Cleaned #693
We want to make sense of things.
Polished #596
We want to make sense of things.
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Cleaned #694
So God gives something and we kind of use our brain and we go from the Spirit and we start moving a little bit in the flesh because we want to make sense of this for the person.
Polished #597
So God gives something and we use our brain and start moving a little bit in the flesh because we want to make sense of it for the person.
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Cleaned #695
So we add to the prophecy.
Polished #598
So we add to the prophecy.
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Cleaned #696
We embroider it.
Polished #599
We embroider it.
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Cleaned #697
We fluff it up because that’s who we are.
Polished #600
We fluff it up because that’s who we are.
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Cleaned #698
And so the prophecy comes as something of God and something of us because we prophesy in part.
Polished #601
And so the prophecy comes as something of God and something of us, because we prophesy in part.
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Cleaned #699
Now again, some people will get to hone that and they’ll get more accurate, and others of us will get it less accurate because we’re all doing it.
Polished #602
Some people will get to hone that and they’ll get more accurate, and others of us will get it less accurate because we’re all doing it.
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Cleaned #700
It’s like if we all ran 100 yards right now, some of us would do that in a really good time and some of us would die at 30 yards.
Polished #603
It’s like if we all ran 100 yards right now, some of us would do that in a really good time and some of us would die at 30 yards.
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We can all run.
Polished #604
We can all run.
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Cleaned #702
It’s just some of us are going to do this better than others.
Polished #605
It’s just that some of us are going to do this better than others.
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And as we grow, we can—okay, there’s just—
Polished #606
And as we grow, we can...
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Cleaned #704
And I can tell you some of my failures.
Polished #607
I can tell you some of my failures.
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Cleaned #705
Remember prophecy is for edification.
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Remember, prophecy is for edification.
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Cleaned #706
I’m running ahead of myself so quickly.
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There are three sources of prophecy.
Polished #609
There are three sources of prophecy.
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Cleaned #708
When I prophesy, there’s one of three voices you’re hearing.
Polished #610
When I prophesy, there’s one of three voices you’re hearing.
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Cleaned #709
The one is God’s.
Polished #611
The one is God’s.
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Cleaned #710
There are parts that I’ll speak that’ll be God speaking to you, and you’ll hear God through me and I’ll hear God through you, because we can all do this because we’re filled with the Spirit of God.
Polished #612
There are parts I’ll speak that are God speaking to you, and you’ll hear God through me and I’ll hear God through you, because we can all do this because we’re filled with the Spirit of God.
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Cleaned #711
We are the temple of the living God.
Polished #613
We are the temple of the living God.
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Cleaned #712
So we’ll actually utter mysteries over one another, and the other person will hear God speaking to them, even though we’re just the medium, the vessel.
Polished #614
So we’ll utter mysteries over one another, and the other person will hear God speaking to them, even though we’re just the medium, the vessel.
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Cleaned #713
Secondly, some of it’s God, some of it’s me.
Polished #615
Secondly, some of it’s God, some of it’s me.
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Cleaned #714
As I mentioned, we add things, we fluff them up.
Polished #616
As I mentioned, we add things, we fluff them up.
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Cleaned #715
And then there’s a third possibility, and even for you as a Christian there’s this possibility that actually a demon speaks through you.
Polished #617
And then there’s a third possibility, and even for you as a Christian, there’s this possibility that actually a demon speaks through you.
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Cleaned #716
1 John 4:1: “Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God.”
Polished #618
1 John 4:1: “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God.”
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Cleaned #717
Now people are saying, “What do you mean, man?” The thing is, I’m uttering mysteries.
Polished #619
People say, “What do you mean?” The thing is, I’m uttering mysteries.
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Cleaned #718
I’m trying to pick up the heart of what God’s doing.
Polished #620
I’m trying to pick up the heart of what God is doing.
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Cleaned #719
I remember once prophesying, and I, as far as I know, it’s only done this once, but I remember once doing this.
Polished #621
I remember once prophesying, and as far as I know, it’s only happened once, but I remember once doing this.
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Cleaned #720
I’ll tell you the story.
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I was with a guy—can I say this?
Polished #622
I was with a guy—I can say this.
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Cleaned #722
Primarily, you’re going to hear God and a little bit of the person.
Polished #623
Primarily, you’re going to hear God and a little bit of the person.
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Cleaned #723
That’s normal.
Polished #624
That’s normal.
