PROPHECY

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PERMISSION

by Jonas Clark

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PROPHECY WITHOUT PERMISSION

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resumptuous prophets prophesy because

Pthey can, but should they? Does a

prophet need permission to prophesy? If a

prophet that has not been granted permission

to prophesy and yet does, is he guilty of sin?

Answers to these questions take us into

advanced prophetic training.

Prophets carry a great blessing for the

body of Christ. They also have a significant

responsibility to guard their ministries from

demonic encroachment. As prophets mature

in their ministries they quickly learn to wait

for the unction of the Holy Spirit before they

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move out in their gifting. This is how they

keep defilement and spiritual corruption out

of their lives and ministries. The Apostle Peter

made it clear that men of God wait on the

Holy Ghost.

Knowing this first that no prophecy of

the scripture is of any private

interpretation. For the prophecy came not

in old time by the will of man: but holy

men of God spake as they were moved by

the Holy Ghost. (2 Peter 1:20-21).

Prophecy from the Holy Spirit was never

spoken “by the will of man,” that is to say, by

man's will. This teaches if one prophesies by

faith only, without unction, then they

prophesy according to their own wills and not

God's.

Prophesying is not something that is done

solely by faith. Prophecy is not by the

prophets faith and will alone. Faith alone does

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not make the Holy Spirit speak. Faith is

involved, yes, but the prophet is not making

the prophetic utterance come by faith alone.

The seasoned prophet understands this and is

able to protect himself from prophetic error.

Prophecy is not about faith, will or emotions,

it’s about waiting for the Holy Ghost to move.

Let’s look at the pattern. Men spoke as they

were moved, compelled and prompted by the

Holy Spirit.

UNCTIONS

True prophetic utterance is always

accompanied with unction. Unction is

permission to speak. If there is no unction,

then the prophet is operating by faith alone.

Unction, Greek chrisma, means anointing.

Those that prophesy by faith alone are in

danger of tapping into a spirit of divination.

Divination is foretelling the future by

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occult means. It is important to note that

prophecy should come after you receive

unction to speak just like the prophets of old

that were first “moved by the Holy Ghost.” As

already said, unction for the prophet is the

permission of the Holy Spirit to speak. After

you receive permission then use your faith

and let the prophecy flow.

The five-steps for prophetic release are:

1.

God wants to speak.

2.

Holy Spirit gives permission.

3.

Prophet’s faith lays hold of the

unction.

4.

Prophet speaks.

5.

Prophecy judged.

MANTELS AND ACTIVATION

Five-fold ascension gift prophets carry a

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prophetic mantle. When Elijah was ushered

into heaven he dropped his prophetic mantle

to Elisha. I have seen the effects of this mantle

on the prayer lives of people. One day some

people were praying together. As I listened,

many in the group were prophesying. What

was striking to me was these people had never

prophesied before. So what was it that was

different in this particular group? There was a

man with a prophetic mantel on his life

among them. The reason these others were

able to prophesy was they were picking up on

his prophetic gift. This expresses the need for

five-fold ascension gift prophets in local

churches because their gift activates the

prophetic among the general assembly.

Scripture gives examples of prophetic

activation when King Saul sent messengers to

capture David.

Saul sent messengers to take David:

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and when they saw the company of the

prophets prophesying, and Samuel

standing as appointed over them, the spirit

of God was upon the messengers of Saul,

and they also prophesied. And when it

was told Saul, he sent other messengers,

and they prophesied likewise. And Saul

sent messengers again the third time, and

they prophesied also. Then went he also to

Ramah, and came to a great well that is in

Sechu: and he asked and said, ‘Where are

Samuel and David?’And one said, ‘Behold,

they be at Naioth in Ramah.’ And he went

thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the spirit

of God was upon him also, and he went

on, and prophesied, until he came to

Naioth in Ramah. And he stripped off his

clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel

in like manner, and lay down naked all

that day and all that night. Wherefore

they say, ‘Is Saul also among the prophets?'

(1 Samuel 19:20-24)

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Did you notice who was in these

meetings? Samuel was there "standing as

appointed over them.” There is something to

be said about prophetic activation when five-

fold ascension gift prophets are present.

AVOIDING FAMILIAR SPIRITS

Let’s look at Ezekiel’s release to prophesy

for a better understanding of prophetic

permission. Ezekiel was a seasoned man that

knew the Holy Spirit well. He would not

prophesy until told. Scripture says,

So I prophesied as I was commanded.

(Ezekiel 37:7).

In this verse Ezekiel, a mature prophet of

God, understood that he was not to prophesy

until the Lord released him to do so. We, too,

can learn from this. It is all right to sense the

prophetic anointing but don't speak “thus

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saith the Lord” unless God releases you

through prompting by the Holy Spirit. If you

prophesy by faith without unction, outside

God’s permission, you are in danger of tapping

into a spirit of divination. This is a sobering

truth but if you tap into a spirit of divination

you release witchcraft over the people. More

about this later.

