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Prophets without burden By Lars Widerberg
1. Prophets are sent, holding a heavenly mandate, to protect people. The prophet is sent to correct the people. The properly conducted prophetic ministry provokes those who are strong and who live securely to cover and to serve the weak. A prophet, a real prophet is brought up and then brought forth into the arena of mans struggle to be concerned, to be bothered. A man, even worse, a prophet who does not care about the pain of the poor and needy causes the heaviest burden to be machinated and prepared for the Fathers heart to carry. A Samuels attitude is spelled out thus: As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you. I will instruct you in the good and right way. 1 Sam 12:23. Jeremiah reaches out for more tears: Oh, that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people. Jer 9:1.
_________________ Lars Widerberg
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2003/11/1 7:05 | Profile |
crsschk Member
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| Re: Prophets without burden | | Well said.
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provokes those who are strong and who live securely to cover and to serve the weak.
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A prophet, a real prophet is brought up and then brought forth into the arena of mans struggle to be concerned, to be bothered
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2003/11/1 9:11 | Profile |
TerryLee Member
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| Re: Prophets without burden | | Those modern so called third wave prophets and apostles do not seem to carry much of a burden for the poor and needy, do they? Terry
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2003/11/1 12:15 | Profile |
KingJimmy Member
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Those modern so called third wave prophets and apostles do not seem to carry much of a burden for the poor and needy, do they?
Of course not! Poor people can't afford the latest conferences and books! _________________ Jimmy H
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2003/11/1 18:42 | Profile |
lwpray Member
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| Re: Prophets without burden | | 2. A prophet is a prophet if he is willing to give himself away to the cause and ways of Heaven. Having a diploma from a school of prophets or a business card carrying the title Prophet does never turn a man into something that the presence of the Lord alone prepares for and produces. The bigger the advertisement machinery grows to promote a ministry, the farther from truth, the farther from the reality and presence of Heaven. The increase of Christ is not to be ordered by mans hand or to become nurtured and propagated by the mans natural capacities. The Spirit grieves beyond measure in displeasure as to what is to be seen among what should be the leadership of the modern Church. Those prophets without burden are never interested in men. They are but proclaimers of events. Those prophets without burden are not really interested in God, only in what God might have for them in categories of blessings and a prosperous future. They do not care for dry and meagre reality - they live a fantasy. Their messages are wind and vain imagination.
_________________ Lars Widerberg
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2003/11/2 7:37 | Profile |
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3. A messenger who has not been willing to move into close combat with reality, with the pain of the downtrodden will not be able to bring a message of relief and healing. A painless message cannot ease the pain. A painless message cannot carry a burden. A true messenger of the Lord begins every voyage at the Cross. Each and every piece brought forth from his mouth is marked by the Cross. In his heart you will find a Cross as in the Fathers. Thou dost desire truth in the inward parts, in the innermost being, and in the hidden part Thou wilt make me know wisdom, Ps 51:6. The prophet without a burden is a perplexing reflection of the ruling forces of the world of this day. He is indeed a sign of the times. There is a good word for these men: Return, O faithless sons, I will heal your faithlessness. Jer 3:22. If they only would respond properly: Surely, the hills are a deception, a tumult on the mountains. Surely, in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel. Jer 3:23.
_________________ Lars Widerberg
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2003/11/3 2:29 | Profile |
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4. The modern prophetic message is a quite comfortable one. God is going to act mightily on behalf of his people. Allow yourself to adjust to what God is doing today. It never pushes people into action. It describes the future in bright terms. It predicts the near future in generalisations and vagueness as to be interpreted and applied in any situation with greatest liberty prophecy is like a straw hat, one size fits all.
If the prophet misses the mark, he is easily and carelessly excused and continues to be endorsed and recognised as a true prophet among the rest of the band who dismiss the issue of standards. No correction, dont touch the prophet. We will certainly touch any of these men for the sake of vindication of the poor and needy, who always pay the bill. Prophecy is indeed an issue of standards, of truth in the inward parts.
_________________ Lars Widerberg
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2003/11/3 16:53 | Profile |
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5. A prophet as well as his message is born before the Lord. Prophets are men of prayer. Men who have learnt to sit in quietness before the Lord cannot but be permeated by his pain regarding the situation of the oppressed. Prophets and priests administrate salvation, solid and substantial ability to cope. Prophets feed the hungry. They provoke the rich to pay the bills of the poor. Their aim is to free the captives. Prophets tell the truth. Those who come out from the presence of the Lord without these imperatives melted into their character have done a poor job in the closet.
If you find a man praying for imprisoned and tortured friends in the Lord, you have found a man moving in the prophetic realm. If you see men and women engaged in feeding and sheltering refugees and runaways, you have found a prophetically productive fellowship. If you are among those who cannot but give yourself to prayer for the many who struggle in poor conditions, you have entered the prophetic dimension. The rest of them, those who talk about what God does today and explain present-day-truths prophesy wind. And wind they will reap in plenty.
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_________________ Lars Widerberg
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2003/11/4 6:16 | Profile |
crsschk Member
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Prophets tell the truth.
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2003/11/4 9:30 | Profile |
TerryLee Member
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| Re: Prophets without burden | | How do we learn to speak into this mess? _________________ Terry Lee
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