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Cleaned #724
But every now and again the devil can get involved.
Polished #625
But every now and again the devil can get involved.
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Cleaned #725
And you know the devil did speak through Simon Peter, who was an apostle.
Polished #626
And you know the devil did speak through Simon Peter, who was an apostle.
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Cleaned #726
So because you’re in a position and even anointed doesn’t mean that the devil can’t speak through you, right? “Get behind me, Satan.” So he can speak to me through—the devil can talk to you through me.
Polished #627
So because you’re in a position and even anointed doesn’t mean the devil can’t speak through you, right? “Get behind me, Satan.” So he can speak through me.
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Cleaned #727
You know that I hate that thought.
Polished #628
I hate that thought.
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Cleaned #728
But if I think differently, I’m deceiving myself.
Polished #629
But if I think differently, I’m deceiving myself.
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Cleaned #729
And so you’ve got to test everything against the Word of God.
Polished #630
You’ve got to test everything against the Word of God.
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Cleaned #730
I can get deceived.
Polished #631
I can get deceived.
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Cleaned #731
I can get taken captive by Satan to do his will.
Polished #632
I can get taken captive by Satan to do his will.
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Cleaned #732
I have in my life.
Polished #633
I have in my life.
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Cleaned #733
There are times I’ve done things I look back and I’m like, man, I was captive.
Polished #634
There are times I’ve done things I look back on and think, man, I was captive.
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Cleaned #734
Captive to my own anger, my unforgiveness.
Polished #635
Captive to my own anger, my unforgiveness.
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Cleaned #735
I was taken captive by the devil.
Polished #636
I was taken captive by the devil.
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724
Cleaned #737
Have you ever been taken captive?
Polished #638
Have you ever been taken captive?
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Cleaned #738
I know sometimes you flesh, you sin because of your flesh.
Polished #639
I know sometimes you sin because of your flesh.
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Cleaned #739
But I’m telling you, sometimes we sin because the devil—we just become a tool for the devil.
Polished #640
But sometimes we sin because of the devil—we become a tool for the devil.
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Cleaned #740
And that’s a whole teaching in itself, which again I’m probably rattling cages.
Polished #641
That’s a whole teaching in itself, which again I’m probably rattling cages.
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Cleaned #741
What are you saying, Andrew?
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Cleaned #742
I actually want to do a thing on can Christians be demonized.
Polished #642
I actually want to do a teaching on whether Christians can be demonized.
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Cleaned #743
I’ll do that at some point.
Polished #643
I’ll do that at some point.
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Cleaned #744
Again, a lot of confusion, but I’ll have to do that properly.
Polished #644
There’s a lot of confusion, but I’ll have to do that properly.
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Cleaned #745
I can’t do that now.
Polished #645
I can’t do that now.
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Cleaned #746
It’ll mess with your heads.
Polished #646
It’ll mess with your heads.
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Cleaned #747
So I’ll tell you my story.
Polished #647
I’ll tell you my story.
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Cleaned #748
I was prophesying over a friend, and there was a guy who was a fivefold prophet.
Polished #648
I was prophesying over a friend, and there was a guy who was a fivefold prophet.
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Cleaned #749
I wasn’t—I’m not a fivefold prophet, but I can prophesy.
Polished #649
I’m not a fivefold prophet, but I can prophesy.
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Cleaned #750
And this guy was a well-known prophet, and he called me up, so we began to pray for Milani.
Polished #650
This guy was a well-known prophet, and he called me up, so we began to pray for Milani.
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Cleaned #751
Pray for her.
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Cleaned #752
And he started first, and I remember he started speaking something over her, and prophecy feels a bit like a river for those that have done it.
Polished #651-652
He started first, and I remember he started speaking something over her. Prophecy feels a bit like a river for those who’ve done it.
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Cleaned #753
It feels like there’s a river flowing, and he started flowing in a river and speaking over her.
Polished #653
It feels like there’s a river flowing, and he started flowing in a river and speaking over her.
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Cleaned #754
And then I sensed the river and I climbed into it, and I started to speak down a similar—I mean, it was almost like climbing into a current and speaking.
Polished #654-655
Then I sensed the river and climbed into it, and I started to speak in a similar flow. It was almost like climbing into a current and speaking.
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Cleaned #755
And halfway through, I’m speaking to her, she starts looking very perturbed and anxious, and I see she starts to tear up, but it’s not a good tear.