During a powerfully anointed service, I

asked God if he wanted me to prophesy to the

people. I could tell the people were pulling on

me for a prophetic word. Most seasoned

prophets can relate to that feeling. The Spirit

of God said, “No.” Could I have prophesied

anyway? The answer is “yes" but I would have

been in error. If you prophesy without God’s

permission, you can tap into a familiar spirit.

A man told me that he received a

prophetic revelation from the Lord. I asked

him to share it with me and he said, "It’s way

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to deep and nobody was ready for it.” I said,

"Brother, you need to be careful with that. If

you have a revelation from God you need to

let the prophet’s judge.” All prophecies need

to be judged, examined, and weighed against

the Logos of God. Scripture says,

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but

try the spirits whether they are of God

because many false prophets are gone out

into the world. (1 John 4:1)

Prophets make mistakes and some

prophesies are wrong. Scripture says that we

“see through a glass darkly” (1 Corinthians

13:12). If prophets and prophecies were

always accurate then people would be tempted

to follow prophets instead of Jesus. All

prophecy needs to be tested for accuracy.

Period.

ESCAPING PROPHETIC ERROR

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Let s continue to review Jeremiah’s

prophetic operations as he dealt with the

erring prophets in his territory.

I have seen also in the prophets of

Jerusalem a horrible thing: they commit

adultery and walk in lies: they strengthen

also the hands of evildoers that none doth

return from his wickedness: they are all of

them to me as Sodom and the inhabitants

as Gomorrah. (Jeremiah 23:14)

This verse describes the pitiful condition

of God’s prophets who were:

1.

Committing adultery.

2.

Lying.

3.

Strengthening the hands of

evildoers.

How do prophets strengthen the hands of

evildoers? They fortify them by prophesying

that all is well to a person who is living in sin.

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Have you ever done this? I hope not. God

describes this same strengthening of evildoers

when he declares,

They have seduced my people, saying,

peace and there was no peace.... (Ezekiel

13:10).

Because these prophets refused to repent

of their smooth sayings, God allowed them to

drink the water of their own rebellion. But

notice what else God said, “From the prophets

is profaneness gone forth into all the land.” It

is this profaneness that all prophets must

guard themselves from. Could it be possible

this profaneness was the result of

presumptuous prophets ministering without

permission?

Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts

concerning the prophets; Behold, I will

feed them with wormwood and make

them drink the water of gall: for from the

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prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone

forth into all the land. (Jeremiah 23:15)

As already said, prophets must be careful

to receive permission to prophesy. Satan wants

to stop prophetic ministry. To do this he has

to interpose a counterfeit spirit. Prophets need

to be careful and wise, understand the ways of

the Spirit, the Word of God and discern the

difference between:

1.

The holy and the profane.

2.

The true from the false.

3.

The clean from the unclean.

Prophets should avoid low-level prophetic

utterance and seek the safer high-levels of

spiritual accuracy. Some prophets violate holy

living and open themselves up to idolatry,

merchandising and prophetic error. Because of

the truths you are learning in this book, your

hunger for God and love for Christ, you won’t.

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HYPOCRITICAL INQUIRER

Have you ever wondered if prophets

should function differently around sincere

believers, hypocrites and idolaters? What

happens if a person approaches a prophet for a

prophetic word who has idolatry in his heart?

Does this affect the prophet's ministry to this

person? Let's look to Ezekiel's ministry for

some insight to this question.

And the word of the Lord came unto

me, saying, Son of man, these men have

set up their idols in their heart, and put

the stumbling block of their iniquity

before their face: should I be inquired of at

all by them? (Ezekiel 14:2-3)

Let's understand the scene. People with

idols in their heart want to receive a prophetic

word. They have "the stumbling block of their

iniquity before their face” meaning they want

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their idolatry blessed. God asked Ezekiel,

"Should I be inquired at all by them?” Good

question. Let’s look for the answers.

Again, if someone comes to the prophet

with "idols in their heart,” and seeks the Lord

for a prophetic word, God asked, “Should I

answer them?” Let’s see what God told

Ezekiel.

Therefore speak unto them, and say

unto them, Thus saith the Lord God, every

man of the house of Israel that setteth up

his idols in his heart, and putteth the

stumbling block of his iniquity before his

face, and cometh to the prophet; I the

Lord will answer him that cometh

according to the multitude of his idols.

(Ezekiel 14:4)

Let’s make sure we understand what idols

in the heart are. Idols are not just physical

objects of worship. There are also idols of:

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Self-will.

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Self-advancement.

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Self-exultation.

•

Self-fill-in-the-blank.

An idol could be anything one esteems

more important than their relationship with

Christ. It could be music, sports, personal

relationships, even their ministries. If a person

like this approaches the prophet for a word of

blessing on his idol that is "the stumbling

block of his iniquity” and that is a sin. How

will God respond prophetically to such?

Jehovah says,

I the Lord will answer him that

cometh according to the multitude of his

idols.

What does God mean by this? It means

that God will tell him what he wants to hear.

This is profound and teaches that prophetic

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ministry is no game.

