Supernatural Theology 151: The Spiritual Pollution of Prophetic Gifts

THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY.  –Revelation 19:10 (KJV)

The Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils. –1 Timothy 4:1 (KJV)

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.   –Matthew 10:32-33 (KJV)

Every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.   –1 John 4:3 (KJV)

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Jeff Doles, Miracles and Manifestations, ch. 7: “The Scottish Covenanters.”

Archibald Alexander, Thoughts on Religious Experience (Banner of Truth, 1967), ch. 7: “Considerations on dreams, visions, etc.”

Daniel Jennings, ed. The Supernatural Occurrences of John Wesley, ch. 9: “John Wesley’s Experience with Visions and Dreams.”

Thomas Boys, The Suppressed Evidence (Hamilton, Adams, and Co, 1832), ch. 3-4. Prophetic dreams and their fulfillments among the Waldenses and the Reformers.

Samuel Rutherford, A Survey of the Spirituall Antichrist (London, 1648).

R. Loren Sandford, Purifying the Prophetic (Chosen Books, 2005).

Jeremiah Johnson, Cleansing and Igniting the Prophetic: An Urgent Wake-Up Call (Destiny Image, 2018).

Andrew Strom, Why I Left the Prophetic Movement (The Revolution, 2012).

Harald Lindstrom, Wesley and Sanctification (Zondervan, 1984).

Christopher Morgan, Hell Under Fire (Zondervan, 2004).

Hank Hanegraaff, Christianity in Crisis: 21st Century (Thomas Nelson, 2009).

Dave Hunt and T. A. McMahon, The Seduction of Christianity: Spiritual Discernment in the Last Days (Harvest House, 1990).

Adolphe Tanquerey, The Spiritual Life: A Treatise on Ascetical and Mystical Theology (TAN Books, 2001).

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I believe that the New Apostolic Reformation, or charismatics involved in dream interpretation, prophetic ministry, healing, and deliverance, desperately need to be balanced out by the likes of:

1. ZONDERVAN ACADEMIC. Mainly influenced by Southern Baptist theology.

2. BANNER OF TRUTH. Leonard Ravenhill’s favorite publisher. Calvinist.

3. SCHMUL PUBLISHING. Wesleyan.

4. REFORMATION HERITAGE BOOKS. Calvinist.