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Our ever-inflammatory Rev. Wade has returned, and he is no more thoughtful now than he has been before. In today's article he expends 1467 words (not including quotes) lambasting someone named Jared Laskey. We have taken up the habit of using MS Word to count the number of words for the simple purpose of establishing that Rev. Wade expends a lot of words to teach or explain absolutely nothing.
Today is a slight exception. He makes a superficial effort to explain John 10:1-6, but does not reference or document any of his claims. He would not be interested in such an undertaking because his principal aim is to lambaste, mock, and impugn.
Nor does he quote or reference a single Scripture, except the opening one.
We should note that we are not here to defend Mr. Laskey. Our intent is to analyze Rev. Wade's assertions.
For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ. - 2Corinthians 2:17 (ESV)
One of the hall marks of the NAR false signs and lying wonders theology is a complete butchering of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Despite the scripture clearly saying that not everyone can get every gift (Unreferenced claim. We are not disagreeing with this statement, we are simply noting Rev. Wade's penchant for making unsupported pronouncements.)
and that the gifts are distributed as the Holy Spirit wills, (Unreferenced claim.)
these charlatans still sell the notion that the gifts are merchandisable. (Unreferenced claim.)
That you can create schools of the supernatural to literally teach people how to perform the gifts for only $5000 tuition per year of course. Itinerant "prophets" tour the world to show off their wondrous 65% accuracy records despite the bible saying one wrong prophecy makes you false. They are as the key verse states, peddlers of God's word. This is a racket to them. It is how they make their living. (How does Rev. Wade make his living? Does he take an income from his ministry activities?)
Perhaps they are themselves deceived but it means nothing because their victims are what we should focus on. (Rev. Wade himself never focuses on the victims, except to mention them in passing. He contents himself to lob bombs at his opponents.)
It was just two week ago that the Christian worlds was abuzz with Todd White daring to say he had repented. My take was that we should be worried about the victims of Todd White and let his sideshow play out. A week later and he has recanted the repentance but his victims are still out there.
The above link is to a short article appearing on Charisma News today from a fellow named Jared Laskey. Admittedly, I had to research him because I had not heard of him. Turns out he is a disciple of Che Ahn, which explains why he is so wrong. His article states that every Christian can perform entry level prophecy. Huh? What the heck is entry level prophecy? Sigh. Let us reason once more beloved so we do not fall for the schemes of the devil.
"You can hear God's voice and prophesy! If you have a relationship with Jesus, you can hear His voice and speak what He is saying. Jesus said, "My sheep listen to My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me" (John 10:27). If you can hear His voice, then you can be used by God in what I call "entry-level prophecy." This is for everyone who loves Jesus, the beginning point of prophecy. The apostle Paul wrote that prophecy is for, "edification, encouragement and comfort." This is the first level of prophecy. The second level of prophecy is what I call "advanced-level prophecy," which is the prophetic ministry and ongoing spiritual growth in the gift. The final level of prophecy-- the prophetic office--is what I call "expert-level prophecy," which is the Ephesians 4:11-13 fivefold ministry gift to the church. There is a high price, sacrifice and call to expert level. But all of us can be used in entry-level prophecy. And I want to encourage people with a prophetic word every day. If I am going out on an errand, I need the heart motivation of Jesus, which is love, and dialogue with Him." - Jared Laskey
Let's rely on truth here to sort through this mess. Hearing God's voice does not mean you should prophesy. I hear the voice of God in scripture every day. While I am free to share that would hardly count as the gift of prophecy. If I heard God say to go tell someone something, that would be prophecy. Do you see the subtle difference? (With muddled reasoning Rev. Wade brings up an irrelevancy. The starting point was His sheep hearing His voice. Rev. Wade then inserts his Bible reading, and concludes Bible reading isn't prophecy. No one disputes that Bible reading isn't prophecy, since Bible reading is not under discussion.
The above link is to a short article appearing on Charisma News today from a fellow named Jared Laskey. Admittedly, I had to research him because I had not heard of him. Turns out he is a disciple of Che Ahn, which explains why he is so wrong. His article states that every Christian can perform entry level prophecy. Huh? What the heck is entry level prophecy? Sigh. Let us reason once more beloved so we do not fall for the schemes of the devil.
"You can hear God's voice and prophesy! If you have a relationship with Jesus, you can hear His voice and speak what He is saying. Jesus said, "My sheep listen to My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me" (John 10:27). If you can hear His voice, then you can be used by God in what I call "entry-level prophecy." This is for everyone who loves Jesus, the beginning point of prophecy. The apostle Paul wrote that prophecy is for, "edification, encouragement and comfort." This is the first level of prophecy. The second level of prophecy is what I call "advanced-level prophecy," which is the prophetic ministry and ongoing spiritual growth in the gift. The final level of prophecy-- the prophetic office--is what I call "expert-level prophecy," which is the Ephesians 4:11-13 fivefold ministry gift to the church. There is a high price, sacrifice and call to expert level. But all of us can be used in entry-level prophecy. And I want to encourage people with a prophetic word every day. If I am going out on an errand, I need the heart motivation of Jesus, which is love, and dialogue with Him." - Jared Laskey
Let's rely on truth here to sort through this mess. Hearing God's voice does not mean you should prophesy. I hear the voice of God in scripture every day. While I am free to share that would hardly count as the gift of prophecy. If I heard God say to go tell someone something, that would be prophecy. Do you see the subtle difference? (With muddled reasoning Rev. Wade brings up an irrelevancy. The starting point was His sheep hearing His voice. Rev. Wade then inserts his Bible reading, and concludes Bible reading isn't prophecy. No one disputes that Bible reading isn't prophecy, since Bible reading is not under discussion.
