28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. 30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
These are the words of Joel the prophet, who prophesied the days of which we are now living as Spirit filled Christians. Days when there will be signs and wonders, dreams and visions. All of which has came to us with the person of the Holy Ghost.
One thing that we have to understand as spirit filled believers is that we are first and foremost led by the written Word of God. The Bible is our general road map for living successful victorious lives. And yet we also have a navigator, the person of the Holy Ghost whom was sent to us after Jesus returned to heaven and took his seat at the right hand of the Father.
How does the Holy Ghost lead? Usually by a still small voice within. Although at times His voice can be more authoritative coming as audible to us.
To believe that we are lead by dreams and visions is not a Biblical accuracy. According to the New Testament we are led by the Holy Spirit and God's Word. Dreams and Visions are very much a part of our Spirit filled lives, but they are not to lead us. They are supplements to leading or knowing that we already have, or an aid a leading.
There are also those who say they are interpreters of dreams, but that is not biblical in this New Testament day either. No more than we need a prophet to lead us in these New Testament Days.
The gift of the prophet is still in manifestation today, but they are New Testament prophets that operate in the corporate body of Christ and not over individual lives. There are no such thing in the New Testament as House prophets or individual prophets that order individual congregations, pastors or their people. No one in this era should be ordering other people's lives. The five fold ministers are put in the body for edification not for control.
When it comes to dreams. If we are given a dream by God, the Holy Ghost will be the first to let us know what it means. We don't need other people to tell us what our dreams mean. Another person may be highly sensitive to the Holy Ghost or perceptive to spiritually discerned things, but there are no New Testament gifts of dream interpreters.
Many times people are sincerely zealous and sincerely wrong. They are hungry for the supernatural and want to be used by God and get way off track. These people are dangerous to others. And they if they need to get under a balanced Pastor and learn the truths about the Holy Ghost and the Gifts.
I am a dreamer and a believer of visions. But my life is mapped by the Word of God and Navigated by the Holy Ghost. The true last day outpouring of the Spirit is wonderful, and the five-fold ministry Gifts, as well as the nine gifts of the spirit are vital to us in these dark times ... but there is a flood of err in the earth concerning these Spirit filled days.
There are two Spirits in the earth today.
- The Spirit of Truth
- The Spirit of Error
Be Spirit Smart ~ Don't be deceived!
