speaking God's message(prophecy)

[deafcanada]

Hi,

myself, right now, i am not sure where to find the verse and myself, i am struggles about speaking His message like prophecy.

Wondering should it be very gentle with love speaking or should it be very blunt like look like mad or angry or look like so frustrate

Right now i am really struggle with it and confused about this. as I saw myself i had some experiences like saw someone has been talking like that way like very gentle way with blunt but i havent see anyone who speak really mad with blunt words that message from God.

I need some feedback and some verses which i am seeking for that.

thanks

Deaf Canada

[Ovedya]

One thing to remember: Prophetic speaking in the age of grace (Which s the age of the church, now, prior to the millenial age) is speaking for Christ and speaking forth Christ, for the building up of the church. According to 1 Cor. 14 prophesying is not just the foretelling of future events. It is a speking that all members of the Body can do for the building up of the church. As such, this speaking must first and foremost be done in love, and with a heart for building up the members of Christ's Body.

I know that there is a small portion of believers who imagine themselves as an Elijah or a Jeremiah, or even a John the Baptist. But in the church today prophesying has a bit of a different role than in the age of law.

[tah]

That is just something I would really trust God for the answer to..

every one is different and their needs are different and just hear from the Lord how to say what He has given you to say.....

You are who you are and no one is like you...

Just be You in Christ...

His word is His word and if I am petty enough to not accept His word to me because it was not sweet enough or hard enough I am the one with the problem...

not the one who brings me the word...

[7cworldwide]

Good responses so far Ovedya & tah...

I would emphasize from Ovedya's post that most prophecy is forth-telling (exhortive preaching) rather than fore-telling (predictive preaching). There are some modern saints I would say are endowed with a prophetic ministry, whether it's billed that way or not. The late Francis Schaeffer definitely comes to mind. There is a balance (as in most every type of ministry) that must be struck between presenting the Truth with a certain rigidity while not abandoning the message of grace, love, and compassion. As most biblical prophecies are not complete without a message of judgment AND a message of blessing so should be the message of any exhorter today.

Shalom,

Lane

Edited June 22, 2006 by 7cworldwide

[Guest jckduboise]

Why is that? Why does it seem that people are afraid to just say it as it should be represented and lay off the frilly words. Love is also discipline and straight forward talk. Being cruell is something that should never be done. But hey, why not be blunt and to the point..no one misses it that way?

Amos 7:10 Then Amaziah the priests of Bethel sent a message to Jerobaom king of Israel: "Amos is raising a conspiracy against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words.

11 For this is what Amos is saying: 'Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their native land.'

It is the response of those being told the prophesy who will object and exile perhaps even kill. But we are not to fear using the gifts of anything that has been given by the Lord because it is to His Glory and His command that we do so to serve Him.

12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, "Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.

13 Don't prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the lKing's sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom.

Yes edification is needed. But candy coating isn't gonna work. Look at us-we see everything covered in sugar because no one wants to offend. I say so what if they are offended. If a person is given the gift of Prophesy and God doesn't deliver to them a prophesy that ends with promise and hope, then why add it?

Amos 5:14 Amos answered Amaziah, "I was neither a prophet nor a prophet's son, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.

15 But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me 'Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'

Not a word of what came out of Amos mouth even appeared to be an apology for what the Lord sent him to do. Just the answer-I was being obedient to the Lord.

[refugepsa91]

If a person is given the gift of Prophesy and God doesn't deliver to them a prophesy that ends with promise and hope, then why add it?

Christ is our hope...Christ is our promise....

Any every man that hath hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 1 John 3:3

The wicked is driven away in wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death. Proverbs 14:32

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel. Colossians 1:5

Which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Colossians 1:27

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. Psalm 31:24

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering: (for He is faithful that promised:) Hebrews 10:23

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward. 2 Peter 3:9

Love and Blessings,

Angel

[Guest jckduboise]

If a person is given the gift of Prophesy and God doesn't deliver to them a prophesy that ends with promise and hope, then why add it?

Christ is our hope...Christ is our promise....

Any every man that hath hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 1 John 3:3

The wicked is driven away in wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death. Proverbs 14:32

For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel. Colossians 1:5

Which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Colossians 1:27

Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. Psalm 31:24

Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering: (for He is faithful that promised:) Hebrews 10:23

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward. 2 Peter 3:9

Love and Blessings,

Angel

Amen Angel

[spaceman]

All the posts are right on. Amen to all. Just would remind everyone of Paul's admonishment in 1 Corinthians 14 regarding all the Spritual Gifts: "Let everything be done decently and in order."