In God’s Name?

One way to not misrepresent Father is to make sure we are not prophesying out of disappointment with people or events. Are we truly prophesying the word of the Lord or are we prophesying what we think should happen or what our disappointment and aggravation wish would happen? Are we prophesying out of our disappointments? Are we prophesying our pet-peeves? There are those who seem poised to attach God’s name to every weather disaster and declare it as representation of God’s judgment upon a group or a nation. From time to time someone will put God’s name on a business venture and when it utterly fails, God’s name is still on the sign and the business cards. People in the marketplace and in government walk around shaking their heads when “Christian” or “preacher” or “God” are mentioned. Unbelieving family and acquaintances freeze-frame such people and put up a wall of resistance. Each such occurrence gives observers an excuse to build the wall of resistance and suspicion higher and higher.
There have been people who try to force some sort of prophetic word upon others and who even try to make it come to pass and effectively close doors for the legitimate prophetic word. Every time I hand a cashier a $20 bill they mark it with a detector pen – they seem to be more inclined to think it is counterfeit than they are to think it is genuine. Not only are unbelievers in the world bolting doors against Christians and their ministries and their predictions but leadership in churches, expecting nothing but the counterfeit, are warning their people about them. People have already seen so much misrepresentation for so many generations that they cannot conceive of the genuine.

(This is the fifth excerpt from Marty’s article “Launching Into A New Era” in Volume 17 Issue 6 of SEEC Magazine * Marty will be speaking at the SEEC Kingdom Conference * Mar.5-7.  Conference details are at  https://martygabler.com/ctk-conference/ * You can hear a short audio file of Dr. Crum on “The Royal Dynastry”: http://martygabler.podomatic.com/entry/2014-02-12T10_43_08-08_00