Polished #656-657
Halfway through, she starts looking very perturbed and anxious. I see her start to tear up, but it’s not a good tear.
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Cleaned #756
And I’m thinking, I stopped.
Polished #658
I’m thinking, hold on.
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Cleaned #757
I said, “Are you all right?
Polished #659
I stopped and said, “Are you all right?
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Cleaned #758
What’s happening?” “I don’t know, but I feel like a heaviness coming on me as you’re speaking both of you.” And I immediately said, “This prophecy is for edification, encouragement, and comfort.
Polished #660
What’s happening?” She said, “I don’t know, but I feel like a heaviness coming on me as you’re both speaking.” And I immediately said, “This prophecy is for edification, encouragement, and comfort.
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Cleaned #759
We’re not prophesying by the Spirit of God.
Polished #661
We’re not prophesying by the Spirit of God.
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Cleaned #760
Take it back.
Polished #662
Take it back.
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Cleaned #761
Please forgive us.
Polished #663
Please forgive us.
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Cleaned #762
We’re missing it.”
Polished #664
We’re missing it.”
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Cleaned #763
And this guy said, “How dare you say that I’m not speaking by God’s authority?” And I’m like, “Dude, I’m saying it for me and I’m saying it for you because this is not the fruit of the Lord Jesus speaking.” And he got angry and actually left in a huff.
Polished #665
And this guy said, “How dare you say that I’m not speaking by God’s authority?” And I’m like, “Dude, I’m saying it for me and I’m saying it for you because this is not the fruit of the Lord Jesus speaking.” He got angry and actually left in a huff.
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Cleaned #764
And you know, today I’m still serving Jesus.
Polished #666
And today I’m still serving Jesus.
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Cleaned #765
You know that he isn’t.
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Cleaned #766
And he was a full prophet.
Polished #668
And he was a full prophet.
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Cleaned #767
We make mistakes, man, for goodness’ sake.
Polished #669
We make mistakes, man, for goodness’ sake.
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Cleaned #768
The apostles made mistakes.
Polished #670
The apostles made mistakes.
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Cleaned #769
This is church.
Polished #671
This is church.
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Polished #672
It’s messy.
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Cleaned #771
We’re not perfect yet.
Polished #673
We’re not perfect yet.
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Cleaned #772
When he returns we’ll be perfect as he is.
Polished #674
When he returns we’ll be perfect as he is.
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Cleaned #773
I’m looking forward to that day.
Polished #675
I’m looking forward to that day.
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Cleaned #774
But until then I am pressing myself to come on, Lord, I want to be like you are.
Polished #676
But until then I am pressing myself to come on, Lord, I want to be like you.
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Cleaned #776
So it’s possible to miss.
Polished #677
It’s possible to miss.
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Cleaned #777
And I’m going to show you in the Bible where that happens.
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Cleaned #778
I’m going to show you in the Bible, not that this guy did by the devil, but I want to show you two places where in the Bible, in the New Testament, people got prophecy slightly wrong.
Polished #678
I’m going to show you in the Bible where that happens, not that this guy was doing it by the devil, but two places in the New Testament where people got prophecy slightly wrong.
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Cleaned #779
And it’s in Acts 21:12.
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Cleaned #780
And there’s a guy called Agabus.
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Cleaned #781
And let’s read about him.
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Cleaned #782
Okay, go back to verse 10.
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Cleaned #784
Acts 21:10. “While we were staying for many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.” All right? “And coming to us,” this is a prophet.
Polished #679
Acts 21:10 says, “While we were staying for many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.” A prophet.
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Cleaned #785
The Bible calls him a prophet.
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Cleaned #786
New Testament. “He took Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, ‘Thus saith the Holy Spirit: This is how the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’”
Polished #680
The Bible calls him a prophet. “And coming to us, he took Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, ‘Thus says the Holy Spirit: This is how the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’”
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Cleaned #787
So I need three people to just come and act this out for me because I want you to make this very easy to see.
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Cleaned #793
So you are a Jew.
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Cleaned #794
You’re a Roman.
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Cleaned #795
And you are Paul.
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Cleaned #796
And so that prophecy says—could you put that back up?
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Cleaned #797
Paul is going to be bound by the Jew.
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Cleaned #798
Go bind him.
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Cleaned #799
And then, once he’s been bound by the Jew, the Jew is going to hand him over to the Roman Gentiles.
Polished #681
So Paul is going to be bound by the Jews and then handed over to the Roman Gentiles.
