Ministers Should Know About the Gift of Prophecy
The Gift of Prophecy restores the communion that was and is being made inactive by man's disobedience. In a certain sense, it is a pipeline to God's ministers telling them what He (God) needs seen through us. The prophetic gift has variations. It may be exhortational and may take the form of song or poetry as in the Psalms, or it may on occasion reveal future events. When in operation it has a direct line from the sender (God), to receiver (Minister or saint), and to the hearers (saints or others). The gift has varied operations and may be a vehicle for other gifts such as the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, or discerning of spirits. Prophecy relating to the future is of two distinct kinds. Some prophecies are unconditional as an example, the Abrahamic Covenant or the Messianic Prophecies. Others are conditional such as Isaiah's warning of Hezekiah's impending death (2 Kings 20:1-6) or Jonah's pronouncement of judgement on Nineveh (Jonah 3:3-10) Uncon...