Who are some Prophets of today?

[beclyon]

What are some people with the gift of prophecy today that I could check out. And, what, in your experience, has led you to believe they truly operate in this gift? I'm interested in finding one that isn't simply popular but accurate!

Thanks!
beclyon

 

[Hisgirl]

Kris Vallotton.....I've heard him and read some stuff he wrote. He witnessed to my spirit....nothing prideful or flamboyant. He didn't call himself a prophet, by the way, but the river flowed. Our church is considering using some of his teachings....

 

[SpiritPsalmist]

What are some people with the gift of prophecy today that I could check out. And, what, in your experience, has led you to believe they truly operate in this gift? I'm interested in finding one that isn't simply popular but accurate!

Thanks!
beclyon

We have to be careful about seeking out prophets. When God has something to say to you He will generally speak to you directly and then, maybe, use someone who operates in the prophetic to confirm what He has said. I would caution you, with flashing red lights...IMHO it is very dangerous to seek out someone to prophesy to you.

Now, just to clarify, I don't see anything wrong with asking someone, "is God saying anything to you about me?". But still, it's just best to go to God directly and ask Him to speak to you about you. And I say this as someone who is not a prophet but does operate in the prophetic.

I have nothing against it, it's just that some people will tell you all sorts of stuff and tell you it's God when it's not. And generally, it's my opinion anyway, that if they ARE a true prophet they are not going around "proclaiming" it. That's usually the dead givaway that they are not.

Just a caution.

 

[talitha]

Even many people who go around ministering prophetically do not claim the title of "prophet." The thing is that prophecy has different levels. According to 1 Corinthians, prophecy can be a "manifestation of the Spirit," and anyone can prophesy if the Spirit of the Lord be with him/her. Even King Saul (David's predecessor) prophesied on at least one occasion when he was around other prophets. Then there is a prophetic ministry. People who tend to be given prophetic messages more than other manifestations have a prophetic ministry at some level. I know some people like this, but not many of them would claim the title of prophet; it's pretty intimidating and it implies a heavy responsibility.

A true prophet is part of the government of the Church. He lays his life down so that the Kingdom of God may be established. With the title comes the responsibility to correct, to rebuke, to speak destiny, to give direction...... it's pretty awesome.

Possible prophets (of course I'm not sure; I don't know them) whose names you might recognize: David Wilkerson, Rick Joyner, Bob Jones. Not sure who else.......

blessings
tal

 

[9-iron]

Good question. I believe in the office, title, gift or whatever. However, it hard to legitimize such a position because the Body of Christ is so divided. Especially when that person speaks accross these divisions.

 

[BarbB]

Check out The Elijah List - you can google it. I have found it interesting but mostly uplifting.

 

[Mark Downham]

.IMHO it is very dangerous to seek out someone to prophesy to you.

This is effectively treating prophecy as divination if your motives areconfused. As for prophets - We are all prophetic because we arethe Church - it is a gift of the sanctified life.

I like Graham Cooke, Jim Goll -

Mark

 

[HGFireStarter2k3]

There are various prophets I have met and been ministered to throughout the years, whom have had a tremendous impact on my life. Some of these guys are known internationally, some are known within certain spheres. Among them are Kevin Leal, Harold Eberle, Stacey Campbell, Chuck Pierce, and Bob Jones. There are also men whom I consider prophets in my home church, with whom I am in relationship with, and by the Spirit, they have confirmed many things regarding my life calling. Aside from them, there are also prophetic ministries that I have not yet met, but whom have blessed me through their writings and teachings, such as Graham Cooke, Jim Goll, Bill Hamon, and John Paul Jackson.

 

[amorosi]

Even many people who go around ministering prophetically do not claim the title of "prophet." The thing is that prophecy has different levels. According to 1 Corinthians, prophecy can be a "manifestation of the Spirit," and anyone can prophesy if the Spirit of the Lord be with him/her. Even King Saul (David's predecessor) prophesied on at least one occasion when he was around other prophets. Then there is a prophetic ministry. People who tend to be given prophetic messages more than other manifestations have a prophetic ministry at some level. I know some people like this, but not many of them would claim the title of prophet; it's pretty intimidating and it implies a heavy responsibility.

