Comments on: Not Word-Perfect: Understanding How Prophetic Ministry Works in the Church Today http://enlivenpublishing.com/blog/2009/11/07/not-word-perfect-understanding-how-prophetic-ministry-works-in-the-church-today/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:51:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Helen Calder http://enlivenpublishing.com/blog/2009/11/07/not-word-perfect-understanding-how-prophetic-ministry-works-in-the-church-today/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Helen Calder Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:39:12 +0000 http://enlivenpublishing.com/blog/?p=323#comment-152 Yes, I love the concept of prophetic teams, which is brought out a lot in the New Testament. I also recognise that most mature prophetic ministries in the world today have great teams around them assisting in the ministry. There are so many advantages to working in a prophetic team--no one person gets the glory, a team working in combination will get more revelation than just one person, it is also a safe and accountable way to prophesy. In the New Testament you see less of the individual prophet and more of prophetic teams – e.g. Acts 15:32, Acts 13:1, Acts 11:27, 1 Cor 14:29, 31-32... fuel for another blog post! Yes, I love the concept of prophetic teams, which is brought out a lot in the New Testament. I also recognise that most mature prophetic ministries in the world today have great teams around them assisting in the ministry.
There are so many advantages to working in a prophetic team–no one person gets the glory, a team working in combination will get more revelation than just one person, it is also a safe and accountable way to prophesy.
In the New Testament you see less of the individual prophet and more of prophetic teams – e.g. Acts 15:32, Acts 13:1, Acts 11:27, 1 Cor 14:29, 31-32…
fuel for another blog post!

]]> By: Ray Keefe http://enlivenpublishing.com/blog/2009/11/07/not-word-perfect-understanding-how-prophetic-ministry-works-in-the-church-today/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Ray Keefe Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:54:16 +0000 http://enlivenpublishing.com/blog/?p=323#comment-149 Hi Helen, another excellent post. I personally find this to be one of the most frustrating things about the prophetic. The Old Testament prophets act so sure of their word, even when they are completely wrong. One good example is the story of Micaiah: 1 Kings 22, 2 Chronicles 18. Here we see 400 prophets all speaking the same prophetic word in complete unity and with complete confidence. And all wrong. Only Micaiah knows the truth and the second passage explains what that truth is. Yet Jehoshaphat knows something is up. Notics how he asks if there is a prophet "Of The Lord" available. I wonder how the other 400 felt about that? The priniple for today seems to be the one you refer to in 1 Corinthians 14:32 where the "The Spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets". Here we are called to work together in good order and with respect and mutual interdependence. Jointed and knitted together. So the truth is revealed to the body through the body and it takes multiple members to hear, weigh, synthesise and distil this truth. No more one-man-bands like in the Old Testament. The New Testament is about a Community Of Faith. My faith is part of our faith. My gift part of our gifts, my hearing part of our hearing. Ray Keefe http://www.successful.com.au Hi Helen,

another excellent post.

I personally find this to be one of the most frustrating things about the prophetic. The Old Testament prophets act so sure of their word, even when they are completely wrong.

One good example is the story of Micaiah: 1 Kings 22, 2 Chronicles 18.

Here we see 400 prophets all speaking the same prophetic word in complete unity and with complete confidence. And all wrong. Only Micaiah knows the truth and the second passage explains what that truth is.

Yet Jehoshaphat knows something is up. Notics how he asks if there is a prophet “Of The Lord” available. I wonder how the other 400 felt about that?

The priniple for today seems to be the one you refer to in 1 Corinthians 14:32 where the “The Spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets”. Here we are called to work together in good order and with respect and mutual interdependence. Jointed and knitted together.

So the truth is revealed to the body through the body and it takes multiple members to hear, weigh, synthesise and distil this truth. No more one-man-bands like in the Old Testament. The New Testament is about a Community Of Faith. My faith is part of our faith. My gift part of our gifts, my hearing part of our hearing.

Ray Keefe
http://www.successful.com.au

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