Rev. Wade then pivots back to prophecy, provides his undocumented definition of it, and claims there is a subtle difference between Bible reading and prophecy. Why that subtle difference is important or how it comes to bear on the discussion is a mystery.
If the reader is perplexed, join the club.)
What Laskey is selling, as he was taught by Ahn, is that whatever pops into our wickedly deceitful hearts (Our hearts are not deceitfully wicked if we are Christians.)
must be from God (Mr. Laskey did not claim this.)
and thus when we "release" what we have heard we are being prophetic. (Rev. Wade puts the word in quotes, but Mr. Laskey did not use the word "release.")
The problem of course is it is not God they are hearing from. To highlight this, let us examine the first set of scriptures Jared Laskey has decided to use here:
"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers." This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. - John 10:1-6 (ESV)
Now, what is this paragraph about? (How we wish he would actually explain!)
Is about being able to hear God so you can prophesy? No - it isn't even about the gifts. (Why would it be about the gifts? Pentecost and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit had yet to happen. "Hearing His Voice" is not "speaking prophecy.")
What is it about? Ironically it is about false teachers and prophets. (No, it is about the Good Shepherd and His sheep.)
They climb into the sheepfold. They are a stranger to the sheep so the sheep will not follow them. The shepherd however? They know His voice and they follow it. His voice is just type for the word of God. (Undocumented claim. Rev. Wade does this all the time, but never explains or cites the biblical reference for his assertions.
In fact, it is clear that Jesus is referring to His literal voice. "Voice" is phóné a sound, noise, voice, language, dialect... the manner of speaking, as a shepherd's cry... The word directly refers to the audible sounds coming out of the mouth.
Jn. 9:41 Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.
Then he begins to make the case between those whose voice should not be followed and His voice. He continues with
Jn. 10:5-8 But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” 6 Jesus used this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was telling them. 7 Therefore Jesus said again, “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
It is quite clear the Bible is not being discussed here. It didn't even exist. But the Word become flesh was audibly speaking to them right there. Jesus is contrasting His voice speaking truth with the Pharisees speaking falsehood from their blindness.
Jesus concludes with
Jn. 10:16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.
We are His "other sheep." We hear His voice too. Jesus is referring to His very same voice, now coming to us via the Holy Spirit.)
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Notice that his second level prophecy is for growth in the gift. I dare you to find any prophet in the bible who had to grow in the gift. (Well, unfortunately for Rev. Wade, there is an example:
Notice that his second level prophecy is for growth in the gift. I dare you to find any prophet in the bible who had to grow in the gift. (Well, unfortunately for Rev. Wade, there is an example:
1Sa. 2:26, 3:7 And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with men... 3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD: The word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.
There is a clear process here of Samuel learning to hear from the Lord. He received instruction in it from Eli, and subsequently grew up into one of the most powerful prophets in the Bible.)
God does not provide you with the tool and not the ability to wield the tool. (This is glaringly false:
He. 5:14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.
Here the gift of discernment is refined by training.)
This however fits their theology perfectly in the NAR. They believe that you have to "practice" prophecy to work on your accuracy and not be discouraged if you "get one wrong." That is heretical to the core. The bible is clear that one prophesy alone means you are to not regard that person anymore. (This also is false. See our discussion of prophecy here.)
It is so presumptuous to think you can speak for the creator of heaven and earth and blow off getting it wrong by pretending you are growing in the gift. Let alone to think you can be considered an excellent prophet yet wrongly represent God upwards of 35% of the time. The gifts discussed in Ephesians do not represent some advanced level while the ones in Corinthians are for amateurs. You are either hearing from God or you are not. Perhaps the most telling line is the last here:
And I want to encourage people with a prophetic word every day. If I am going out on an errand, I need the heart motivation of Jesus, which is love, and dialogue with Him." - Jared Laskey
It doesn't matter what you want! Prophecy is not about you! It is not even about the recipient! It is about God. (None of this speaks to the quote from Mr. Laskey.)
And I want to encourage people with a prophetic word every day. If I am going out on an errand, I need the heart motivation of Jesus, which is love, and dialogue with Him." - Jared Laskey
It doesn't matter what you want! Prophecy is not about you! It is not even about the recipient! It is about God. (None of this speaks to the quote from Mr. Laskey.)
I do not care what your motivation is. (Rev. Wade should. Peter cared:
Ac. 8:18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money 19 and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” 20 Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
Paul cared:
Ph. 2:3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.
