Prophecy re-thinking?

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On Sun, 26 Jan 1997 05:29:12 -0600, you wrote:

>Please allow me to briefly say somethng about annointing. I totaly
>agree with you that annointing should not be used to gauge someone's position anymore 
>than the Gifts of the Spirit should be used to gauge someone's walk with GOd-( after 
>they have received the baptism of the Holy Ghost, with the inital sign of speaking in 
>tongues). I believe it should be the ---- Fruits of the Spirit---.

This is a somewhat different area than was in focus before. We were
saying that the evidence of anointing ought not be applied as a
measure of one's message. There are many reasons for this, besides the
fact that God will provide an anointing to communicate to people from
diverse sources, and to the human mind, these sources be in analysis
at odds with one another.

An  example that comes to mind is from my own first year of walking
with God - before I received the Holy Ghost, God dealt with me by this
scripture:

"For if our heart condemn us,  God   is   greater   than  our heart,
and knoweth all things." - 1 John 3:20

Preached to me with the anointing, this was a comfort to me. It told
me that no matter how unworthy I was feeling, and no matter how
guiltbound and hopeless - God's judgement was greater than my own
heart.

Later, after I prayed through to the Holy Ghost, God dealt with me by
this same scripture, except now it was expressing another throught,
akin to the old wisdom "To thine own heart be true". I learned the
value of conscience, and keeping our hearts with all diligence. Now
the heart that condemned me was a forewarning that what I knew God
certainly knew, and to fix the matter up.

If the preached had elaborated these thoughts, and they did, under the
anointing, both would be correct at that moment.

Only one interpretation is 'in context', the second one, the one
writen to the church: From the ealier verse: " And hereby we know that
we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. "

On this other matter, I agree with you that a man can and will be used
above and beyond his worth and ability by God who reserves the right
to use instruments (holy or unholy) in any way he wants. This is the
profound truth that many misuse, and understand too late. The
anointing of a backslider's mind and heart to see light occasionally
while his life plunges toward destruction is not evidence of his
aproval by God, but rather of God's mercy and desire to shower His
people with hope and blessings, and win them to restoration. Some seem
to think that the old prayer "hedge him about with thorns until he
sees the light" is consistent witht he nature of God. God does -not-
always prevent people from experiencing positive things until they are
"straight arrow" :-) We sometimes put far too little emphasis on
"examining ourselves to see if we be in the faith". God has done it,
yes, but does not treat us as fools, and will not be blamed just
because he blessed someone who didnt deserve it. Of course, God is
also not responsible for our reading of the Bible, or our HEARING of
His word. We are. The owness is on the STUDENT. :-)

Back to the earlier point, related to prophect, much of the church
undertood the dispensational, and classic "endtime" reading of
Daniel/Revelation for a long time, with annointed prayer and Bible
study. There are other aspects, I must agree, however its going to
take a lot more than thesis, assertions that it was all inherited,
and the claim of anointing to absolutely unseat the idea that the Lord
is coming soon, national Israel is coming to a point of recognition of
the Messiah by divine inspiration and sovreign work of God, and that
the apostate gentile world is facing a "cutting off" from opportunity
as well as judgement very soon.

The signs of the times say this much. A few passages that a re
difficult for a few people doesnt warrant rejecting plain talk, much
like one would reject abstracted godhead doctrine for the sake of
plain talk.

Time for a great day in the Lord! God Bless you!


-mw bassett
milford, ct
http://eli.wariat.org/~mbasset