Your Sons & Daughters Shall Prophesy - Prophetic Gifts Today In The New Testament Church

Guidelines for Testing Prophetic Utterances

cation clear, and it is surely the act of testing which will discourage the pro liferation of false teaching in the guise of a word from the Lord. 47 Cecil M.Robeck Jr. If and when prophecy occurs in the church today, it is equally in need of examination by others in the Christian community, not with prejudice (1 Thess.5:20) but with a wisdom that is both biblically informed and filled with the Spirit.Thus regulated, true prophecy can be affirmed and mis guided expressions corrected in order that this ministry, so important in the early days of our faith, may in the grace of God once again be used to build up Christ's church. 48 E.Earl Ellis Allowing prophecy without testing it ...leads to abuse within the ministry, a discrediting of the gift in general, a poor model for local believ ers to follow, and frustration of the purpose for which true prophecy is given. 49 Graham Cooke

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