Honestly I was shocked by what someone said about the prophetic!
They used the phrase "Hamburger Helper" to explain their ideas around this ministry to other believers.
In New Zealand we don't have this but mu understanding it is a flavoured powder to help your dinner taste better. The irony for me is that it shown with macaroni so not sure where burger comes into it?
Essentially they were saying that it is ok to have lots of rubbish prophecy as long as some good stuff is in there are as well.
Their rationale seemed to use the distinction Jesus made about Wheat and Weeds as some sort of biblical justification. That they don't want to correct what was wrong so that the good ones remains. This is a bit out of context and naive at best.
Here is why I think it is problematic:
1. Either the prophetic is God speaking or it is not.
2. If the person receiving the prophetic word is not able to discern validity, all sort of catastrophic decisions can eventuate. I have so many stories!
3. The person ignorantly firing off incorrect prophetic messages gets confident in something that is wrong and this makes them more ignorant and potentially arrogant.
4. This leader has been found out to be a fake prophet and groomer of young women so their teaching should be ignored or taken with extreme caution.
It is past time for the prophetic ministry to mature in the Church.
We can do so much better.
Something to think about...
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