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James Goll is truly a wise father to the Body of Christ in many ways.
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You are going to receive some excellent insights from James, in which he lists many important keys to walking out your prophetic revelation.
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"The Anatomy of a Prophetic Word"
James W. Goll, Franklin, TN
Early in the modern prophetic movement in 1988, I remember learning the importance of the three-stage process of properly handling revelation. These three basic but essential principles each build upon each other: (1) Revelation, (2) Interpretation, and (3) Proper Application!
Without discovering that framework, we might have continued to take every word literally, never realizing that God might sometimes speak in symbolic language. These three principles have become vital building blocks for understanding the prophetic.
We also learned there is a tri-fold nature of the prophetic: 1) Partial, 2) Progressive and 3) Conditional. So let me build on these foundational principles with some additional understandings to unpack the anatomy of a prophetic word.
Receiving Pure Revelation
How can we know if a word is genuine? It is too easy to dismiss a word as being "off" simply because we do not consider all of the factors.
First, we must evaluate the source of the word. We must learn to discern the difference between three different primary voices that come our way: God's Holy Spirit, our own thoughts and flesh, and the demonic noise thrown to us by demonic forces. (Photo via James Goll)
John advises us to "test the spirits to see if they are from God" (1 John 4:1). How should we do that? We cannot test a word by its fruits yet if it has not been delivered, but we can anticipate its results to some extent. Will the word express God's love to the hearers, even as it convicts them? Or will it bring them condemnation and hopelessness? Are your own emotions and opinions part of the mix? Have you left an opening for the devil in your own life lately?... (continue reading)
