The Office Of The Prophet

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Here is a short explanation of an important ministry in the church.

Even if we are not called to the office of a prophet, we need to understand this ministry. The entire church is called to be a prophetic voice to the nations, serving as the Lord’s spokesmen to the world. The prophetic ministry is listed as one of the primary ministries given “for the equipping of the saints for the work of service...” (Ephesians 4:12). 

The prophetic gifts are not just an optional novelty for the super-spiritual; they are essential tools for effective functioning in pastoral, teaching, evangelistic or apostolic ministry.

For example, effectively using words of knowledge can significantly reduce the time many pastors spend in counseling sessions. An evangelist using this gift can speak to one woman and stir an entire city, just as Jesus did with the woman at the well. The gifts of the Spirit are not toys but tools. The Lord does not give the gifts of the Spirit for our entertainment but because we need them to do His work.

 When used correctly, they will multiply the spiritual effectiveness of any ministry. This is why the Apostle Paul exhorted the church, “...desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy” (I Corinthians 14:1).

- Rick Joyner ( The Prophetic Ministry)

William James Roop

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Beyond the Bible?

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BEYOND THE BIBLE? - Kenneth E Hagin.

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A certain teacher caused a lot of trouble once for a friend of  mine, a man who had been a Bible teacher for 35 years. My friend had taken his Bible to this man's meetings, but found  his teaching began to be increasingly in error.

Finally he handed the man his Bible, saying, "You're going  to have to give me chapter and verse for that. You're going to  have to show that to me in the Bible." The traveling teacher handed the Bible back to him, saying,  "Oh, you won't find what I'm preaching in that thing." (When  you start calling the Bible "that thing," you're in trouble.)

"Oh, no," he said, "I'm way out beyond that thing." If you've gotten out  beyond  the Bible, you've gotten out  beyond the Holy Spirit, because the Bible says that the Spirit and the Word are one [agree], as John states in First John 5:7.

What was amazing to me was that my friend, a man who was saved, baptized in the Holy Spirit, and a Bible teacher in a  Full Gospel church, got taken in by this false teacher and lost half his class!

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On the other hand, a young Chinese woman, who had been converted only two weeks earlier in a tent meeting, went to the same teacher's meetings one night but realized he was in error. 

She told me, "You know, something on the inside of me told me,  'Don't go back.' So we never went back."

She was just a baby Christian—she didn't even have the  baptism in the Holy Spirit yet—but she listened to the Spirit  who was in her.

I think what happens to us is we go by our heads instead of our spirits after we have been Christians for many years. Often our heads have been educated at the expense of our spirits.

The Spirit of God will teach us. That's what the Spirit of  God was teaching the Chinese woman: "That's not right. Don't  go there."

Of course God put teachers in the Church—teaching is one  of the fivefold ministries, and that's one way God teaches us. On  the other hand, the Teacher is also in us. He'll let us know when it's right and He'll let us know when it's not right. And every believer has that anointing in him or her. We don't need to pray for it. We've got it.

Kenneth E. Hagin- Understanding The Anointing.

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Baptism In The Name

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Matthew 28:19-20:  "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen."

"...baptising them in the name."  The question is: Baptising them in what name?  Notice it is written:  "in the name of the Father..."  What is the Father's name?  Now remember, there was no New Testament writings in the time of Jesus and His Apostles. So it has to be the name from the Old Testament.  The only name found in the Old Testament of the Father is YHWH (Isaiah 63:16;  64:8).

So the Apostle Matthew understood that the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is YHWH alone and not any other names.  The Scriptures testify that the Father and Son and Holy Ghost are three manifestations of the one and only true living God, with one holy name, YHWH (Deut. 6:4; Isaiah 45:5; Jeremiah 10:10; Zechariah 14:9; 1 John 5:7; 1 Timothy 3:16). 

The Apostle Matthew was present when the Apostle Peter preached the Gospel as it was written in Acts 2. And in Acts 2:38 we see that they were going to do what was commanded by Yahwah (YHWH).  If baptism should be done using the title, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, then it would contradict with the doctrine of the Apostle Peter in Acts 2:38 who said "...repent, and let everyone of you be baptized in the in the name of Yahwah haMashiach..."

They did agree with each other. The name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost is YHWH, Yashwah; therefore Matthew 28:19 and Acts 2:38 agree with each other.  The words spoken by Jesus (Yashwah) Himself  in John 5:39 and John 5:43 also testify that Yashwah (YHWH) is the name of the Messiah.

