Last Days Believers - Prophetic Ministry (notes)

Last Days Believers - Prophetic Ministry

Joel predicted a time in history when God would pour out His Spirit upon humanity.

This Was Fulfilled on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2 When Peter stood and explained that Joel had prophesied the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

The Kingdom of God works in line with the person and work of the Holy Spirit.

The New Testament demonstrates how the Holy Spirit worked first in the coming of Jesus Christ.

Matthew 1:18

Series of Events:

1. Mary becomes pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
2. Joseph is not going to expose her.
3. An angel appears to Joseph in a dream and tells Joseph to marry her.
4. Mary will give birth to a son who will save the world.

There Are Over Three hundred prophecies of Jesus in the Old Testament which proves the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of Jesus Christ.

Proof That We are living in the last days is the acceleration of the prophetic.

Joel 2:28

Signs of Prophecy:

1. If I am under God’s anointing I will not curse Jesus.
2. I can not declare the Lordship of Jesus without the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
3. The Holy Spirit is in-charge of the operations of the church.

I Corinthians 12

Visions & Dreams

• Are prophetic images the Holy Spirit puts in front of people to see what He will do in our lives.

God Speaks

• Through prophecy to individuals, communities, churches, leaders of nations and to nations.

Difference Between The gift of Prophecy and the office of a prophet:

1. Isaiah was a prophet.
2. Jeremiah was a prophet.
3. Ezekiel was a prophet.
4. Daniel was a prophet.
5. David was a prophet.
6. Jesus was a prophet.

What Prophecy Does:

1. Encourages.
2. Strengthens.
3. Comforts.

Everyone Can Prophecy

• But not everyone is called to the office of prophet just like not everyone is called to the office of pastor.

The Best Prophetic Words

• Are right from God’s Word, why?

1. The Word of God will not return empty.
2. The Word of God is alive and powerful.
3. The Word of God is penetrating.

Joel 2:18-27

• God will restore us to a place of influence.
• God will take away our stigma of failure.
• God will grant us greatness.

How To Be Used Of God In The Prophetic:

1. Get the Word in you.
2. Memorize the Word of God.
3. Ask the Holy Spirit to bring the Word of God to your mind.
4. Pray that God will put someone in your path to give the Word to.

Joel 2:12

• Turn to Me with all your heart and with fasting and with weeping and with mourning and rend your heart, and not your garments and turn unto the Lord your God: for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness and repenteth Him of the evil.

Jesus Said

• That He would baptize people with the Holy Spirit and Fire. The Fire is the glory of the Lord that Moses saw, that Isaiah talked about that Ezekiel saw & Haggai predicted would fill the temple in the last days. Visions & dreams will result from the baptism in Fire.