Word Gaurdian: Every word SPOKEN by any real or supposed prophet of God MUST be held captive to the written word of God. Many SAY they are speaking on God's behalf, when in truth, they are unwittingly being controlled and influenced by the demonic.
O...K... Just to clarify for my own peace of mind. What you mean is that the words spoken to you by a prophet must not be in contradiction to the written word of God. -- To that I do agree.
What I am talking about is when God speaks to you. He gives you an instruction...like to tell somebody something. or do something. You know. Instructions. Or you could call it commands. I don't care.
Its like this. In our house my dad always had house rules. Can't sit with your feet on the coach, etc. But sometimes my dad would ask me to make him some coffee. This was a mere instruction. It wasn't one of my chores. It was a simple instruction. And I obeyed and carried it out.
Now God has got house rules... ten commadments, etc. But sometimes He personally just ask you to do things for Him. Instructions.
Let me give you an example in the Bible... Peter was on top of the house praying. Then God spoke to him and gave him a vision. He did it to make Peter understand what He wanted Him to do, afterward God gave Him an instruction to go with the man to the House of Cornelius. The instruction was not part of the ten commandments. Peter was devout, he knew the commadments of Christ. This wasn't it. This was a instruction from God, telling him exactly what God wanted him to do. (Acts 10 just in case, so you don't have to search for it)
Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he
that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Allow me please to explain this. Those that listen to God and do His will, will be allowed to enter.
Now think logically. If you had a child... but never communicated with this child. And this child never communicated with you. Even if he knew your house rules. Will he know what you want on a daily basis? No. Of course not. But even worse. Will you have a relationship with that child. Also no. So you evidently will not truly know the child, nor will the child truly know you.
The same with God and us. He wants a relationship with us. Jesus did not merely say those words without thought. If it was someone else, a prophet, yes that could make sense even. But this is Jesus that said do the will of the Father and then went on to explain that if you don't He wouldn't know you.
And this is true, for if you are obedient you have to listen. And if you listen you start to develop a relationship. And me being a young man, I have a forgetful memory. God knows this of me. And many times when I forget things...God will say to me... remember this... or your keys are over there. Why? Because He loves me. He knows me. He knows that I don't try to tempt Him, but actually truly forgot about an important thing. And why does He know me. Because when He ask of me things, I do it. Like writing to you now. He knows my strengths and my weakness and try to aid me in both. For He is my Father. A lot of times, He would give me advice on matters. Sometimes, He would warn me of things to come and how I can prevent it. Sometimes He ask me to heal others. Sometimes He ask me to tell someone something on behalf of Him. I do this gladly. Sometimes I am upset or angry and then I sits me down and calms me down and then helps me to look out of various perspectives. And many times point out how I was in the wrong.
This is a relationship. Two way communication and interaction. I know God. And He knows me. I am still learning. And still have to learn a lot. But this is what I am talking about when I said. Spoken words of God.