BEWARE OF THE PROPHET’S INTERPRETATION: What to Know Just Before You Visit That Prophet

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Today, many people run to prophets to see a vision for them. But just before you do that please read this:

And now I [Paul] am going to Jerusalem, drawn there irresistibly by the Holy Spirit, not knowing what awaits me, except that the Holy Spirit has told me in city after city that jail and suffering lie ahead – Acts 20:22,23 (TLB)

Now let’s move to the next chapter,

These disciples [Tyre local believers] warned Paul – the Holy Spirit prophesying through them – not to go to Jerusalem – Acts 21:4 (TLB)

Contradictions! How can the Holy Spirit draw him irresistibly to Jerusalem in one chapter and in the next He is telling him not to go! Is the Spirit contradicting Himself? No, God forbid! It is those who are interpreting His message that are contradicting one another. And that is what those who run from one prophet to another get – contradictions of interpretation. That is even if the prophets are genuine ones. Fake ones will give an entirely different one.

The number one discipline a Christian should learn to cultivate is the discipline of knowing how God speaks to him regularly. It can be as profound as an audible voice or as commonplace as an inner witness in the spirit. Whatever it is, know that God always want to speak to you personally.

And once that is settled then the ministry of the prophets becomes clearer – they confirm what God has communicated.

Paul could not be confused because God has personally communicated to him His mind. So, when the prophecy came, though wrongly interpreted, the prophets could not convince him to do otherwise.

That the prophet sees danger on your way does not automatically mean God does not want you to embark on the journey. He might just want you to be a bit more careful or prayerful. So, you must know the mind of God for your life yourself.

Note, Paul went to Jerusalem indeed and was almost lynched but God delivered him [and even assured him He was with him], Acts 21: 30-33; 23:10-11. Eventually, the ordeals that followed led to Paul's ministry being expanded to Rome and beyond. Indeed, all things work together for good to them that love God, who are called according to His purpose.

- TLB – The Living Bible