Period of spiritual instruction realms of the prophetic

Period of Spiritual
Instruction
PROPHETIC REALMS OF GOD

© 2014 James Willis Ministries

This PSI will Cover…
 What is prophecy?
 How does it work?
 Who can prophesy?
 Why should we prophesy?
 When can we prophesy?
 Where should prophesy be used?
 Discerning God’s timing
 Delivering God’s message
 Practical Application

What Is Prophecy?

 The simplest definition of prophecy is God

communicating his heart, mind, will, thought, or
intentions toward mankind.
 To prophesy is to communicate God’s will to others

either through personal prophecy, prophetic acts, or
through a rhema word.


Who Can Prophesy?

 Believers in Christ who are led by the Holy Spirit

may be used to prophesy.

 Scriptural Reference:

1 Corinthians 14:23-26


Why Should We Prophecy?

 Believers should prophesy because prophecy builds

the church body. No other single spiritual gift has
the ability to edify the body of Christ like prophecy.
 Scriptural Reference:



What Is the Purpose of Prophecy?

 According to 1 Corinthians 14 the gift of prophecy is

to edify, comfort, and exhort.
 Prophecy is one of the key ways that God desires to

communicate to his people. (Numbers 11:29)


Discerning the Difference
Forth telling

Foretelling

 Proclaim God’s Word

 Predicting future

 Communicating What

events.
 Revelatory Gifts
 Word of Wisdom

Has Already Been
Revealed Previously


What’s the Difference?
Preaching

Prophesying

 Prepared & Planned

 Spontaneous

 Means to Proclaim,

 Means to Bubble Forth.

Cry, Announce, or Tell


To Flow Forth, to
Cause to Fall Like Rain

How Does Prophecy Work?
 The Holy Spirit will give an unction to prophesy. As

believer’s yield their will and vessels unto the Lord
an anointing or empowerment will be present to
prophesy.

 Although the Holy Spirit gives the ability it is still up

to the believer to speak forth the words that are
coming up within their spirit. Prophesy is more
caught than it is taught. Being in the right
environment will often awaken this and other gifts
and graces from the Lord.


Seven Ways to Judge Prophecy
 1. By their fruits you shall know them.(Matthew 7:16-18,20)
 2. Does it glorify Christ? (John 16:14; I Corinthians 12:3; I John
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4:1-2)
3. Does it agree with the Scriptures? (Isaiah 8:20)
4. Are their prophecies fulfilled? (Deuteronomy 18:22) Some
prophecies are not of God even though they may come to pass. The
benchmark remains that all prophecies should exalt the Lord Jesus.
5. Is the prophecy disjointed or confused? True prophecy is line
upon line and precept upon precept. (Isaiah 28:13)
6. Do the prophecies produce liberty or bondage? (Romans 8:15)
7. All believers have an unction (anointing) within them that tells
them when something is wrong. Prophecies should witness with our
spirit. (I John 2:20,27)


Five Benefits of Prophecy
 1. It brings life. Prophecy brought life to the valley of dry

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bones (Ezekiel 37:1-4).
2. It gives spiritual vision. The Bible says, "Where there
is no vision, the people perish.' The Lord gives vision
through the prophetic word (Proverbs 29:13,18).
3. It edifies, exhorts, and comforts (I Corinthians 14:3).
4. It brings revival and restoration. True prophecy
brings restoration and revival (Acts 2:16-18).
5. It guides you to your right position in Christ.
Prophecy is used by God to direct you where you need to
go (Acts 13:1-3)


The Word
LOGOS

RHEMA

 The Word in Written

 The Word in Spoken

Form
 Cannot be Changed
 Is forever settled in
Heaven
 The Canon of Scripture
the Holy Bible

Form
 Can be Changed
 Will be Challenged on
the earth
 Can be a Word from
the Word


Prophetic Acts
 There are times that the Holy Spirit will lead those

who prophesy to perform a prophetic act to illustrate
the prophetic word of the Lord. These acts serve as a
witness to the Word.
 Scriptural References Include:
 Moses & Joshua removing shoes (Ex 3 & Josh 5)
 Ezekiel’s acting out the siege of Israel (Eze 5)
 Agabus and Paul’s girdle (Acts 21)


The Ten M’s of Prophetic Ministry
 Manhood - Are they the man or woman that God

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intends for them to be in Him?
Ministry - Do they exhibit the mature fruit of a loving,
grace-filled ministry?
Message - Do they speak the truth in love, in a balanced,
scriptural manner?
Maturity - Do they display a right attitude and heavenly
wisdom in every relationship?
Marriage - Is their life biblically in order, with the right
priorities (God first, spouse and family second, and then
ministry)?


The Ten M’s of Prophetic Ministry
 Methods - Are they righteous, ethical, honest, and

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full of integrity, or are they manipulative or
deceptive?
Manners - Are they unselfish, polite, kind, and
discreet? Are they a gentleman or a lady?
Money - Do they have a love of money, or the
proper perspective of stewardship in their finances?
Morality - Are they virtuous and sexually pure? Do
they display the right attitudes, thoughts, and actions
in all situations?
Motive - Is their motive to be seen or to serve?


Discerning the Difference
Conditional

 In order for prophecy

to come to pass certain
conditions must be
met, namely obedience
to the Word.
 Personal prophecy is
almost entirely
conditional.

Unconditional

 Unconditional

prophesy will come to
pass simply because
God himself will
perform it.
 The unilateral
covenant to Abraham’s
in Genesis 15 is an
example

Ears To Hear
 Man is a spiritual being, possessing a soul, and living

in a body. ( 1 Thessalonians 5:23, Hebrews 4:12)
 Man has spiritual senses. (Hebrews 5:12)
 Those spiritual senses include spiritual ears, eyes,

tongue and a discerning heart.
 Having our spiritual ears open to hear God’s voice is

absolutely paramount to being used prophetically.

Tongue of the Learned
Whenever God anoints his Word in our mouths it is
just like God speaking it out of his mouth. (Mark
11:22-24)
Sons of God are to be the voice of the Lord in the earth.
(Hebrews 1:1-3)
The tongue of the learned is the prophetic gifting of the
word of knowledge and the word of wisdom to
minister effectively. (Isaiah 50:4)

Spiritual Eyes
 The invisible realm cannot be contacted with

physical senses. (1 Corinthians 2:14)
 The Holy Spirit through discerning of Spirits can

anoint believers to see or hear in the spiritual realm.
(1 Corinthians 12:10)
 Spiritual eyes can be opened through the prayer of

faith (2 Kings 6:17, Numbers 24:3)


Discerning God’s Timing
 Just because you may prophesy on Monday doesn’t

necessarily mean you will see the manifestation on
Tuesday. It took over 4,000 years before the first
Messianic prophesy was manifested in the earth.
 Scriptural Reference: Genesis 3:15


Delivering God’s Message
 All spiritual gifts work by faith. (Romans 12:6)
 Faith works by love. (Galatians 5:6)
 Our motive for wanting to be used is because we love

God and want to serve others. (Mark 10:44)
 Always prophecy in love. (1 Corinthians 13:8)


Despise Not Prophesy
 Sometimes people miss it or there is an element of

“flesh or carnality” when a prophesy is being given.
 We are to hold that which is good and to judge the

words that are being given and necessarily the
person who is given them.
 Remember it is possible for a “false prophet” to give

a true prophesy, the case of Balaam is an example


Questions


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