Christians shouldn’t think of the gift of prophecy as being like “magic,” but something that can embolden the Church, says Matt Chandler, lead pastor of The Village Church.
Chandler said in a YouTube video on Tuesday that the gift of prophecy is something that people really feel strongly about, but sought to clarify misconceptions some might have.
“It’s not magic in that there are these people that are hyper spiritual or far city-level spiritual than others, it’s more just a gift given to the Church to build up the Church in a way where the men and women of God are encouraged and emboldened,” Chandler, whose church is in Flower Mound, Texas, explained.
Chandler said that according to the New Testament, prophecy “is something that we are to eagerly desire.”
“It’s something meant to build up the Body, the encourage the Body. We know it’s something verbal, that there’s some sort of insight that the Lord gives us, whether that insight is a picture, or a word, or a scripture,” added.
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