You are pretending to speak for God. Elijah did not saunter into town and wish he had a word for the vendor who sold him oil. He delivered words if God gave them to him! If you truly want a heart motivation of Jesus start by obeying Him! (Having mocked Mr. Laskey for wanting a heart motivated by Jesus, suddenly Rev. Wade is in favor of him having one...)
"If I am buying a cup of coffee or groceries, I'll ask Jesus, "How much do you love the barista (or cashier)?" And then I'll ask, "What do you want to tell them?" And many times He will give me a word of knowledge mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12:8, and I'll start a conversation with the person by asking them a question. From there, they will confirm what the Lord just showed me, and I'll prophesy into their life. They'll be encouraged, comforted and edified. We don't have to tell them, "I am prophesying over you!" They will pick up on the supernatural transaction taking place. Tell them about Jesus' love for them and pray over them." - Jared Laskey
How much do you love the barista? Are you kidding me? Is this a game? He wants to tell them the same thing He wants everyone to know, repent for the kingdom of God is at hand! You are not prophesying over them Jared. You are playing gnostic spiritual games to soothe your own ego and potentially shipwrecking any chance they might have to come to faith. How? Because you came across someone who desperately needed the Gospel and you did not share it with them. (How does Rev. Wade know this? There is nothing in the quote that indicates he did not share the Gospel.)
"If I am buying a cup of coffee or groceries, I'll ask Jesus, "How much do you love the barista (or cashier)?" And then I'll ask, "What do you want to tell them?" And many times He will give me a word of knowledge mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12:8, and I'll start a conversation with the person by asking them a question. From there, they will confirm what the Lord just showed me, and I'll prophesy into their life. They'll be encouraged, comforted and edified. We don't have to tell them, "I am prophesying over you!" They will pick up on the supernatural transaction taking place. Tell them about Jesus' love for them and pray over them." - Jared Laskey
How much do you love the barista? Are you kidding me? Is this a game? He wants to tell them the same thing He wants everyone to know, repent for the kingdom of God is at hand! You are not prophesying over them Jared. You are playing gnostic spiritual games to soothe your own ego and potentially shipwrecking any chance they might have to come to faith. How? Because you came across someone who desperately needed the Gospel and you did not share it with them. (How does Rev. Wade know this? There is nothing in the quote that indicates he did not share the Gospel.)
Instead you shared yourself. Your folksiness. Your false words of knowledge to wow them followed by your prayers to a God you do not follow. Because you have been taught that edifying, encouraging and comforting simply means telling the unsaved how special they are and how much God loves them, wrapped up with a bow of pious prayer. Then you take your Triple, Venti, Half Sweet, Non-Fat, Caramel Macchiato and proceed onto your next victim while the barista goes back to his life of sin and separation from God. (Rev. Wade has a nasty, dark spirit.)
"Many of us have a side hustle, something that helps bring in a little extra income. I have done a ride share to try to make ends meet. I'll jump in my vehicle and turn on the app and start picking up riders. I'll be playing worship music, in dialogue with Jesus. Sometimes I'll pick up a ride and talk to Jesus to see if He has anything He wants to say to the person. Recently I picked up a rider who was obviously in the Navy. A flash of a horse went through my mind, and I asked the young man, "I know this may seem to be coming from left field, but do you happen to love horses?" He responded that he loved horses, and his stepmom worked with horses. The Lord then gave me more information, and I prophesied into his life. He asked me, "How did you know?" And I explained that Jesus loves him and supernaturally gave me the information. When I dropped him off, he said the words I spoke over him made his night. That is entry-level prophecy in action, and you can do it! I would be honored to teach you how." - Jared Laskey
Wow, so you must have the throne room on speed dial? You must understand that the bible says our heart is wickedly deceitful for a reason. (Rev. Wade again appeals to Jer. 17:9, ignorant of fact that for the Christian, all things are new and the old has passed away [2Co. 5:17.])
"Many of us have a side hustle, something that helps bring in a little extra income. I have done a ride share to try to make ends meet. I'll jump in my vehicle and turn on the app and start picking up riders. I'll be playing worship music, in dialogue with Jesus. Sometimes I'll pick up a ride and talk to Jesus to see if He has anything He wants to say to the person. Recently I picked up a rider who was obviously in the Navy. A flash of a horse went through my mind, and I asked the young man, "I know this may seem to be coming from left field, but do you happen to love horses?" He responded that he loved horses, and his stepmom worked with horses. The Lord then gave me more information, and I prophesied into his life. He asked me, "How did you know?" And I explained that Jesus loves him and supernaturally gave me the information. When I dropped him off, he said the words I spoke over him made his night. That is entry-level prophecy in action, and you can do it! I would be honored to teach you how." - Jared Laskey
Wow, so you must have the throne room on speed dial? You must understand that the bible says our heart is wickedly deceitful for a reason. (Rev. Wade again appeals to Jer. 17:9, ignorant of fact that for the Christian, all things are new and the old has passed away [2Co. 5:17.])
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