John 5:39:  "Search the Scriptures, for in them ye think that ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me."

John 5:43:  "I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not; if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive."

The Scriptures revealed that salvation belongs to the one and only true living God (YHWH).  

Psalm 3:8:  "Salvation belongeth unto YHWH.  Your blessings is upon your people."

Jeremiah 10:10:  "But YHWH is the true God.  He is the living God, and an everlasting King."

Acts 2:21:  "And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of YHWH shall be saved."

Acts 2:38:  "Repent and let everyone of you be baptized in the name of Yahwah haMashiach for the remission of sins." 

And remember what Scripture showed us in Isaiah 7:14:  "Behold, a virgin shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is God with us."

Amen.

William James Roop

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Brother Roop teaches the Bible

Flattery Will Get You Nowhere

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FLATTERY WILL GET YOU NOWHERE.

- Rick Joyner

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Flattery is one of the most deadly tactics of the enemy, intended to divert a church or work from God's will. Prophets who have fallen into witchcraft through self-promotion will often be used by the enemy in this way. They will divert you from the course by prophesying that which is much more grand or appealing than what God has called you to. In this way the heart and the resources of the ministry will be sidetracked, and usually devastated by failure.

Beware of those who try to gain influence by prophesying grandiose visions. Receive such words only from those who have nothing to gain by sharing them, or whose integrity has been fully established, never from those who are trying to establish themselves. Prophets of extraordinary gifts and authority in this century have themselves been tripped up by others who prophesied to them that they were greater than they were, or were called to do things greater than they were called to do. 

On the day of judgment we may find that this form of witchcraft was far more devastating to the church than the attacks from.cults, New Age, and all of the other false prophets combined.

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It is very easy to discern false prophets who are from cults, but those who are in the church, who may be genuine believers, are much harder to distinguish. Yes, a true believer can still be a false prophet. We are false in any ministry that we presume without a commission from God.

Prophetic authority cannot be established through any other credentials. Letters of recommendation do have their place, but we should question anyone who tries to establish spiritual authority by what school they attended, the diplomas they have, or whose ministry they have sat under. Also, beware of those who are always telling stories of their own prophetic exploits. At best, this is evidence of immaturity.

Those who are the real thing have kept company with God and His angels enough that they will not care very much about who else believes in them. If we are going to be free of the traps set by false prophets we must start recognizing self-promotion and rejecting the ministry of those who use it.

Rick Joyner; Surpassing the greatness of His power.

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All About Satan

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ALL ABOUT SATAN.

What do the Scriptures say regarding Satan's nature and character? The biblical names given to Satan reveal his nature, character, and also show his realm of authority on this earth.

- Adversary: “... your ADVERSARY the devil...walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Peter 5:8).

- Thief: "The THIEF cometh...to steal, and to kill, and to destroy ..." (John 10:10).

- Murderer and liar: "Ye [the scribes and the Pharisees] are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a MURDERER from the beginning ...he is a LIAR, and the father of it" (John 8:44).

- Accuser of the brethren: “... THE ACCUSER OF OUR BRETHREN is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night" (Rev. 12:10).

- Deceiver "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which DECEIVETH the whole world ..." (Rev. 12:9).

- Angel of light: "... for Satan himself is transformed into an ANGEL OF LIGHT" (2 Cor. 11:4). As a deceiver, Satan transforms himself into an angel of light.

- The prince of this world: "Now is the judgment of this world: now shall THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD be cast out" (John 12:31; 14:30; 16:8,11).

- Prince of the power of the air: “... in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR, THE SPIRIT that now worketh in the children of DISOBEDIENCE" (Eph. 2:2).

The god of this world system: "In whom THE GOD OF THIS WORLD hath blinded the minds of them which believe not..." (2 Cor. 4:4).

Ministers have said to me, "Satan was just lying to Jesus by saying he would give Jesus the authority over the kingdoms of the world, because Satan didn't have authority over them." But Satan did have that authority because the kingdoms of the world had been delivered over to Satan by Adam when he sinned against God.

Also, if Satan didn't have the authority over the kingdoms of this world, then the Bible is lying when it says that Jesus was tempted by the devil (Luke 4:2). If Satan had no authority and no real dominion over the kingdoms of the earth, this wouldn't have been a real temptation to Jesus. But the Bible calls it a temptation:

"And Jesus ... was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, Being forty days, TEMPTED OF THE DEVIL ..." (Luke 4:1,2). Therefore, Satan did have authority and dominion on the earth because he could tempt Jesus with it.

