Rev.Dr.Jeffry David Camm

In these series of scriptures Jesus sets out some revelations that the Body of Christ in many cases, still have not put into practice today. Unfortunately, this is a sad state of affairs.

 

“If you receive a prophet, in the name of a prophet you will receive a prophet’s reward”.

 

But what is a prophet’s reward?

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• 1. They will always receive a word which lines up with the Word of God.

a. That is why Paul challenged Christians to carefully check the words you receive, to make sure that they line up with the Word of God.

b. Paul even went further to tell the disciples that even if angels come to you and starts to teach you anything which does not line up with the Word of God, then you must refuse to accept it.

c.  In the church today, there are many who are coming and preaching and teaching things which don’t line up with the Word of God – so beware of them!

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• 2. They will always receive an impartation from God – equipping you “TO DO the work of the ministry”.

1. The “Work of the Ministry” is not just restricted to Apostles, Prophets, Teachers, Pastors and Evangelists.

2. In 2 Corinthians 3:6 Paul writes: Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter kills, but the spirit gives life. But if the ministration of death, written and engraved in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: Shall not the ministration of the spirit be more glorious?

3. In Romans 8:28 it says: And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

4. Each and every person who has been saved by the grace and mercy of God should love God. But the verse does not stop there – it goes on.

5. God calls each of us by name and according to His divine purposes for us. All of us are small fragments (jigsaw puzzle pieces) in the might and majesty of the picture that God has for you, for your church, for your city and for your nation.

6. Each of us is called to do “the work of the ministry”.

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• 3. Test All Things

1. Paul reminds us to check all prophecy to make sure that it lines up with the Word of God.

2. Don’t go ahead and “try to make the prophecy happen”.

3. Prophecy can be for NOW, or for a future time.

4. Prophecy can be a directive.

5. Prophecy must not cause confusion in your life.

6. Prophecy must not make YOU feel condemned

7. Prophecy is to edify, exhort and/or comfort the Body of Christ

8. Prophecy must not manipulate you, or control you

9. Prophecy will manifest the Fruit of the Spirit in your life

10. All the 5-fold ministries of God, as described in Ephesians 4:11 must be anointed. If you are not called to an office, don’t attempt to operate in it; otherwise you will cause damage to yourself and to others around you.

11. Before you are called to an office there is a process. Joseph was highly favored. There were 5 coats of Joseph’s life which he had to wear before He became the Governor of Egypt.

                      I.      It was a process that he had to go through before he reached the position revealed in his dreams  where he would                                    wear the royal cloak and his brothers would bow down to him. The prophecies and dreams he received were                                              prophetic.  God Revealed THE END TO HIM. RIGHT AT THE VERY BEGINNING.

                         ii.     God did not reveal the betrayal of his brothers, or the lies of Potiphar’s wife, nor the 13 years in prison.

                         iii.    God did not reveal that his garments would be changed from prison garb to royal robes all in one day; but that is                                        what actually happened.

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1. If you are highly favoured, it allows you to receive a direct word – a direct revelation from God.

2. Prophecy begins a process, which leads to faith (in the process), which brings results.

3. Prophecy brings truth in the process, which is always confirmed by the Word of God.

4. In the book of Acts, we have the story of Paul and Silas and the slave girl who was suffering from the spirit of divination (telling fortunes). This slave girl was making big bucks for her employers. They were not happy when Paul intervened.

5. She was able to correctly identify who Paul and Silas were: “people of the Most High God”.

6. Paul & Silas commanded the wrong spirit to come out of her and it obeyed their command, because they were using the authority of God’s word.

7. Don’t be surprised, we still have them around us here in Australia today.

8. How we react to them as Christians today, will either give glory and honour to Jesus Christ, or bring shame to us.

9. The word clearly says that we have been given spiritual authority to deal with the principalities and powers of this world.

10. In Mark 16:15-18 Jesus is speaking and He says these words: And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 

11. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.                                                                  i.      We have been given the authority to deal with these problems which we see all around us.

                         ii.      If we do this, Jesus has promised that these will be the signs (for the unbeliever) – to get their attention to the things                                   of God and to bring them to the foot of the cross.