787
Cleaned #800
So that’s the prophecy, right?
Polished #682
That’s the prophecy, right?
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Cleaned #801
Let’s stand up because I need you for the next part too.
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Cleaned #802
Let’s see how it plays out.
Polished #683
Let’s see how it plays out.
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Cleaned #803
Acts 21:30-33: “Then all the city was stirred, and all the people ran together.
Polished #684
Acts 21:30–33: “Then all the city was stirred, and all the people ran together.
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Cleaned #804
And they seized Paul.” Now who’s the “they” here?
Polished #685
And they seized Paul.” Who is the “they” here?
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Cleaned #805
It’s the Jews.
Polished #686
It’s the Jews.
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Cleaned #806
So you were the Jew.
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Cleaned #807
So the Jews grab him.
Polished #687
So the Jews grab him.
795
Cleaned #808
So far we’re good because the Jews are supposed to bind him, right? “They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
Polished #688
So far we’re good, because the Jews are supposed to bind him, right? “They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
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Cleaned #809
And as they were seeking to kill him, word came to the tribune of the cohort”—the Gentiles.
Polished #689
And as they were seeking to kill him, word came to the tribune of the cohort”—the Gentiles.
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Cleaned #810
So now that this guy, the Gentile Roman, hears about it, that all Jerusalem is in confusion, he took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them.
Polished #690-691
So now the Gentile Roman hears about it, that all Jerusalem is in confusion. He took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them.
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Cleaned #811
And when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
Polished #692
And when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
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Cleaned #812
Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him bound.
Polished #693
Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him bound.
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Cleaned #813
Who bound Paul?
Polished #694
Who bound Paul?
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Cleaned #814
The Jew or the Gentile?
Polished #695
The Jew or the Gentile?
802
Cleaned #815
What did Agabus say?
Polished #696
What did Agabus say?
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804
Cleaned #817
He got it wrong.
Polished #698
He got it wrong.
805
Cleaned #818
There’s a big difference.
Polished #699
There’s a big difference.
806
Cleaned #819
And in this case, it sounds like the Jews are going to bind him and then hand him over to the Romans, but the Romans actually bind him to save his life.
Polished #700
In this case, it sounds like the Jews are going to bind him and then hand him over to the Romans, but the Romans actually bind him to save his life.
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Cleaned #820
So he kind of got it right, but he got it wrong.
Polished #701
So he kind of got it right, but he got it wrong.
808
Cleaned #821
And now remember, this is telling us it’s not that God makes a mistake.
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Cleaned #822
The Bible is just showing us that sometimes in the New Testament prophets don’t get it exactly right.
Polished #702
That’s what the Bible is showing us: sometimes in the New Testament prophets don’t get it exactly right.
810
Cleaned #823
You with me?
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Cleaned #824
Not that the Bible is not infallible, because this is telling us a story.
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Cleaned #825
Agabus was a New Testament prophet.
Polished #703
Agabus was a New Testament prophet.
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Cleaned #826
His prophecy is not binding like it is an Old Testament prophet.
Polished #704
His prophecy is not binding like that of an Old Testament prophet.
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Cleaned #827
Otherwise they’d stone him.
Polished #705
Otherwise they’d stone him.
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Cleaned #829
I think that’s all I need you for.
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Cleaned #831
So here’s the thing.
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Cleaned #832
Agabus actually does get parts right.
Polished #706
He does get parts right.
820
Cleaned #833
Paul is going to be bound, but he gets the details wrong. “Prophecy, we know and we prophesy in part.” He’s sort of getting it.
Polished #707
Paul is going to be bound, but he gets the details wrong. “We know in part and we prophesy in part.” He’s sort of getting it.
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Cleaned #834
And that’s what prophecy does.
Polished #708
And that’s what prophecy does.
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Cleaned #835
It’s—we’re knowing in part.
Polished #709
We’re knowing in part.
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Cleaned #836
It’s like seeing through a mirror.
Polished #710
It’s like seeing through a mirror.
824
Cleaned #837
It’s like, Paul, if you go to Jerusalem, it’s not going to go well for you.
Polished #711
It’s like, Paul, if you go to Jerusalem, it’s not going to go well for you.
825
Cleaned #838
But the details aren’t quite right.
Polished #712
But the details aren’t quite right.
826
Cleaned #839
And so when someone prophesies and they don’t get every part right, they’re not a false prophet.
Polished #713
So when someone prophesies and they don’t get every part right, they’re not a false prophet.