A true prophet is part of the government of the Church. He lays his life down so that the Kingdom of God may be established. With the title comes the responsibility to correct, to rebuke, to speak destiny, to give direction...... it's pretty awesome.

Possible prophets (of course I'm not sure; I don't know them) whose names you might recognize: David Wilkerson, Rick Joyner, Bob Jones. Not sure who else.......

blessings
tal

JUST TO CLARIFY SOMETHING...DAVID WILKERSON, HAS NEVER CLAIMED TO BE A PROPHET EITHER, BY HIS OWN ACCORD, THAT IS !!
SOME VIEW HIM TO BE A PROPHET, BUT THE MAN HIMSELF, THE MOST HE HAS EVER CLAIMED IS-- TO BE A WATCHMAN ON THE WALL...AS A TYPE OF EZEKIEL OF OLD !!

A TRUMPET BLOWER....AS FOR RICK JOYNER, I HAVE SOME DOUBTS, AND BOB JONES-- IF HE WAS THE ONE FROM THE SO-CALLED KANSAS CITY PROPHET'S...HE HAS BEEN STOOD DOWN IN THE PAST FOR MORAL- MISCONDUCT ( BY MIKE BICKLE HIMSELF...ASKED HIM TO STEP-ASIDE )

ALL GOD'S TRUE PROPHETS MOSTLY...WILL BE NOBODY'S, WITH NO BIG FOLLOWING'S, NOR WILL THEY DARE NAME THERE MINISTRIES AFTER THERE OWN NAMES ( WHAT VANITY AND PRIDE THAT IS ) THEY ARE IN THE MAKING NOW TALITHA...OUT OF EVERY TEN PROPHET'S OUT THERE TODAY...WE ARE DOING WELL....IF JUST ONE OUT MOF TEN IS TRULY SET-APART IN THAT HOLY OFFICE GIFT !!

BUT THEY ARE COMING....AND WHEN THEY DO-- WATCH OUT...YOU PROSPERITY TEACHER'S WHEN THEY ARRIVE, YOU GUYS WILL BE CONFRONTED LIKE ELIJAH CONFRONTED THE FALSE PROPHETS OF BAAL !!

THE CON'S, THE RELIGIOUS HUCKSTER'S, THE CHARLATAN'S, THE MODERN DAY BALAAM'S, THE FRAUDS, THE IMPOSTER'S WILL BE EXPOSED AND SHOWN UP TO BE WHAT THEY TRULY ARE WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING !!

SOOTH SAYING PROPHET'S WHO PREACH SMOOTH THINGS TO THE CONGREGATIONS AND TICKLE ITCHING EARS, WHO WANT A TONED DOWN MESSAGE OF EASY - BELIEVISM, AND EASY REPENTANCE !!

 

[HGFireStarter2k3]

JUST TO CLARIFY SOMETHING...DAVID WILKERSON, HAS NEVER CLAIMED TO BE A PROPHET EITHER, BY HIS OWN ACCORD, THAT IS !!
SOME VIEW HIM TO BE A PROPHET, BUT THE MAN HIMSELF, THE MOST HE HAS EVER CLAIMED IS-- TO BE A WATCHMAN ON THE WALL...AS A TYPE OF EZEKIEL OF OLD !!

A TRUMPET BLOWER....AS FOR RICK JOYNER, I HAVE SOME DOUBTS, AND BOB JONES-- IF HE WAS THE ONE FROM THE SO-CALLED KANSAS CITY PROPHET'S...HE HAS BEEN STOOD DOWN IN THE PAST FOR MORAL- MISCONDUCT ( BY MIKE BICKLE HIMSELF...ASKED HIM TO STEP-ASIDE )

ALL GOD'S TRUE PROPHETS MOSTLY...WILL BE NOBODY'S, WITH NO BIG FOLLOWING'S, NOR WILL THEY DARE NAME THERE MINISTRIES AFTER THERE OWN NAMES ( WHAT VANITY AND PRIDE THAT IS ) THEY ARE IN THE MAKING NOW TALITHA...OUT OF EVERY TEN PROPHET'S OUT THERE TODAY...WE ARE DOING WELL....IF JUST ONE OUT MOF TEN IS TRULY SET-APART IN THAT HOLY OFFICE GIFT !!

