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The Gift of Prophecy | Episode #394 | Encore Episode #065 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking
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  Speaker 1: you to spend a few moments of your time with
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  Speaker 1: us each day as Richard shares from God's work with notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 1: and story along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 1: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 1: his compassion for us never fails, and that He has
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  Speaker 1: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. Now, if
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  Speaker 1: program anytime online at Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now
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  Speaker 1: here's Richard with today's reflection.
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  Speaker 2: But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each
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  Speaker 2: one for the prophet of all. For to one is
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  Speaker 2: given the word of wisdom through the spirit, to another,
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  Speaker 2: the word of knowledge through the same spirit to another,
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  Speaker 2: Faith by the same spirit to another, gifts of healings
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  Speaker 2: by the same spirit to another, the working of miracles
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  Speaker 2: to another, prophecy to another, discerning of spirits to another,
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  Speaker 2: different kinds of tongues to another, the interpretation of tongues
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  Speaker 2: but one and the same spirit works all these things,
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  Speaker 2: distributing to each one individually as he wills again First
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  Speaker 2: Corinthians twelve, verses seven through eleven. As we continue our
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  Speaker 2: study of the nine gifts of the Holy Spirit, we
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  Speaker 2: reach the gift of prophecy. What is the gift of
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  Speaker 2: prophecy and why should it be so desired? The apostle
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  Speaker 2: Paul purposely singles out this gift when telling us to
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  Speaker 2: seek after the spiritual gifts. He says that we are
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  Speaker 2: to desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.
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  Speaker 2: The gift of prophecy is when we get a direct
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  Speaker 2: word from the Lord. Usually this gives us a message
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  Speaker 2: to give to someone else. The message from the Lord
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  Speaker 2: that will be given to us will literally be word
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  Speaker 2: for word. When you get one of these prophetic methods,
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  Speaker 2: you need to try and either write or copy it
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  Speaker 2: so that you are in a place that you are
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  Speaker 2: able to do so. You want to be able to
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  Speaker 2: keep a record of any prophetic message, just a means
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  Speaker 2: of being able to support documenting what God says. There's
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  Speaker 2: nothing greater than to be able to receive a direct,
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  Speaker 2: clear prophetic word from the Lord and to be able
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  Speaker 2: to give someone else that same word. In order to
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  Speaker 2: help and build them up, or to help them out
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  Speaker 2: with something specific they may be dealing with. With you
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  Speaker 2: being the actual messenger of that prophetic word, that someone
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  Speaker 2: will find the word has specific meaning to them, and
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  Speaker 2: as such, these words need to be recorded or written
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  Speaker 2: down if at all possible. However, there will be times
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  Speaker 2: that we will not be able to record it. Sometimes,
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  Speaker 2: very suddenly, the Holy Spirit will give you a direct,
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  Speaker 2: clear prophetic word to give to someone else. When you
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  Speaker 2: speak out the word to this person, and then you
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  Speaker 2: will actually see it done. It might be very short,
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  Speaker 2: or it could be more of a lengthy word. If
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  Speaker 2: it is not able to be recorded or written down,
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  Speaker 2: then you would want the individual to try to relate
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  Speaker 2: how that word from the Lord meant so much in
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  Speaker 2: their life. There will be other times that you will
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  Speaker 2: be in a place to properly record that word, and
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  Speaker 2: depending on what the Lord is giving you as a
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  Speaker 2: direct message, either on or how long it is, you
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  Speaker 2: should make every attempt to have it written down on
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  Speaker 2: paper or recorded so that others will be able to benefit.
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  Speaker 2: These are real treasures when they come from the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: The Bible tells us that God uses the gift of
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  Speaker 2: prophecy to speak edification, exhortation, and comfort to other people.
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  Speaker 2: Here is the specific verse giving us this direct revelation
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  Speaker 2: on what the main use of prophecy is all about.
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  Speaker 2: But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort
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  Speaker 2: to men First Corinthians fourteen four. Many times prophecy is
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  Speaker 2: also used to help confirm what has already been given
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  Speaker 2: to the person earlier on by the Lord. Sometimes God
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  Speaker 2: will confirm for you what He has already told you earlier,
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  Speaker 2: so you will know that it really was him all
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  Speaker 2: along giving you that specific message. And one of the
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  Speaker 2: ways that He can confirm a previous message that He
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  Speaker 2: has already given you is by giving you a direct
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  Speaker 2: prophecy through yet another believer. Prophecies from the Lord can
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  Speaker 2: cover an extremely wide range of situations and issues, covering
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  Speaker 2: everything from predicting future events like they used to do
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  Speaker 2: in the Old Testament, or to giving someone counsel, encouragement, confirmation, instruction,
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  Speaker 2: and possible correction when it may be needed. Also, all
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  Speaker 2: prophecy needs to be properly tested, as the Bible tells
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  Speaker 2: us that there will always be false prophets walking among
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  Speaker 2: us along with the possibility of well meaning believers prophesying
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  Speaker 2: out of their own imaginations. Here's the verse giving us
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  Speaker 2: this direct warning, do not quench the spirit, do not
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  Speaker 2: despise prophecies. Test all things, hold fast what is good
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  Speaker 2: first Thessalonians five nineteen through twenty one. All prophecies always
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  Speaker 2: need to line up with the scripture. If it does not,
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  Speaker 2: it should be immediately rejected. God will never go against
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  Speaker 2: his own word when delivering a prophetic word to someone. Again,
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  Speaker 2: any believer can have the Lord manifest this gift through
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  Speaker 2: them at any time that he wants to do so.
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  Speaker 2: You do not have to hold the actual office of
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  Speaker 2: a prophet in order for God to manifest this gift
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  Speaker 2: through you from time to time. Tells us that in
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  Speaker 2: the latter days God will be pouring out his Holy
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  Speaker 2: Spirit upon all flesh, and when he does, it says
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  Speaker 2: that our sons and daughters will be prophesied. This means
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  Speaker 2: that there are going to be many believers who are
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  Speaker 2: going to be getting this gift manifesting through them with
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  Speaker 2: a lot of frequency in the coming years. When the
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  Speaker 2: apostle Paul says in the above verses that we stated
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  Speaker 2: desire earnestly to prophesy and to desire spiritual gifts, especially
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  Speaker 2: that you may prophesie. You know that this is something
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  Speaker 2: that the Lord would really like to do more of
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  Speaker 2: with his children.
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  Speaker 1: Richard will be right back in a moment to wrap up.
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  Speaker 1: to wrap up today's message.
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  Speaker 2: The Lord may manifest this gift through you from time
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  Speaker 2: to time, so you can be a direct messenger for
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  Speaker 2: him to someone else. Just go to him in prayer
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  Speaker 2: and tell him that you would be more than happy
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  Speaker 2: to be willing and yielded as a vessel for him
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  Speaker 2: to manifest this particular gift of prophecy through you, if
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  Speaker 2: he would like to do so. The gift of prophecy
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  Speaker 2: will benefit all when it is given as a direct
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  Speaker 2: word of encouragement, direction, confirmation of a word already received,
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  Speaker 2: or in some cases, a confirmed word of something yet
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  Speaker 2: to come. Today, the gift of prophecy is utilized in
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  Speaker 2: the body. Is it flowing through you? And that is
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  Speaker 2: today's reflection on the word.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Richard. Join us again tomorrow when we continue
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  Speaker 1: with the next edition of Reflections on the Word. Richard
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  Speaker 1: K or Richard the entire team. This is Chuck Christie
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  Speaker 1: saying thanks for listening to this edition of Reflections on
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  Speaker 1: the Word