Fulfilling Your Personal Prophecy by Bill Hamon

Author:Bill Hamon
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Prophetess, Religion, prophet, Prophesy, Christian Life, Spirituality, Prophecy
ISBN: 9780939868070
Publisher: Christian Intl Pub
Published: 1992-01-14T22:00:00+00:00

#3. WITNESS TO YOUR PROPHECY

How do we bear witness with a prophetic word's accuracy in spirit and content? The same way we bear witness that we are a child of God: "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit..," (Rom. 8:16). We prove prophecy by biblical principles and the proper criteria for judging prophetic words, but we witness to a prophecy with our spirit.

Sometimes I have heard people say, "I did not witness with that prophecy." But after questioning them, I discovered that what they actually meant was that the prophecy did not confirm their theology, or they did not like what was said, or their emotions reacted negatively to it. They failed to grasp and understand that we do not bear witness with the soulish mind, emotions or will, according to personal opinions, desires or goals.

In order to properly bear witness to a prophetic word, we must be able to discern between our human soul and our spirit. The spirit realm of man is where divine love and faith operate; the soul harbors our emotions, reasoning, imagination and soulish desires; and our flesh contains our five senses, including our feeling.

Reasoning is in the mind, not in the spirit. Because of this, our traditions, beliefs and strong opinions are not a true witness to prophetic truth. In fact, these faculties often bring doubt, confusion, resentment, rejection and rebellion against true personal prophecy. Sometimes our head may say "No" while our heart says "Go." Our soul may say, "I don't understand," while our spirit says, "It's fine; don't lean to your own understanding."

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."

(Prov.3:5,6)

As an example, consider what would happen if a devout Catholic received a prophecy saying he was not to worship Mary. Would he "bear witness" to that word? Probably not, because of his tradition and his emotional tie to Mary. Likewise, what if you prophesied water baptism by immersion to a Presbyterian or speaking in tongues to a traditional Baptist? You would probably receive the same reaction.

The challenge today is that most people cannot discern between a negative soulish reaction and the spirit's lack of witness to something. The spirit reaction originates deep within our being. Many Christians describe the physical location of its corresponding sensation as a feeling in the upper stomach or lower chest area. A negative spirit-witness, with a message of either "No," "Be careful," or "Something's not right," usually manifests itself with a nervous, jumpy or uneasy feeling, a deep, almost unintelligible sensation that something is not right.

This sensation can only be trusted when we are more in tune with our spirit than with our thoughts. If our thinking is causing these sensations, then it could be a soulish reaction rather than the Spirit bearing a negative witness.

When God's Spirit does bear witness with our spirit that a prophetic word is right, is of God and is according to His divine will and purpose, then our spirit reacts with the fruit of the Holy Spirit.

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