Prophecies

"1Co 14:3  But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men."

For a long time prophecy was probably the most misunderstood topic in the church.  But now that we understand what it's designed to do, we can build one another up.  This is the home of our prophetic messages.

The Words of a Prophet
Posted by André Pelser on 22 October 2004
Prophet Mark Visser attended our summit in October and also ministered at Harvester last Sunday. His prophetic gift blessed many people. He stands in the office of a prophet so his prophecies are often more than mere encouragements or words of comfort. They are often directional and opens the lid on the mind of God for people in more ways than one.
Nola, Hilton and I met him in Piet Retief with pastor Leonard Weston who will be ministering at Harvester on the 14th of November 2004,D.V.
Here are the notes I took of Mark's ministry at the summit.
Make sure that you pay attention to the prophecies you received and pray over them so that you can make good warfare in the spirit realm until they come to pass.Prophetic Words
Mark Visser
04/10/15

I lie with my word and read it – it has to get into me.
Korea was one of the poorest nations before the II WW and cried out to God to deliver them from the oppression of Japan. Genl. Macarthur 1945 helped to set Korea free. Families were split up in one day when Korea split between North and South. People are killed trying to escape through the river full of barbed wire.
They cried out for relief and God gave them revival. In 50 years God took that nation to new heights. They experienced the greatest revival in the history of the world. There are more churches in Korea than in America. In a street one kilometre long are 15 churches. In 1995 God gave me a word that he is going to judge the nation 72%. I did not know what that meant. They borrowed 72 million dollars from the International World Bank.
Then Mark had a new word for Korea: ichabod! My presence has departed from this place. God sent his spirit elsewhere. Ichabod! The people in Korea do not know how to worship.

2 Chronicles 7:14
14 “if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
The New King James Version

Pray is worship and intercede. I cannot intercede for a set of drums or a car. I can intercede on behalf of another person. You do not have to know how to sing to worship God. A church must worship in spirit and truth. Psalms, songs and spiritual songs. Hymns is taking circumstances and to take contemporary music and to appropriate for present circumstances. Onward Christian Soldiers – the took secular tunes and put Christian words to it.

Hear the Psalms and sing the word of God as a testimony to man
A spiritual song is unrehearsed melody that comes from your heart.
Prophetic dance is vast

God what is happening? I preached in over 100 churches in Korea. There is a pastor of Shalom Church in Seoul, Korea. Deborah is the pastor. They sing ‘Hallelujah’. Mark ministered 35 times in 15 days. You cannot prepare a message. Pastors can prepare a message every week. Deborah asks him, what are you preaching tomorrow. He says what comes up in his spirit: ‘eat the lamb’.

Sonic power breaks glass and the walls of Jericho. The sound sends out shock waves that shattered the molecule structures. Korea has forgotten its birth pains. The spirit has moved on. South Africa has forgotten its birth pains.

When in Piet Retief Mark’s wife said, go down to the Cape and give them the word of the Lord, ‘the keys are given in your hand to unlock the doors of this nation’. You will say you are on the backside of the city and the nation. God says, I have given you the key. Respect other ministries but most are not running in full potential.

