[jediwill83]

Back to the discussion at hand. I for one arent trying to scrape you off by invoking bylaws.


I think there is a difference between OT prophets and NT believers with the gift of prophecy and who occupy that position in the 5 fold ministry given to grow us up in the full measure of Christ.


Jesus said,"Of all prophets born of woman there is none greater than John the Baptist....but the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he".


So it seems as if Jesus is acknowledging that there is a shift of ministry types and a sort of redistribution that goes from just a few key figures but now is given to all believers...those with His Spirit.


Prophets and those who function in that office...its not to become a Elijah or Moses figure...its to be conformed to the image of Christ.


Have I prophesied?


Yes.


Do I occupy an "office"?


Not a clue.


I dont get a pay check and I dont have a title or even business cards but God has shown me things in visions and things that I have heard...things that have happened, things that are happening and things that will happen.


I don't go around filling up a church with people waiting for me to perform some sort of shtick like "reading their mail" but in engaging in discussion and ministry with those I meet there has DEFINITELY been something other than just myself active and speaking through me to them that knows just where to minister and what about.


This isnt something that I can consciously turn off and on and I am actually glad it doesnt work that way but sometimes I don't even know how significant what I am saying actually is until afterwards cause to me...its just a thought...tangent...rant...something Im not connecting with as applying to the person in front of me.


It seems that God will employ a motormouth like me at times to just spill.


This being said...its not like prophets are some kind of Rosetta Stone tapping into some sort of wave length speaking in unison like a Borg drone in a collective hive mind.


This isnt Supernatural dude where the "prophet" is only one person at a time and can just translate "demon and angel tablets"


This is a welling up of the Spirit and the person with the Spirit has to yield to it....thats what Ive discovered...its about listening yielding...opening my mouth and speaking when fear would have me avoid the topic or message due to insecurity, fear of how someone would perceive me.


All that being said...you are being a bit trollish and when that happens people tend to be a but guarded.


You're also engaging in debate and arguments with those that may be new to this faith and going off of more of what has been taught to them and what they have heard preached rather than any experiential wisdom.