I know of a similar situation where a man used his prophetic gift to peg my brother-in-law and former sis-in-law. Well after the service they both said that the man was wrong. Well less than two years later they broke up and everything, but the interesting thing is that the character traits this person told about became what their traits were after the break up. Might be that they became what they feared the most...what God had at least supposedly told them.
My "word" to Rev. Dan Scott some six years ago, was that God was giving him a green light! I didn't know for what, but I felt it very strongly!
Three years later, he moves back to Nashville, and a few months ago was voted in as senior pastor of Christ Church!
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Might work for you, and for me, but what about those other guys? The ones that tell you "God told me to tell you...."? I bet they'd say yes, they know it deep inside that it was God. But the message still may be dubious. Do we leave it up to the recipient to accept it or reject it? But that'd be just as shaky.
A quandary!
Yes! It is totally up to the recipient to decide weather the word applies or not--no matter how sincere, or how convinced the person delivering the word is.
It is still up to the one receiving the word to judge!
Line it up against the word. When I get what I believe is a word for someone if any part of it goes against what I feel the word says I don't give that word. That is how I roll with it.
And if it does line up with the word, is that proof positive?
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The bible says we see through a glass darkly and there is always the possibility of being wrong.
I really feel when giving a word to someone the phrase "thus saith the Lord" should be avoided and the one giving the word should say "I feel God is saying this and does it mean anything to you?
That way if the one giving the word is right great-if not, then it is less embarrassing.
Yes, He does. I can say that with confidence because He speaks to me all the time. I try to be sure that He has spoken to me eberytime I preach. However, my point is that much of the time that He does speak to me it is in conjunction with me reading and meditating on His Word. As a church we are getting further away from reliance on and meditation of His Word. It is so much more than written, lifeless words and it will produce in your life like nothing else can.
Is it possible that the speaking you "hear" (I guess it's an internal voice, not audible, is that correct?) is not literally God speaking specific things to you, but rather your own thought process at work, making connections and conclusions, generating ideas, hunches, etc.?
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Using a 'word' should confirm something God is already dealing with you or spoken to you about.
Look for confirmation-
If it's out of the blue (not something God was dealing with me about), but it lines up with Scripture, then what? Does it matter who got the message and passed it on to me? If it was a Pentecostal preacher, does that lend any weight to it? Should I ask for credentials, check the track record?
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I am of the opinion that the safest place to hear from God is in the Word of God. Too many people are neglecting His Living Word and searching for His voice and His will in a number of other places. I believe that His Word is alive and will speak to you and often confirm or refute the other "sources" out there. Always use your time of meditating on His Word as the starting point.
Personally I agree with you, but at the same time we must not fall into the category of "despising prophecy" either - but overall I am more in line with what you have said.
Maybe!
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