The road to hell is paved with good intentions."
~Art Katz
If we were a prophetic people we would see beyond "good intentions".......If all prophesy....and thus the secret of his heart are revealed....then God is truly among you (1Cor.14:24)
~LS
The prophet is required to communicate things as God sees them to a people who not only have a different way of seeing things, but who do not want to see it from God's point of view. That requires, therefore, an unction and an anointing of such a kind as to make the truth of that seeing to penetrate the unwilling heart to the point of repentance, and bringing into conformity that life to God's own seeing. That is a supreme task.
~Art Katz
We desperately need oracles from God who can say what this hour means, and what it is to which we are tending, and what is God requiring in the light of the things that point to the consummation of the age. We need men who can communicate the word. If a prophet is not distinguished by his speaking, then do not look for his credentials on the basis of his gifting or his miracles or his gift of knowledge. That would be a real snare. It is not that their messages are not biblical and good, so much as they have not been oracular, that is to say, prophetic in the sense of the weight, intensity and solemnity of the messages. A word can be sound, biblical and doctrinally clean and yet not be a prophetic word. It does not have the weight, nor the meaning or portent nor ultimate requirement that a prophetic word should.
~Art Katz
The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. And He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they were very dry. And He said to me, 'Son of man, can these bones live?' And I answered, 'O Lord God, Thou knowest.' Again he said to me, 'Prophesy over these bones, and say unto them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Thus says the Lord God to these bones, 'Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life. And I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin, and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will know that I am the LORD ' (Ezekiel 37:1-6).
It will take a prophectic preaching/ministering to awaken the lost and revive His people
~LS.
Paul preached prophectically right into the Corinthians's heart. The Prophetic preaching at times did not always bring about joy. The Corinthians thought Paul gave them too many rules, but Paul was exhorting them in Christ. The backsliders will see God's commands as rules and burdens. Paul had to expose their feelings:
2Cor.6:12 You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.
It is our own lusts and desires that affect our theology and doctrine.
But the Prophetic preaching brought about a true reviving of the Corinthians!
2Co 7:8 For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it; though I did regret it. For I perceive that the same epistle made you sorry, though only for a while.
2Co 7:9 Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing.
2Co 7:10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.
2Co 7:11 For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication! In all things you proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
We have this assurance brethren, that when we preach in His Spirit (Prophetic Preaching) it will awaken the dead and His back sliding people to repentance! His TRUE sheep will Hear His voice through the prophetic preaching of His word!
But, do know brethren that the false/pharisees will despise prophetic preaching. Such preaching will reveal the true from the false. And such preaching will bring you persecution! From within and out.
Look at Moses. Many false brethren went against him. Jesus was always attacked by the pharisees, religious spirits. Many whom want to appear good on the outside, but their hearts are still full of lust and greed and does not like their heart exposed for what it really is. They are deceived that their good intentions are enough. As Art Katz says: The road of hell is full of people with good intentions.
Knowing this brethren , that many attacks will come with prophetic preaching, do not fear! Continue to desire such gift knowing that His sheep will hear. And like Paul, willingly go thru persecution for the Elects sake.
1Co 14:39 Therefore, brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy......
Num 11:29 Then Moses said to him, “Are you zealous for my sake? Oh, that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would put His Spirit upon them!”
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