What is Prophecy?
A
couple of months ago one of my Face Book friends asked me a question.
Pastor
Tate what is a Prophet? Today I felt the
Lord wanted me, to address the question.
Some
people have had the experience of prophesying but that does not make them a
prophet. Some times the environment can
be set, through praise and worship where people in that environment will bring
forth a prophecy because there is a high anointing or presence of God in the
environment. However, this person may not walk in the office of a prophet. King Saul is a good example of a person that
was in an environment full of prophets who were prophesying and he too
prophesied, but was not a prophet.
I Samuel 19:21-24 King James
21. And when it was told Saul, he sent other
messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the
third time, and they prophesied also.
22. Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a
great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David?
And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
23. And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and
the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he
came to Naioth in Ramah.
24. And he stripped off his clothes also, and
prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and
all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
The word “Naioth” means “dwelling.” “Ramah”
means “high.” The Spirit of the Living
God was there, so even evil people can prophesizes if God has chosen them to do
such and be accurate.
Many
people who have experience this, often think and believe that they are prophets
and will go around giving people false prophecies and not be in a “Naioth” or
“Ramah” environment because God used them for a certain situation. However, little do people know that there is
a great difference in prophesying and actually being called into the five-fold
ministry as a prophet.
Ephesians 4:11-14 King James Version
11. And he gave some, apostles; and some,
prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
13. Till we all come in the unity of the faith,
and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of
the stature of the fulness of Christ:
14. That we henceforth be no more children,
tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the
sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
A
Prophet is someone who speaks by divine inspiration. A Prophet is someone who is an interpreter of
the will of God. Prophets are use of God
as an intermediary (go-between) with humanity delivering new founded knowledge
from the supernatural, accordingly to
the Word of God, to other human beings.
The
English word for “Prophet” or “seer,” is “nabi” “roch,” and “hozeh.”
“Nabi” literally means “to bubble up” this word describes one who is stirred up
in the spirit. “Bubbling” up means to
speak and to declare, hopefully it is the Word of God and not your own words
you are using in order to impress folks.
The Word of God is to be spoken to others in order to build them up in their spirit man and to give them a desire to get
closer to God.
“Bubbling up” means “speaking
to declare,” therefore, a prophet is an announcer; a person who pours forth the declaration of God
according to the Word of God. Notice I said, accordingly to the Word of God.
“Roeh”
“Roeh” means “to see” or “to perceive” describes one who is a “revealer” of
“secrets,” “revelation” one who “envision.”
Prophet
is just a person or it can be sometimes a thing, and God sometimes uses things,
to prophesized with; one who speaks for another, a representative who carries a
message, an expounder of God’s Word this is a “prophet.”
Pastor
Debra Tate