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12. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit and the Fruit of the Holy Spirit will flow together, to provide the correct              timing and situations, to allow you to witness for Jesus in every situation. You will also receive the            boldness to do this.

13. The Holy Spirit can position you in time and at the correct place to witness to a specific person.                Cornelius needed to be witnessed to. God sent the Holy Spirit to Peter and told Him He was sending        messengers to him and to go with them without question. When he arrived at Cornelius’ household          the Holy Spirit open his mind to understand that God wanted to bring him into the kingdom, even              though he was a Gentile. This was a revelation for Peter and as a result, Cornelius and his whole              household gave their lives to Christ.

14. There can be two (2) types of witness by the Holy Spirit.

                   i.      The sins in our life are revealed and we are convicted to make things right with God, by repentance. This frees up our                                spirits to be able to receive direction from God.

                      ii.      We have a burden in our spirits to do something for someone, but are not sure what that “something” is. When we                                     recognize this burden and pray for that person by praying in tongues, we know that the prayer is righteous, the prayer                               is correct and the prayer is directed in the spirit realm to the specific burden that the Holy Spirit has put upon your                                      heart.

                     iii.      In both these cases mentioned above, the emphasis is upon “Obedience”. We must be prepared to become obedient                                to the call of the Holy Spirit upon our lives to see positive results.

                     iv.      In the case of Apostle Peter, obedience to go with the messengers resulted in salvation for a whole household.

 

 

• 4.      Prophecy prepares us for Spiritual warfare.

                 i.      This is a subject in itself, which maybe can be taught at a later stage. This requires a higher level of spiritual maturity                                   and understanding of the concepts of the way the Holy Spirit lives, dwells and works within us, to achieve the calling                                  upon our lives that God has placed within us.

 

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• 5.      Mark 4:14: The Parable of the Sower

1.  Prophecy sows a seed into your heart – the Word of God.

2. The devil will try to steal the seed from you (the Word of God) so it cannot grow and bear fruit.

3. If you resist the devil he will flee from you: and you will see the seed grow and the prophecy come to pass.

4. When the seed is planted by the wayside: It is planted in the wrong place – or the wrong heart attitude. Therefore if it grows it will become stunted and not bring forth a perfect fruit and bountiful harvest.

5. Verse 16: Stony Ground: The Word is received with joy, but the environment is not prepared to receive the Word, for it to grow (one becomes persecuted for the Word’s sake)

 

Make sure that you work all prophecy through with a spiritual leader, to make sure that you understand it (fully) otherwise it may cause you to become “offended”.  “Strange” methods come from “strange” vessels. We must discern what is being said, but also the way they are being delivered.

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• 6.      When you receive a prophecy, you must obey the Word.

1. Elijah prayed that it would not rain for 3½ years – and it did not rain!

2. He then prayed again, and that rain obeyed his commands.

3. God expects us to work with Him to see the prophecy come to pass, in His perfect timing.

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• 7.      In 1 Timothy 1:18, Apostle Paul charges (commands) Timothy to stir up the spiritual gifts, which                were previously prophesied over him by the laying on of hands.

1. Paul commanded Timothy to build up his faith and wage warfare to see these prophecies come to pass in his life.

2. Spiritual “shipwrecks” can occur if you don’t follow through with spiritual warfare, and exercise your faith (sowing “obedient seed”) to see these prophecies come to pass.

 

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• 8.      What has been happening in the Prophetic?

1. When God does something He always does it perfectly.

2. Satan tries to divert it by rising up an “anti-movement” to resist and divert any “movement of God”.

 

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• 9.      1 Kings 17:1: Story of Elijah’s “public” ministry and his “private” ministry.

1. To do the “public ministry for the Lord” you must have your “private ministry to the Lord” going so well in the spirit realm that God can trust you enough to give you a “man authority” to do supernatural things.

2. When God told Elijah to go to the Brook Cherith, this was a time of further prophecy responsibilities, before the next public ministry.

3. Elijah had to have enough faith to believe God when He said that a raven would feed him meat and bread each morning and evening.

4. If you have ever seen ravens fight over food, then you would understand that this was a mighty test of faith for Elijah.

 

 

• 10. Two (2) Schools of the Prophet.

1. School of Obedience:  pretty small to start with, to teach you to get ready to do something greater.

2. School of Faith: If you cannot get your faith right in your “private ministry to the Lord”, then you cannot be elevated to the next level of “public ministry”.

