A lying vision. A worthless divination. A deceit of their own minds. Wow. That is one frightening indictment for the likes of Michelle McClain. Yet she would continue:
The prophetic word will align our lives
with the law, which is the decree of God. Without prophetic vision, we
will be untrained in the ways of God, living our lives without the
discipline of God. We are called to be disciples of Christ. A disciple is a
disciplined learner. The prophetic ministry will equip you with the
advantage of living under the discipline of God.
What?
Are you making this up as you go along? Sometimes when you hear false prophets
speak, it seems as if they think we are still in the days of the Old Testament.
You see then, there was no real written word. Most of religion was passed down
through oral history. God used prophets to speak to kings and the people
because there was no revealed will. Not so today. We have the Bible today. The
revealed will of God. His Word. In it is all the discipline we need if we would
simply obey it. When Luke writes in Acts about the nobility of the Bereans it
was not because they sought prophetic interpretation of what they had been
taught by Paul. No. They went and searched the Scriptures to see if what he
said was true. A disciple is a disciplined learner who learns through the Word
of God - not the mouth of a false prophet. McClain marches on:
The disadvantage of not having prophecy
released in your life is that you will live your life in a vacuum. One
translation of Proverbs 29:18 states, "Without prophetic vision the
people run wild" (GW). In other words, they live life taking risks
with no control or direction, leaving them uncultivated, out of rhythm and out
of reason. The prophetic word brings order and structure to your life.
God wants your life to mean something--your money, your efforts.
The prophetic word of God causes you to live your life for
something greater than yourself.
Dear
Lord her depravity knows no end. My life has been lived in a vacuum? Who knew?
I was not aware that we need to have a prophecy "released" in our
lives. Perhaps because it does not say that anywhere in the Bible. In the mind
of the deceived deceivers, prophecy, not the Bible brings order, structure and
purpose to your life. You just can't make this stuff up.
Life and time are speeding along so fast
for all of us. We should be able to look back over our lives and say that
we have accomplished the purpose God created us for. We should want to be
able to confidently say, "I was here."
No beloved. Do not fall for the egocentric gospel of me. There are plenty of people who live very ordinary lives. Others who live lives of abject sorrow. Believers do not have a birthright to expect that their life will leave a mark that says "I was here." How narcissistic can you get? It is not supposed to be about us but about Him. What did Paul say?
What I mean is that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," or "I follow Apollos," or "I follow Cephas," or "I follow Christ."Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name. (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. - 1Corinthians 1: 12-17 (ESV)
Beloved, people should be able to look back over our lives and say - God was there. The false prophetess now ratchets up the purpose driven false teaching:
The prophetic word will allow you to live
for eternal purpose and not the temporal. It changes your value system.
Once the revealed purpose of the Lord is known, you set your affections on
things above, transcending this temporal world. There are people who
live their lives never knowing or obeying the prophetic purpose of God.
The graveyard is one of the richest places in the earth. People live and
die on the earth with so much potential for greatness. They never impact
the world around them. Don't let your gravestone epitaph read: "It was
like they were never here." "They settled for too little."
"They never discovered the riches and treasures that were inside of
them." "They lived for the temporal, fading purposes, never living
out God's eternal purposes."
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