A pastor told me they had prophetic

presbytery at times. A prophetic presbytery is

a team of prophets that prophesy to each

person that comes for prayer. He told me that

he did not want any more prophets speaking

at his church. I asked him why. His response

was revealing,

Because every time prophets prophesy

over my people, they tell them exactly

what they want to hear. I know the people

well and prophets only feed their rebellion

and idolatry.

That’s it! Could it be that God was

answering some according to the idolatry in

their hearts? Was God just telling them what

they wanted to hear? Have you observed any

of these things?

For everyone of the house of Israel or

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of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel,

which separateth himself from me, and

setteth up his idols in his heart, and

putteth the stumbling block of his iniquity

before his face, and cometh to a prophet to

inquire of him concerning me; I the Lord

will answer him by myself: And I will set

my face against that man, and will make

him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut

him off from the midst of my people and

ye shall know that I am the Lord. (Ezekiel

14:7-8)

From this verse we learn four important

truths:

1.

Idolatry separates you from God.

2.

Idolatry is a stumbling block.

3.

God opposes idolatry.

4.

God will cut off the idolater.

Today many approach prophets seeking

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personal prophecy with idols of self in their

hearts. They are not submissive to God or

plugged into any local church. Some do not

even go to church because of rebellion and a

refusal to submit to any spiritual

accountability. I meet people like this at

apostolic and prophetic conferences. The

prayer lines are full of them approaching for a

prophetic word. You ask them, “Where do

you go to church?” They say, "I don’t go to

church. I worship God in my own way.” True

prophets see through idolatry and say things

like, “You need to repent, get that idolatry out

of your heart, plug into a good local church

and give your life fully to Christ.”

RECEIVING PROPHETIC PERMISSION

So what happens if a prophet prophesies to

a person with idolatry in their hearts without

God’s permission? Is that prophet in sin? God

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answers that question directly.

The prophet has not been granted

permission to give an answer to the

hypocritical inquirer but if the prophet

does give the man the answer he desires

[thus allowing himself to be a party to the

inquirer’s sin]. I the Lord will see to it that

the prophet is deceived in his answer, and

I will stretch out my hand against him and

will destroy him from the midst of my

people Israel. (Ezekiel 14:9 AMP)

Prophets, did you hear what Jehovah just

said? The prophet who prophesies without

permission will be deceived in his answer.

What does this mean? It means the prophet

who gives the inquirer a personal prophecy

that feeds idolatry, allows himself to be a party

to the hypocritical inquirer's sin. From this we

learn why it is important to have permission

to speak from the Holy Spirit before

prophesying. If the prophet does not have

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permission, then God will stretch out his hand

against the prophet and will destroy him too.

So we learn the prophet who has not been

granted permission to prophesy and yet does is

guilty of sin.

PRESUMPTUOUS PROPHETS

Notice this Scripture associates the

prophet who prophesies without permission as

presumptuous. A presumptuous prophet is one

who thinks that God wants to speak to people

according to his faith alone and not according

to the will of the Lord.

And they both shall bear the

punishment of their iniquity: the iniquity

of the [presumptuous] prophet shall be the

same as the iniquity of the [hypocritical]

inquirer. (Ezekiel 14:10 AMP)

False prophecies, false prophetic

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operations, smooth sayings, people who

prophesy out of their own spirit or those who

prophesy by the spirit of divination release

defilement on themselves and on the people

they prophesy to. If we are to be prophetic

people we need to guard ourselves against

defilement, idolatry and taking part in

another’s sin. Prophets must protect

themselves by being sure that they have

permission from the Lord to prophesy. If they

have permission to prophesy then the burden

falls on the inquirer, not on the prophet. If

they do not have permission to prophesy then

they become partakers of the hypocritical

inquirer’s sin.

MEDITATION AND REFLECTION

•

Presumptuous prophets prophesy

because they can, but should they?

•

Prophecy is not by the prophet’s faith

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and will alone.

•

Prophecy is not about faith, will or

emotions it’s about waiting for the

Holy Ghost to move.

•

True prophetic utterance is always

accompanied with unction.

•

Prophets make mistakes and some

prophesies are wrong.

•

The prophet who prophesies without

permission will be deceived in his

answer.

•

False prophecies, false prophetic

operations, smooth sayings, people

who prophesy out of their own spirit

or those who prophesy by the spirit of

divination release defilement on

themselves and on the people they

prophesy to.

•

If prophets do not have permission to

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prophesy then they become partakers

of the hypocritical inquirer’s sin.

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Document Outline

- Prophecy Without Permission

- 1 Prophecy Without Permission

- Unctions

- Mantels and Activation

- Avoiding Familiar Spirits

- Escaping Prophetic Error

- Hypocritical Inquirer

- Receiving Prophetic Permission

- Presumptuous Prophets

- Meditation and Reflection

Table of Contents

Prophecy Without Permission

1 Prophecy Without Permission

Unctions

Mantels and Activation

Avoiding Familiar Spirits

Escaping Prophetic Error

Hypocritical Inquirer

Receiving Prophetic Permission

Presumptuous Prophets

Meditation and Reflection