 

 

• 11. Insecurity: is a thing which must be dealt with, so that we learn to trust God in ALL things and in ALL situations.

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• 12. The “Prophetic Movement” has been in hiding so that God can prepare the people ready to do His will: WITHOUT ANY PRE-CONDITIONS.

1. People do not understand the sacrifice and the costs which have to be done by people before He can raise them up.

2. 1 Kings 18: Obadiah – feared the Lord greatly and fed the 100 prophets. He was the “007 of God”.

3. The Spirit of Jezebel will oppose the true voice of God, by killing the true prophets of God.

4. The Spirit of Jezebel reduces the influences of the “true prophetic” move of God.

5. The true prophets of God must rise up and fight for God’s Word and for God’s purposes.  God is waiting for people to rise up and take on the spirit of Jezebel.

6. There are NO “self-appointed” prophet                                                                                                    i.      1 Corinthians 12:28 says These “God Appoints”, and “God anoints”, “God Prepares”, and “God Protects” His                     prophets – not MAN!.

                          ii.      God appoints First: Apostles, then Second: Prophets, then Third: Teachers, after that order, Working of Miracles,                                        then Gifts of healings, Gift of Helps, which undergirds the miracles and healings.

                          iii.      The Worship team is an important “helps” ministry, so that these ministries can flow in a meeting.

                          iv.     “SELF-APPOINTED MINISTRIES” can cause a restriction in the flow of God.

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1. God calls and establishes God’s appointments in place before the work can start.

2. Unfortunately, people don’t trust leaders in the church today. (Angelos: messengers who are liars)

3. Revelation 2:1: True elders: must have a “heart of God”, for the church, a “heart of God” for the people and must be able to use the gift of discernment.

4. Revelation 2:18 Letter to the Church of Thyatira: …. Nevertheless you have allowed that woman “Herself – the Jezebel spirit”

                       i.      Now the Jezebel spirit is not a woman, but a powerful demonic spirit which in this case has taken over the mind & body of a                                       woman. The leadership in this Church, has allowed this woman to appoint herself as a prophet and she has been leading the                                      people astray by her wrong prophecies, which did not conform to the Word of God, nor did it give Him glory.

                            ii.      This was an “ungodly influence” among “Godly people” and therefore the Holy Spirit gave the command that this woman                                           must be removed – to protect the remainder of the saints.

                             iii.      This resulted in a “fragmentation” within the Body of Christ, with broken networks and relationships.

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1. You “belong” to the church, because all born again believers are part of the Body of Christ. That is the qualification for you to “belong” to a church. There is no scriptural basis for people “joining” a church to become “members” – like joining a football club, or any other “social club”.

2. The secret of power is the connection between God’s leaders. If there is no connection or relationship between leaders within the Body of Christ there can be no unity, hence no power and no blessings:

                        i.      When there was unity in the Body of Christ in the first generation church, the very foundations of the buildings in                                         which they were worshipping began to shake. Have you been in one of those types of church meetings lately?

                           ii.      Where there is unity, God commands a blessing.

                           iii.     We have the same Holy Spirit living on the inside of us that raised Jesus Christ from the dead.

                       i   v.    Therefore in this 21st century, we have the same opportunity and right to have close relationships between the                                            leaders, as well as between the saints in the Body of Christ.

                          v.      We have the same right to seeing miracles, signs and wonders occurring in our midst, just like it is recorded in the                                      Book of Acts and some of Pauls’ Epistles.

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• 13.  The Challenge for the 21st Century Church: is to get back to the basics of the Word of God.

1. If it is recorded in the Bible, I believe it. Maybe I don’t understand all of it, but the scripture tells us that the Holy Spirit will lead us into all truth (on a need to know basis).

2. This does not mean that overnight we will understand the whole Bible. No! it means that as we come to different situations and/or levels of spiritual development, the Holy Spirit will reveal to us the truths from the Word that we need to progress to the next spiritual level.

3. That is why private study of the scriptures everyday is so important to develop and grow into the maturity of the Word that Christ wants all of us to achieve.

 

So the challenge of this teaching is this: What are you prepared to do for Jesus Christ?