BUT THEY ARE COMING....AND WHEN THEY DO-- WATCH OUT...YOU PROSPERITY TEACHER'S WHEN THEY ARRIVE, YOU GUYS WILL BE CONFRONTED LIKE ELIJAH CONFRONTED THE FALSE PROPHETS OF BAAL !!

THE CON'S, THE RELIGIOUS HUCKSTER'S, THE CHARLATAN'S, THE MODERN DAY BALAAM'S, THE FRAUDS, THE IMPOSTER'S WILL BE EXPOSED AND SHOWN UP TO BE WHAT THEY TRULY ARE WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING !!

SOOTH SAYING PROPHET'S WHO PREACH SMOOTH THINGS TO THE CONGREGATIONS AND TICKLE ITCHING EARS, WHO WANT A TONED DOWN MESSAGE OF EASY - BELIEVISM, AND EASY REPENTANCE !!

I just wanted to clarify the issues regarding Bob Jones. In 1991, he was publicly disciplined by Mike Bickle and John Wimber for moral issues, and as part of that discipline, he left Kansas City to fulfill a season of discipline and restoration. It has been many years since then, and Bob has been fully restored, and presently works together with Rick Joyner, Paul Keith & Wanda Davis, and Bobby Conner.

BTW, for those who don't know, Bob Jones' wife, Viola, passed away on Monday, March 21st. You can find the info in this link.

 

[amorosi]

I just wanted to clarify the issues regarding Bob Jones. In 1991, he was publicly disciplined by Mike Bickle and John Wimber for moral issues, and as part of that discipline, he left Kansas City to fulfill a season of discipline and restoration. It has been many years since then, and Bob has been fully restored, and presently works together with Rick Joyner, Paul Keith & Wanda Davis, and Bobby Conner.

BTW, for those who don't know, Bob Jones' wife, Viola, passed away on Monday, March 21st. You can find the info in this link.

NOT THAT I CAST ANY STONES HERE, CUZ WE ARE ALL VULNERABLE TO FALLING AND TEMPTATION, BUT ACCORDING TO ANDREW STROM WEB-SITE, PAUL CAIN ALSO RECENTLY FELL INTO GROSS-SIN ( HOW-EVER THIS IS WHAT ANDREW REPORTS..NOT ME )
CAN ANYONE RATIFY OR CONFIRM THIS?? I CAST NO ASPERSIONS ON PAUL CAIN, IN ANYWAY, THIS IS WHAT I READ FROM ANDREW'S WEB-SITE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF IT'S TRUE OR JUST SOME RUMOUR MONGERER OUT THERE TRYING TO DIS-CREDIT...THE MAN ?? WHAT IS THE TRUTH...DOES ANYONE KNOW THE FACTS ?? NOT JUST HEAR SAY....ALTHO ANDREW STROM FROM WHAT I AM LED TO BELIEVE IS VERY WELL RESPECTED IN PENTECOSTAL CIRCLES, AND HIS WEB-SITE IS FULL OF LOTS OF GOOD READING !!

P.S IF YOU WISH TO CHECK OUT ANDREW'S WEB SITE..IT IS EASILY FOUND BY TYPING IN HIS FULL NAME IN GOOGLE OR YAHOO SEARCH ENGINES

 

[He put me back together]

True prophets are unpopular today as they always have been. I've given up on *lists* like this years ago. And to be frank, when someone insists on something like this:

From now on, you are not to call me "Pastor Mike." Call me "Prophet Mike," because I'm a prophet.

it is a blatant sign to me that he knows absolutely nothing.

 

[heartofheaven]

Why is the Church using the 5-fold ministry then? Some are called to be pastors,teachers,apostles,prophets,evangelists,to equip the saints for the work of the ministry.Eph.4

We never have a problem calling Paul, the apostle Paul,even though he may not have said that himself,we do! We call pastor Bob,well........Pastor Bob,don't we? I look at it the same way,but like I do with anyone who says they are any of them,test their fruit! We are all called somewhere,into some type ministry,can we say we are without being prideful?Sometimes it could be others are jealous of your minstry and they want that one that you have,so they don't like it when you say your a pastor,or prophet etc. I do art work,I do feel kind of funny calling myself an artist,while others may not,but that is me,I don't like to be boastful anyway,so I just say I paint when asked,for it is my business.Just takes time to find out if any of these ministries are for real or not,God has told each one of us to DISCERN for yourselves........truth from error.For many are called.....but, few are chosen!!!!So,there you may find,that many that claim it,are not!