Who does God think is right when all the churches argue about doctrine? God is looking for people who will worship Him in Spirit and Truth.
Expose your heart and people trample on it.
I have ministered intensely in meetings in Korea. When I went back to the hotel the porn on the TV and all face that until they get the victory. Lester Sumrall walked up to the TV set and gets the victory. The devil came to persecute the church. On a daily basis Christians were being staked. They pushed a stake through them and tarred and burned them, about 5 000 per day. When the Roman Emperor became a Christian he began to ordain the ministers and the Dark Ages set in. If Satan cannot beat you He will join you.
It is necessary to control your emotions – be transparent and carry the glory of God.
One day he is in Tokyo and there are posters, ads in the Newspaper and ads on TV: Make Pisser! God pops your bubble!
In the Love Mission Church the pastor sends him to sleep in a love motel. Pay by the hour hotel. You get free porno videos. The people’s cards are on the desk and you can take anyone. Contraceptives are placed in every room. Why did God send him in there? God sent him in there to teach you a lesson. You have to take authority. You have to clean your own room! His interpreter took another woman into his room. The next morning Mark rebuked the interpreter. Talk to the devil in the man. Talk to the sickness about the man. Mark said, ‘I am scared that God will kill you if you interpret my message. God might kill you’. God can use a donkey and a devil too! He did use the heathen king to prophesy to a righteous king. Mark preached on prophecy and then the interpreter took off his microphone and said, ‘I am sick and tired of you accusing me!’ Mark pushed him off the platform and showed him out the door! They had a fight on the platform in front of 500 people.
That interpreter then threatened to expose him, Mark handed him over to Satan to destroy his flesh to save his soul. He phoned Deborah and warned her about the interpreter. He still functions in his gifting, but his life is full of sin.
The state of the church in Korea has become professional and slick but it has lost its fervour. Avoid slickness and professionalism. You can function out of your gifting without a relationship with Daddy.
Mark walks into Deborah’s church to preach: ‘Eat the Lamb!’ As he walked into her church he smelt the leg of lamb being eaten. They were singing the hymn, ‘worthy is the lamb!’ As he knelt down God told him to think of nothing else except His presence. It was impossible. He thought of lunch and of his wife, he was tired of octopus and crayfish, and longed for a piece of roast lamb. Then when he finally got his thought in line, he heard God said, ‘You can’t eat the meat, you are still on the bottle’. Your maturity is not based on what you know, but who you are. Sometimes we can look as if we are listening, but we are busy with other things in our minds. Where is your heart? Do you really love God? Are you worshipping out of your gift? Is your dance an overflow of your gift?
It is all about heart – not gifting
How do you test prophecy? Has any of you not seen a prophet function? How do you test prophecy? By the Word? By waiting to see if it comes true? Let other prophets judge the word? All of these are true, but deep calls to deep: spirit to spirit. You have put the word of God into your heart and renewed your mind. The first test is the peace of Christ that passes all understanding. If I do not have the peace of mind I cannot accept the prophecy. If there is no fear of God present you cannot receive the word of God. You do not fear the person or his title.
The second test is the doctrine of the word of God not according to the church but according to the convicting power of the Holy Spirit. Some churches demand doekies op die kop en ‘n rooi das en ‘n swart baadjie. Everybody believed the world was flat but God made it round. He is throned on the circle of the earth. Prophecy has to be taken to the counsel of other people.

Hebrews 13:17
17 Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

The New King James Version
There has to be relationship before you can give them freedom to speak into your life.

Be culturally effective but doctrinally sound.

In the Old Testament there was a mantle of singular authority that brought the word of God from generation to generation. Elijah did not deal with his rejection. When he handed over his rejection his servant died because of his rejection. When Jesus came he said take my yoke upon you. He is the Word I am the speaker. Here is a different application. The word gets spoke to us. We kneel down before the Father and remind him of his word until he brings it to pass. Paul tells Tim to take the prophecy and to pray over it. Some people have shipwrecked their faith because they shelved their prophetic words. You have to wage warfare with your prophetic word until they come to pass.

Many doors will open to you in other nations as easy as one, two, three
The doors will open but don’t go through every one or you will not have any energy

False prophets assume a pseudo identity and lead people in error
False teachers
False pastors
False apostles
But you cannot have a false evangelist who leads people to the Lord.

There will always be contention between the interpretation and the application of prophecy. If you are called to be a pastor you can be 100% accurate. If you are called to be a prophet you can be 100% accurate in the message you deliver. Only the half has ever been told. We prophesy in part. We only see one side of it. We all see it from a different angle. God’s creativity will speak one thing in diverse ways. We cannot be legalistic about it. The four Gospels are an example.

How many sources of info are there? God, Satan, Man, Outside Influence. People in the church do not know the word of God. How many seconds are there in a day? 86 400! In a Cubic meter of sand how many grains? If I take that cubic meter of sand and extend it for a meter? Or how many grains are their in all the sand in the Kalahari or under the ocean? Or how many are the stars in the skies? Psalm 139; how precious are your thoughts to me, Lord. I have thoughts for you at every second of the day, compounded thoughts at every second of the day.

Mark’s firstborn was born deaf. God warned him when he was 9 that it would be for God’s glory. One day the little girl wrote 5 things down: a brother, sister, bicycle, a dog and a portable swimming pool. The Garden services cut the pool but she believed for a new one. When Karin fell pregnant she had twins: a brother and a sister. Then God told him to buy a house. The banks said you cannot buy a house if you do not earn a salary. How can you tell me that? God told me to buy a house?
The electricity gets cut every month and your car bombs out.
God gave a strategy: put every coin into your savings account so that your bank sees how faithful you are. Make sure your cheques do not bounce.
God gave wisdom:
Take all the money you earned through offerings and divide it by 12 and that will tell you what I earn. On that basis they could loan him R350 000. He made an offer on a R470 000 house for R200 000 and raised it to R230 000 and they took the offer.
When God says, ‘I am going to do this through you!’ He will!