So Satan took Adam's place of dominion and authority on the earth. But is that the end of it? Emphatically, no! God sent Jesus to the earth to redeem mankind and to restore to man his lost dominion and authority on this earth. And as man exercises the authority he has been given in Christ, he fulfills God's plan and will upon the earth.

However, until Adam's lease runs out—that is, until time as we know it comes to an end and Satan receives God's final judgment—Satan has authority to be here.  Remember in the New Testament when Jesus would enter into the synagogue, many times people who were possessed with demons would cry out, “... What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us BEFORE THE TIME?" (Matt. 8:29).

Satan knows his time on this earth is running out, and he knows his impending torment and doom are prophesied in the Book of Revelation (Rev. 20:10).

- Kenneth E Hagin ( The Triumphant Church )

William James Roop

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Close The Door To The Devil

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CLOSE THE DOOR TO THE DEVIL.

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The major way believers close the door to the devil is to get their minds renewed with the Word, and by practicing the Word. Many people are trying to cast the devil out of believers, when the problem is not demonic. The believer has just never learned to renew his mind, so he keeps on thinking like he did before he was redeemed when he was under Satan's dominion. Then eventually he will start acting in line with his unredeemed thinking, and soon he'll be dominated by the devil instead of standing in his authority against him.

Actually, the "saving" or the renewing of the soul is the greatest need of the Church today—not casting devils out of believers. Since the believer's spirit is the only part of him that is born again or recreated, his soul and his body are unchanged and still have to be dealt with if he is to successfully withstand the devil's attacks.

If the believer doesn't deal with his soul and body, he will continually be opening a door to the enemy. Only the believer himself can do something about renewing his soul and bringing his body into subjection to his spirit. And this is where the believer's major "battle" is fought.

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There are many Christians who have been saved and filled with the Holy Spirit for many years, whose souls are not yet saved. Some Christians have lived and died and their souls have never been saved, and they've been tossed to and fro by the devil because of it. That's absolutely the truth! Their souls weren't renewed, restored, or made whole by the Word of God, so they couldn't stand successfully against the attacks of the devil.

Now don't misunderstand me. Just because Christians haven't renewed their minds doesn't mean they won't go to Heaven when they die. Of course they will go to Heaven because their spirits are born of God —they're children of God. But Christians who have failed to renew their minds forfeit the privilege to enter into all that belongs to them in Christ while they are here on earth. And even though they have victory over the devil in Christ, they never understand how to successfully stand in that victory because of an unrenewed mind.

- Kenneth E Hagin ( The Triumphant Church )

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The Police Help In Revival

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PART #2 MIDWEST HEALINGS AND SALVATIONS - MARIA WOODWORTH-ETTER – “SIGNS AND WONDERS” BOOK: CHAPTER 27, Page 128-129, 1903 Iowa.

Police help

“The police force took quite an interest in bringing the afflicted in the ambulance and carrying them in on a stretchers. One man was perfectly helpless with inflammatory rheumatism. He could not move his fingers and was in great pain with fever. He was saved and healed and walked upon the platform, then walked out and down to the police station. When the officers came for him, he was gone. They laugh and took the cot and went out. Infidels and all kinds of sinners who had never before believed in God were convinced of the reality of the religion of Jesus and were converted. A doctor, one of the finest men in the city, when he saw so many of his patients healed, was converted and became an earnest worker.

Men and women of all kinds, both businessmen and others, came for healing and received the double cure. The superintendent of the Business Colleges of the Tri-Cities brought his father from a distance, who had to use an ear trumpet. He went away with his son with his hearing restored. Scores of Catholics were converted and healed. One nun who had been lame and afflicted with heart disease for fifteen years, but could get no help anywhere, was saved and perfectly cured. She came back and gave glory to God.

Some Jews, one the wife of a rabbi, came for healing. When she first came, she asked if she could not be healed without Jesus. I told her no, she could not. She said she did not want anything to do with Jesus. She was badly afflicted and had suffered much for many years. I talked some with her, and then she went away; but she came back in a few days, was saved and healed, and confessed Christ in public, praising Him for His wonderful works. Many Swedish and German people and other nationalities came. We could not understand each other, but they were healed and converted.”

William James Roop

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Brother Roop teaches the Bible