A look at 1 Kings 13 gives us very disturbing look at the way prophetic mixture can function. It is interesting to note, that it is those who listen to and take heed to prophetic people who function this way, are the ones who will suffer the most harm. The young prophet certainly erred in listening to the old prophet and sinned by not obeying what God had told him to do, it cost him his life. But what was it about the old prophet that convinced the younger to err?
Well, it says that the old prophet lied to the young prophet. He was also empathetic to the younger because he recognized the prophetic calling, since he too was a prophet. Not only that, but we see from the story that the old prophet did hear from God as well, pronouncing God’s judgment on the younger for his disobedience. This is a classic example of “mixture”. Mixture is functioning by your own spirit, soul or desires, and being able at times to also function by the Holy Spirit. Prophets who function this way have a divided heart towards the Lord. There is usually a mixture of motives as well, a pure motive toward God and His word would not allow for this “mixture”.
We now live in a day where prophetic mixture is heartily embraced, where the making of money is now the central part of most prophetic ministries. We see men forsaking their wives and children for other women, and then with their new wives, continuing on in the ministry like nothing happened. Some of these ministers have even been caught in sexual and even in homosexual sin. Most of these men are still in the ministry, and are widely accepted.
The most disturbing thing of all is that many people still heartily continue to embrace them. Why? Well there are many reasons, to name a few; there is a lack of discernment and a lack of common sense. In many circles there is a lack of leadership, a lack of Biblical instruction. There is new emphasis being put on the prophetic, and on signs and wonders. There is a new emphasis on having a “desperation” for God; and a “desperation” for God is a good thing, as long as we are also “desperate” for truth, purity, virtue and holiness. Unfortunately, “desperation” can cause us to give up on discernment and common sense, and lead us to error.
There are many today, who would gladly follow the old prophet from our story, claiming all the way that “He heard from God”, not caring that he was a liar. We can be so “desperate” for God that we don’t care about a person’s character or personal life, as long as he gives us a word. A recent case is the minister who had an affair with a staff member. He divorced his wife and abandoned his responsibility to his children. He has supposedly repented, and been restored to the ministry, with his new wife at his side, all because everyone thinks that he has some special anointing from God. If you choose to follow such a man, you will open yourself up to the same lack of character. One day, when life is hard, as you try to be a good husband and father, some pretty little girl will come along and temp you, and you also will be able to justify leaving your wife and family too. Because you will have learned that from someone operating in prophetic mixture.
Maybe God’s slaying of the young prophet was a mercy. If God did nothing, the younger prophet would have learned that character didn’t really matter, that obedience didn’t matter. That is was OK to lie occasionally like the old prophet. That it was OK to function apart from the Spirit, to function out of one’s soul or desire.
There has been much grace given to the prophetic movement over the years, all in the name of allowing men and women to learn to function in the gift. But because of the lack of discernment, we have embraced mediocrity. We have embraced prophetic mixture!
to be continued…
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Matt 5:::(Verse 17) ‘Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfil.NKJ
Better Understanding ‘Pleroo’ (Fulfil)…
The Greek for ‘fulfil’ is pleroo. It occurs on many New Testament occasions, including Matthew 5:17. The range of meanings for this word are, ‘to fill up,’ ‘to fill to the brim,’ ‘to level up’ (that is, in the sense of levelling up a hollow). Figuratively, the meaning would be ‘to satisfy,’ ‘to execute,’ ‘to finish,’ or ‘to complete.’
In the New Testament, ‘pleroo’ usually has the sense of accomplishing and satisfying, as in the case of prophecies. We may also read of a net being full (Matthew 13:48), and of joy being full (John 15:11; 16:24; 1 John 1:4; 2 John 1:12). In each case in those Scriptures, ‘pleroo’ is used. These examples help us to see that ‘pleroo’ does not need to be forced in meaning. In Matthew 1:22-23, the miracle of Mary’s virgin pregnancy and the resulting birth has fulfilled (Gk: ‘pleroo’) the prophecy of Isaiah 7:14; thereby that prophecy was satisfied, completed, accomplished. ‘Pleroo’ may also be found in the following (and more) Scriptures:
Matthew 2:15, 17, 23; 4:14; 12:17; 13:35; 21:4; 26:54, 56; 27:9, 35; Mark 14:49; 15:28; Luke 21:20-22, 24; 24:44; John 12:38; 13:18; 15:25; 17:12; 18:9, 32; 19:24, 36.
A careful consideration of the above verses will show how the New Testament uses ‘pleroo’ – there is nothing strange or fanciful in how the word is employed and, from these verses, we quickly learn that this word is very well translated as ‘fulfilled,’ ‘accomplished,’ ‘satisfied’ and so on. All who are conversant with New Testament Greek understand this without too much difficulty, yet when those of a legalistic frame of mind find this word used in Matthew 5:17-18 they immediately seek to distort/exaggerate it’s meaning, not allowing the simple and obvious meaning. Jesus was stating that the Hebrew Bible should not be set aside, it still held authority. He did not come to destroy the Old Testament (the Law and Prophets), but He certainly did come to fulfil or satisfy, that revelation since He brought a superior revelation, that of the New Covenant.
Luke 16:16: The Law and the Prophets were until John. Since that time the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone is pressing into it.
It has further been stated that Jesus came to “magnify the law,” magnify is not a bad word but we must understand it. Jesus indeed magnified the law but assuredly not in the sense of making the letter of the law more binding; He magnified it by making it’s essential purpose more clear, by revealing that we must obey the full spiritual meaning of God’s law (Matthew 5-7).
Today Christians are not subject to the Ten Commandments as a ten-point code of ‘dos’ and ‘donts,’ rather, the Holy Spirit has been sent into our hearts so that we may walk in faith and obedience at a much deeper level than was possible before. We should now seek to obey (admittedly, not always successfully) the great moral and spiritual law which lies behind the Ten Commandments, yet which is infinitely greater than those ten specific, and obviously restricted, points ever could be. The ‘Law of Christ’ is a good term for this. Through this, we see that adultery is not the real problem, but, rather, the lust which leads to it is the problem. We see that murder is not the real problem but the hatred which leads to the act. We also see that “keeping the sabbath,” is not about mechanically refraining from all work one day a week, but about entering the rest of Christ (Matthew 11:28-30) as a Christian convert now, and finally to enter His ‘rest’ of Eternal Life at the end of our lives when our earthly ‘labours’ are complete (Hebrews 3:14-4:11).