於2011-07-24發佈

真實的先知性感動反映出神的特質

先知性感動是最基本的先知性啟示,常常是主開始跟我們說話的方式。這似乎是因為我們稱為祂的朋友,祂想要我們感受到祂所感受的,而不是像個機器人做祂告訴我們去做的事。神創造人是為了與祂相交,祂在尋找可以分擔祂心中信息的使者。

這裡有一個潛在的絆腳石─具先知性的人假設性認為神對事情的感受和他/她一樣。為此緣故,我們必須小心分辨一個先知性的感動,並瞭解到當神沒有特別向我們顯明某件事時,我們的感受和意見有可能是出於自己,未必是從神來的。

我目睹過具先知性的人在某個地方受傷沒得醫治,因此變得過於敏感或被冒犯,開始宣告出神沒有宣告的審判。我們在聖經也看見這樣的例子,雅各和約翰想要吩咐火從天上降下來,燒滅那些反對他們的人。耶穌責備他們說:他們的心如何,他們並不知道(參考路加福音9:54-55)。

我們要如何正確分辨呢?經驗。因為我們的首要擺上在於認識神的心,所以我們必須認出自己尚未戰勝的假設、偏見和冒犯。為此緣故,我從不信任自己對有負面看法之人的負面啟示,即使是以異夢或異象的方式臨到。當我看見有人對某人或某事受傷時,我不會相信他的負面啟示。我曾見過非常成熟具先知性的人,以這種方式跌倒。

很重要的是,具先知性的人需要學習全然饒恕的恩典並且不受冒犯,特別是被拒絕。沒有人能與耶穌所受到的拒絕相比,祂被祂所造的人拒絕與折磨。在十字架上祂不但赦免他們,甚至給予最大的赦免─祂禱告天父也赦免他們!常常我們努力饒恕別人,卻帶著一種動機,倘若我們饒恕了他們,神就會報應他們,但耶穌甚至禱告天父來赦免他們。再也沒有比此更大的愛了。

我們必須總是謹記在心:最大的先知性信息就是神本性與特質的信息,沒有比祂在十字架上所彰顯更大的信息了。倘若我們要呈現出祂是誰,我們必須每天背起十字架,願意放下我們的生命與冒犯,讓十字架的信息也可能在我們裡面看見。我們一旦定意彰顯出神的屬性,十字架的生命將同樣成為我們的最大擺上。這一件事將分別出真假使者;我們會活出十字架的生命嗎?

(摘自 喬納 word for the week, Week 27, 2011)


The Prophetic Experiences, Part 4
True Prophetic Impressions Reflect God’s Character
Week 27, 2011

Prophetic impressions are the most basic prophetic revelation and are usually the way that the Lord begins to speak to us. This seems to be because we are called to be His friends, and He wants us to feel what He feels, not just be automatons who do what He tells us. God created man to have fellowship with Him, and He is seeking messengers who will share His heart for the message.

Here is the potential stumbling block—it is an ultimate presumption for a prophetic person to think that God feels the same way that he or she feels about things. For this reason, we must be careful to discern a prophetic impression and understand that when we are not specifically being shown something by God that our feelings and opinions are our own and not necessarily God’s.

I have witnessed prophetic people who are wounded in an area and not healed, and because of this can be overly sensitive, or offended, and start proclaiming judgments that God has not proclaimed. We see an example of this with how James and John wanted to call down fire from heaven to consume those who opposed them. Jesus rebuked them, saying they did not know what spirit they were of (see Luke 9:54-55).

How do we get this right? Experience. Because we have as a primary devotion to know the heart of God, we must also recognize our own presumptions, prejudices, and offenses that we have not overcome. For this reason, I never trust a revelation that is negative toward anyone that I have a cause for being negative toward, even if it comes in a dream or vision. I don’t trust negative revelations others get when I can see in them a wounding toward the person or issue. I have seen some otherwise very mature prophetic people stumble in this way.

It is critical that prophetic people learn the grace of total forgiveness and not being offended, especially by rejection. No one deserved to be rejected less than Jesus, Who was the Creator of the very ones who rejected Him and had Him tortured. Yet, on the cross He not only expressed forgiveness for them, but gave the ultimate forgiveness—He prayed for the Father to forgive them too! Often, we try hard to forgive people but with the motive that if we forgive them then God will get even with them, but Jesus prayed for even the Father to forgive them. Never had there ever been such love expressed as this.

We must always keep in mind that the ultimate prophetic message is the message of the nature and character of God. There will never be a greater message of who He is than what was demonstrated on the cross. If we are going to represent Him as He is, we must take up our crosses, every day, and be willing to lay down our lives and our offenses to let the message of the cross be seen in us, too. Once we have it set in our hearts that representing God as He is, is our ultimate purpose, and that the cross is the ultimate demonstration of who He is, the life of the cross will likewise be our ultimate devotion. This one thing is what separates the true messengers from the pretenders. Will we live the life of the cross?