“Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall.” (2 Peter 1:10)

What does it mean to be called? In this case, it’s a divine summons from God regarding a spiritual vocation,  profession or job assignment for His’ Kingdom. It’s a strong inner urge, prompting or conviction of an inner summoning to do a work for God. The prophetic calling is a divine invitation to become a partner with God in helping fulfill His plans and purpose on Earth. In Greek, the word call is metakaleo, which implies change. Expect change to come into your life and expect to bring change to others. Calling also means to be summoned for a mission, profession, commission, task and assignment.  It’s also a strong impulse or inclination to respond to an inner calling. Once called, the prophet has the ability to operate between two worlds – Heaven and Earth. Prophets are the mouthpieces of God. As a prophet you have a professional position in the house of God. You’re employed by God, given a specific job assignment or duties to perform for His Kingdom. The Office of a prophet is a divine position, ministry calling and/or summon from God. Functions of the prophetic office include: prophesying; bringing edification, (1 Cor. 14:3)  exhortation (1 Cor. 14:3) and comfort to people; (1 Cor. 14:3) and also communicating God’s correction, (1 Tim. 4:14) warning, confirmation (Acts 15:32), direction and judgment (1 Cor. 14:3,4, Hos. 6:5), impartation (Deuteronomy 34:9). The prophet’s main function is to bridge gaps between man and God and to bring people to repentance.

The prophet’s purpose includes perfecting the saints for the work of ministry, edifying, building up and teaching the Body of Christ to become mature in the faith. “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:” (Eph.4:11-13).

When a prophet imparts they deposit anointing and gifts.  Prophetic anointing releases impartation that causes things to be established, made strong and firm within a person life and ministry. Through the impartation of  laying on of  Moses’ hand Joshua received an  impartation of wisdom to complete His assignment.

1 Corinthians 12:3-9, Romans 12:1-8
The gifts of the Spirit are gifts, talents and abilities given by God to facilitate individuals calling to work  in the ministry. These are gifts of the Holy Spirit as listed in  the book of Corinthians and Romans. Many believers think they are prophets because they can prophesy (that is)  speaking into peoples’ lives. They are operating the gift of prophecy and not the office. ” But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, encouragement and comfort.” – 1 Corinthians 14:3

The gift of prophecy speaks to people to upbuild, encourage and consulate. This gift of prophecy lacks the ability and power  to enforce, invoke, predict, illuminate, impart, correct, give direction and mobilize the power of their prophecies as with the Office of prophet.  Gifts must be governed by love. “And now abideth faith, hope charity, these three; but the greatest of thes is charity (love).” – 1 Cor. 13:13.

“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. Just making a lots of noise but producing no fruit.” – 1 Cor. 13:1.

“Love suffereth long, and is KIND, envieth not, vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seek not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evi, rejoice not in iniquity, but the truth, bear all things, believe, hope and endure things.” – 1 Cor. 13:4-7.

Terminology

• Word of Wisdom—the divine ability to understand what is revealed.
• Word of Knowledge—the divine ability to know something outside of natural means about a person, place, or thing.
• Faith—believing God, regardless of how it looks in the natural.
• Gift of Healing—a divine gift to bring healing and restoration.
• Working of Miracles—a divine operational ability that executes supernatural acts of God.
• Prophecy—the divine ability to receive from God the hidden truth and relay it in the natural realm.
• Discerning of Spirits—the divine ability to see or peer into the spirit realm, discerning angels, demonic forces and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Speaking in Tongues—the Divine ability to speak in a supernatural language that has never been learned, but given by the unction of the Holy Spirit.
• Interpretation of Tongues—the divine ability to interpret the supernatural message of one who speaks in tongues given by the Holy Spirit. The above list are only a few of the many gifts given by the Holy Spirit.

Most of the world believes in some sort of life after death. These views fall into four broad categories, Resurrection, Reincarnation, Universalism and Divinity. The Bible speaks of the resurrection of the dead.

According to Webster’s Dictionary, Resurrection means to rise from the dead, or the coming back to life, whereas Reincarnation means the rebirth of the soul in supposedly another body.

The doctrine of reincarnation states the soul of man reappears after death and comes back in another or  different bodily form. It states the spirit comes back to the earth’s plane many times in order to experience physical life, under a variety of circumstances and conditions and that after physical death, we live in a realm of the spirit, gradually evolving in our consciousness and in our oneness with God.

Reincarnation doctrine is roots in Hinduism and states that reincarnation is the cycle of a person after dying, returning  to about anything, as a cow, crow, or as another person. Some claim to have memories and abilities carried over from one life to another. The doctrine of reincarnation is nothing more than a lie from Satan to deceived people that there is another way to get to God. Satan is always trying to counterfeit the Word of God. (1 Cor. 15:52). Christ died for our sins, He was buried, and He rose again the third day according to the scripture.

And we will also rise at the resurrection with our new bodies and not as a reincarnation being.  (1 Cor. 15:3, Roman 10:9-10, Matthews Chapter 28.)

Christ wasn’t floating around in mid-air nor after his’ death did He come back as an animal or another person from a past life. His same body the bled, died and was buried was resurrected, never to die again. Jesus was seen by Cephas, the twelve and over five hundred brethren after his resurrection. This is the greatest proof of the resurrection and life after death we can have on record.