827
Cleaned #840
They just want to—everyone who’s prophesying—
Polished #714
They just want to—everyone who’s prophesying—
828
Cleaned #841
I’ll give you another one.
Polished #715
I’ll give you another one.
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The great Paul—one of my heroes—in the faith.
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The great Paul, one of my heroes in the faith.
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Like he’s like—do you know that Paul?
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Listen to this.
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In Acts 16:9, during the night Paul had a vision of a man from Macedonia standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” So he has a vision of a man saying, “Come to Macedonia, I need your help.”
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In Acts 16:9, during the night Paul had a vision of a man from Macedonia standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” So he has a vision of a man saying, “Come to Macedonia.
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I need your help.”
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So he goes to Macedonia, and in Acts 16:14, one of those—the person that responds is a woman.
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So he goes to Macedonia, and in Acts 16:14 the person who responds is a woman.
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He sees a man, but we see a woman. “A woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth, who was a worshiper of God.
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He sees a man, but we see a woman. “A woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth, who was a worshiper of God.
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The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.” He sees a man.
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The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.” He sees a man.
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The Spirit of God is saying, “I want you to go to Macedonia to preach,” and he thinks if he translates that literally, “Where’s the guy?” But it’s actually not a man, it’s a woman.
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The Spirit of God is saying, “I want you to go to Macedonia to preach,” and he thinks if he translates that literally, “Where’s the guy?” But it’s actually not a man, it’s a woman.
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He gets it right.
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He’s going where God wants him to go, but the details are not that important.
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He gets it right in that he’s going where God wants him to go, but the details are not that important.
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He gets the gist of it.
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He gets the gist of it.
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So prophets will give you the gist of it.
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So prophets will give you the gist of it.
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And I mean, you get some prophets that are just going to hit it.
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Some prophets are just going to hit it.
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You get some prophecy that is like that.
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Some prophecy is like that.
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You just know every word is God’s words.
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You just know every word is God’s word.
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Sometimes like, “Yeah, that was God.
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Sometimes it’s like, “Yeah, that was God.
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Not sure about that.
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Not sure about that.
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Okay, I don’t think that was him.
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Okay, I don’t think that was him.
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This—oh, this is God.” Because they’re uttering mysteries with their spirit.
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This—oh, this is God.” Because they’re uttering mysteries with their spirit.
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And so the Bible remains the Bible.
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The Bible remains the Bible.
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We don’t add to it.
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We don’t add to it.
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We don’t subtract from it.
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We don’t subtract from it.
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Prophecy remains.
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Prophecy remains.
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We need to see it right through till Jesus returns.
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We need to see it right through till Jesus returns.
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But it’s different from the old covenant.
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But it’s different from the old covenant.
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And so, quickly in closing, under the new covenant, prophecy is a genuine Spirit-given disclosure of divine intention or outcome, but not a full or judicially precise declaration as under the old covenant.
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And so, quickly in closing, under the new covenant, prophecy is a genuine Spirit-given disclosure of divine intention or outcome, but not a full or judicially precise declaration as under the old covenant.
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It requires testing, discernment, and it never binds the conscience.
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It requires testing, discernment, and it never binds the conscience.
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In other words, if someone says something to you prophetically, it doesn’t bind you.
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If someone says something to you prophetically, it doesn’t bind you.
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The Spirit of the Lord is the one who must bind you, your own conscience.
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The Spirit of the Lord is the one who must bind you, your own conscience.
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But that said, when it comes, it’s super helpful.
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But that said, when it comes, it’s super helpful.
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And closing in on Acts 11:28-29, Agabus again stands up and foretold by the Spirit that there’d be a great famine over all the world.
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In Acts 11:28–29, Agabus again stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world.
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And this took place, as in the days of Claudius.
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And this took place, as in the days of Claudius.
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In other words, Luke tells us he got up and said, “Guys, we are about to come into a time of crisis.
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Luke tells us he got up and said, “Guys, we are about to come into a time of crisis.
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There is a famine coming across the whole world.” And Luke tells us it came just like he said.
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There is a famine coming across the whole world.” And Luke tells us it came just like he said.
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And what that foreknowledge did because of prophecy is the disciples determined, everyone according to his ability, to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
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And what that foreknowledge did, because of prophecy, is the disciples determined, everyone according to his ability, to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
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The church was able to respond and get ready and act appropriately so that when it came they were able to look after everybody.