 

[He put me back together]

There is nothing wrong with saying that you are a prophet, if you are a prophet, just as there is nothing wrong with saying that you are a teacher, a preacher, an evangel, or an emmissary. We refer to Jerimiah as "The prophet Jerimiah," just as we refer to Paul as "The Apostle Paul," to distinguish them from others. The same thing pertains to "John the Baptist," and "John the Apostle." Elijah, for example, very often used the term "so he will know that there is a prophet in Israel" as his reason for healing--this, of course, would be very well rejected if spoken today.

But when a man insists on being called "Prophet Mike," or "Pastor Mike," for that matter, he is more interested in being recognized than in doing the work of Yahweh. Prophets don't care if you address them with a title. False prophets do. While you do see Jerimiah, Ezekiel, or Elijah insisting on the words of Yahweh, you don't see any of them insisting that people refer to them as "Prophet Elijah" in passing every time they address them. This ressembles the word "Rabbi" among the pharisees and scribes moreso than it does "Prophet" with the prophets of the Scriptures. It's ok to call a prophet "Prophet," especially when you don't know his name, but it's a sign of falsehood to insist that people recognize you by your alledged function all of the time.

 

[heartofheaven]

There is nothing wrong with saying that you are a prophet, if you are a prophet, just as there is nothing wrong with saying that you are a teacher, a preacher, an evangel, or an emmissary. We refer to Jerimiah as "The prophet Jerimiah," just as we refer to Paul as "The Apostle Paul," to distinguish them from others. The same thing pertains to "John the Baptist," and "John the Apostle." Elijah, for example, very often used the term "so he will know that there is a prophet in Israel" as his reason for healing--this, of course, would be very well rejected if spoken today.

But when a man insists on being called "Prophet Mike," or "Pastor Mike," for that matter, he is more interested in being recognized than in doing the work of Yahweh. Prophets don't care if you address them with a title. False prophets do. While you do see Jerimiah, Ezekiel, or Elijah insisting on the words of Yahweh, you don't see any of them insisting that people refer to them as "Prophet Elijah" in passing every time they address them. This ressembles the word "Rabbi" among the pharisees and scribes moreso than it does "Prophet" with the prophets of the Scriptures. It's ok to call a prophet "Prophet," especially when you don't know his name, but it's a sign of falsehood to insist that people recognize you by your alledged function all of the time.

Very true, and I do agree with that,thanks!

 

[tigersnare]

I wonder, since the close of the Canon and the establishment of the Church, what role could the "prophet" possibly play in the modern Church. Being that Christ is our eternal prophet, preist and King, and whatever a modern day "prophet" will say, couldn't possibly be new revelation.

 

[StevenL]

"But when a man insists on being called "Prophet Mike," or "Pastor Mike," for that matter, he is more interested in being recognized than in doing the work of Yahweh."

Exactly. Or Father John, or Brother Ralph, or Reverend Jesse, or Right Reverend Tom, or Deacon Jones, or Bishop Smith, or Prophet Mike.....etc. As soon as you see someone displaying this garbage, you should just ignore them and get away from them.

 

[StevenL]

I wonder, since the close of the Canon and the establishment of the Church, what role could the "prophet" possibly play in the modern Church. Being that Christ is our eternal prophet, preist and King, and whatever a modern day "prophet" will say, couldn't possibly be new revelation.

The writings of the New Testament witnesses have many examples of what prophets do in the Ekklesia. It's just a matter of reading and understanding the Word.

 

[tigersnare]

The writings of the New Testament witnesses have many examples of what prophets do in the Ekklesia. It's just a matter of reading and understanding the Word.

did you mean "ecclesia"?

 

[Emiliya]

God's word says:" In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams". Acts 2:17
If you speak God's Words to people of the world you are prophet for this world.
Also I believe that God has people whom He gave anoiting to prophesy, like Ulf Ekman, John Bever and other,who speak God's words for many nations and we, believers, realy need these words.