Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
While all who belong to God have been given the Holy Spirit of God, some are put into the church by God to care for the church. This is another anointing for this specific purpose.
I Corinthians 12
18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased HIM.
27-28 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
This anointing of God to care for the church is not a learned skill. It is a "gift of the Holy Spirit", a gift of God for the church.
When a person has that anointing, God HIMSELF honors that anointing.
It is not something learned with study, nor with experience. It is something God puts there inside that person who is called to deal with scripture for the church and doctrine and discipline.
It is not based on anything human from the mind of man. It is a supernatural gift of God, as are the various spiritual gifts such as word of wisdom, word of knowledge. I Corinthians 12
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Here is an example of that anointing.
A woman in our little church group sent an email to our church group whereby she taught a scripture.
I was glad to see someone sharing with the church. I was even planning to print what she shared on our blog the next day.
That night, God got my attention on that email and what this woman shared and all of a sudden I saw how wrong it was and how it was of her own flesh and not of the spirit of God. It was very subtle and not obvious, and it looked right, but God said to me it was of herself, of her own thinking and not of the Spirit.
I quickly deleted it from our blog and it did not publish.
I told her what I had seen.
Then a day or so later I realized from God this woman is not anointed to teach scripture in the church and if she tried to do this without the call of God and the anointing of God, she would pervert scripture as Paul spoke of in Acts 20.
Acts 20:29-30 Paul said to the church ... For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
There is an anointing from God for such things as dealing with scripture and teaching the body of Christ. This is not something you can do simply because you want to do this. You must be called by God and equipped by God for the calling. It is a gift of God to the church.
Ephesians 4:11-12 And HE (Jesus) 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:
Many false doctrines come into the church through people who decide to teach Bible without being called by God and anointed by God for such. They will speak things of their own thinking without having the correction of God by HIS Spirit. Others will think they are wonderful and will compliment them and both will be pulled aside from the real truth.
But God honors those anointings HE gives and HE will show truth to those who are set in the church by HIM to care for the church.
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In the last days, many things are brought by deluding spirits... angels of light ...
It will seem like light and will be thought to be from God but it will be from Satan.
II Corinthians 11 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
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