The prophet's handbook

the world stems from the human inability to hear from and comprehend the communications of the spirit realm. God compensated for the barrier separating the soul from the spirit in most of humanity by endowing a select class of people with the ability to pierce the veil that blinds us to His world. In doing so, He permits their access to eternity’s information streams. Essentially, this is why people need prophets. In the church the prophets’ value may not appear evident until one considers how biased humans typically are to our own views, feelings, desires, and pursuits. The institution of the prophetic counters this by conferring objectivity on the members of Christ’s body so they get God’s unbiased position on their circumstances and matters. Through His reliable prophets, the Lord impels truthful responses to our inquiries regardless of what we feel or desire, because He knows that the desire for our best is naturally seated in the soul realm. Salvation installed the Lord’s Spirit of truth in you so the soul can finally tap into it to access the Almighty’s life and wisdom. When the two, the spirit and soul, actively communicate and exchange information, the answers we receive from the Lord are accurate. Ethical prophets force us to hear the word of the Lord on a matter, and if we are honest, to know and accept what we have heard as being from God. They bring you to the Christ of John 6:44–45, whose testimony is the Spirit of prophecy.