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The church was able to respond and get ready and act appropriately so that when it came they were able to look after everybody.
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We need prophecy, and so it needs to be weighed.
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We need prophecy, and it needs to be weighed.
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But prophecy in itself isn’t authoritative.
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But prophecy in itself isn’t authoritative.
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The church needs to decide that’s God, and if it’s God we change direction.
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The church needs to decide that’s God, and if it’s God, we change direction.
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And I have been in meetings—I remember once a four-year-old got up in a conference of about, there were probably about five thousand, four and a half thousand of us, and a four-year-old, five-year-old got up and said, “I feel the Lord saying this,” and all of us went, the Lord just spoke through a five-year-old, and we turned the entire conference because God speaks through little children.
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I’ve been in meetings—I remember once a four-year-old got up in a conference of about five thousand, or four and a half thousand of us, and said, “I feel the Lord saying this,” and all of us went, “The Lord just spoke through a five-year-old,” and we turned the entire conference because God speaks through little children.
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That child had no authority in itself, but when we recognized the voice of the King speaking, every one of us went, well, speaking.
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That child had no authority in itself, but when we recognized the voice of the King speaking, every one of us went, “Well, that’s the Lord.” It doesn’t matter who he’s speaking through.
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It doesn’t matter who he’s speaking through.
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And we weighed it and we knew it was the Lord.
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We weighed it and knew it was the Lord.
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And so the picture, the last picture, in some ways this is a picture of what the church is supposed to be.
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In some ways, that picture is what the church is supposed to be.
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We’re not just here to come and listen to a teacher and sit in your comfortable seat.
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We’re not just here to come and listen to a teacher and sit in your comfortable seat.
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We’re a people on a mission, on a journey together.
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We’re a people on a mission, on a journey together.
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And we follow the crowd.
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We follow the crowd.
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And the Bible says the Spirit of God will lead us.
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The Bible says the Spirit of God will lead us.
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Christ will be at our head.
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Christ will be at our head.
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And we follow.
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And we follow.
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And at times he speaks prophetically and he says, “Go this way.
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At times he speaks prophetically and says, “Go this way.
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Do that.” And we follow the Spirit because we are sons and daughters of the living God.
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Do that.” And we follow the Spirit because we are sons and daughters of the living God.
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And we the saints bear witness that God is speaking.
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We the saints bear witness that God is speaking.
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We weigh things not critically.
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We weigh things to know, is this the Lord speaking?
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We weigh things, not critically, but to know, is this the Lord speaking?
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And we all can prophesy.
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And we all can prophesy.
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And so we the people of God start to have a sense of Jesus is speaking, Jesus is leading, and we go where he takes us because we are not here to pew warm.
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So we the people of God start to have a sense that Jesus is speaking, Jesus is leading, and we go where he takes us because we are not here to pew warm.
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We’re here to make disciples of nations and to bring people to the knowledge of the light of the glory of the King and become the church that literally is the light of the world.
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We’re here to make disciples of nations and to bring people to the knowledge of the light of the glory of the King and become the church that literally is the light of the world.
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In other words, if you prophesy and you call an iceberg, you might not touch the steering wheel.
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In other words, if you prophesy and you call an iceberg, you might not touch the steering wheel.
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The elders have got to do that.
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The elders have got to do that.
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But if you don’t call the iceberg, we might drown.
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But if you don’t call the iceberg, we might drown.
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I wish you’d all prophesy. Because if you’re all prophesying, that means we’re all hearing God.
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I wish you’d all prophesy, because if you’re all prophesying, that means we’re all hearing God.
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And if we’re all hearing God, it means there’s a better and better and better chance that we’re going to hit what he’s saying and not miss it.
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And if we’re all hearing God, it means there’s a better and better and better chance that we’re going to hit what he’s saying and not miss it.
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That’s the beauty of the church.
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That’s the beauty of the church.
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Do you realize how much more God’s got for us?
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Do you realize how much more God’s got for us?
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Do you realize how we settle for so little?
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Do you realize how we settle for so little?
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And the Lord says, “I have such good gifts for you.”
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And the Lord says, “I have such good gifts for you.”
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New year, we’re going to be training on prophecy. And I’m trusting that all of you can prophesy just like Paul says.
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Next year we’re going to be training on prophecy, and I’m trusting that all of you can prophesy just like Paul says.
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So that’s my preach for the day.
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So that’s my preach for the day.