* 1. The work of prophets

Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet

John the Baptist is a prime example of prophet in the church.  The angel told his father the role John the Baptist would have: 

Luke 1:16-17    And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.  And he shall go before HIM (Jesus) in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

John the Baptist did this before the first coming of Jesus, making the people prepared for Jesus' coming, the Messiah.

Today we, who are called by God to the church as prophets, do the same work ... preparing a people for the second coming of Jesus and the judgment seat of Christ.

II Corinthians 5:10-11    For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men;

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* John the Baptist was out in the wilderness until the day of his showing.

Luke 1:80   And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

The radio station manager in Detroit (USA) once said to me, "It is amazing.  You just appeared all of a sudden.  Most people who come to us for radio don't just appear."

I find most prophets in Bible are just out there, often alone ... Elijah, Elisha ... Also the prophets in Bible often traveled in packs with other prophets ... The apostle Paul often took Silas, a prophet, with him.

God just opens the eyes of prophets and gives them understanding, often without evidence to back up the wisdom from which they speak. 

They just "know" because God quickens them. 

They are shown the evil the congregation is doing. 

(If you are interested in knowing more about this, read the book of Isaiah the prophet in Bible.  Look at what Isaiah saw concerning the congregations and the messages Isaiah gave to correct them.)

You can't run around with the evil doers in the church and correct them. 

If you are a companion of evil doer, you are evil. 

Prophets are often very isolated, for the ministers and the people do evil in the church groups and try to hide that evil but God causes prophets to see what they are doing.

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Once I went to a small church to speak and pastor called for a prayer line at end of the service. 

I walked up to one woman and I said, "And what is it you want from God?"

She replied, "I just wants more of the Lord."

I said,  "God will tell me what it is that you are doing."

She raised her hand, began waving her arms in agitation and cried out before all,

"Oh NO, Lord.  Don't tell her."

That brought the house down!

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Prophets are different from other people. 

God shows the prophets the evil in the church, evil in ministers and evil  in congregation. 

If you consider the various Old Testament prophets you see this.  They went from village to village in the nation of Israel. (the church)  

God gave the prophets harsh messages for the people of God to turn them away from their various sins and to stop them and to turn them back to righteousness. 

Also they dealt with the rulers of Israel.   (the ministers).  

Consider Samuel (the prophet of God) dealing with Saul and then being sent to anoint David as king of Israel to replace Saul.   (I Samuel 15)

When Saul did wrong and God removed the nation of Israel from him and gave it to David, Samuel grieved over Saul's wrong doing.

God said to Samuel,  "How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons."  I Samuel 16:1

I feel exactly the same grief over these evil men who call themselves "pastors" who have sent me their e-mails. 

You even get to the point that you want to die as did the prophet Elijah want to die.

I Kings 18  

17-18  And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.

(Then Elijah said to the king:)

19  Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.

20  So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.

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21-24    And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:

And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God.

And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.

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25-29    And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.

And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.

And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.

And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.  (their own works to reach their god)

And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.

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30-40    And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.

And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.

And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.

And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said,

LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that Thou art God in Israel, and that I am Thy servant, and that I have done all these things at Thy word.

(I have often prayed that God would show them that I have done all these things at His word to me.)

Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that Thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.

Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said,

The LORD, HE is the God; the LORD, HE is the God.

And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

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Obviously NT prophets do not slay people with a sword ... but they do slay evil doers with the sword of the Spirit, the word of God.

These men who say they are ministers send me terrible emails, asking me to do all sorts of things that are not what God tells me to do.

How do I handle these letters?  With the sword of the Spirit, the Word God gives me and it will cut into their flesh and blood will flow, killing the wicked ideas of their own flesh.

Here is an example of a letter from a man who says he is a minister.  

I use red print to state my reaction to his various points.  Each comment I make is like Elijah hitting that man with a sword.  (the red print reminds me of blood)

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Letter from man in Africa:

Man in Africa

Blessings ,

Greetings in Christ’s Mighty Matchless name. We are doing well by God’s grace. It’s great to reading your website Jesus mission

After reading your teachings, we prayed and shared with our Church members and all accepted your teachings very much, we are a group of over 10 churches under me, am the founder these in Kenya, We also involve on orphans Ministry and Hospital Ministries Evangelism.

Please is there anyway possible you can COME on JUNE and Minister to us even 15 days? Please COME and SHARE with us

(JB ... come at your own expenses half-way around the world ... It is always the same ... I have received many invitations and no one ever offers financial assistance to me to come to speak to them... they are selfish, inconsiderate of my situation and my needs, and they are greedy.)

We thank God for your life. we shall be doing a soul winning campaign.

(JB ... I am an apostle/prophet... sent to the church, not to the world.  I would not participate ever in a "soul winning campaign".  That is not the work to which God has assigned me in the ministry.  That is the work of an evangelist.  I am certain the men who write such letters to me do not actually read our blog.  Otherwise they would know the difference in the ministry offices of apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastor, teacher.  They see everything as evangelist.  You have to work in the office to which you are called by God.  I am set here to work with the church bringing corrections such as this correction to those ministers who say they are of God but know nothing about the ministry offices and the difference in assignments in the ministry.  Ephesians 4) 

We shall be outreaching the lost soul in our neighborhood. This our soul winning campaign to fulfill the Mathew 28

As per the request of bibles this has been our campaign. We shall give a bible to every single born again Christian to help them grow in the lord.

(JB:  The giving of Bibles to all is a very fleshly plan of man and would require much money which they often hope to obtain from us as they think they do a good work and they think we will want to participate in such a work.  But it is a very pompous, arrogant plan of man to think to do such a thing.  Further, it can be very evil to give things to men, causing them to expect everything to be given to them by ministers.  Let them buy their own Bibles and they will show a real interest in Word of God when they spend their own money.)

I know and belief you are prayerful and you can try and hear from God to the best way we can partner to advance the kingdom of God.

(JB :  What this man believes is wrong.  There is no way I would enter into a work with this man.  He comes speaking of his own works but says nothing that God has said to him.  I believe this is the way antichrist comes, displaying his own works while never telling the church anything to edify the church in the ways of God for antichrist is against the ways of God.)

We expect hundreds to turn out during the soul winning outreach, we are targeting over hundreds of people to give their lives to Christ this end month Crusade new year opening.

(JB:  God adds to the church daily such as should be saved.  Acts 2:47 ... A human has no right to make such a pompous statement nor to think he can "target" hundreds to "give their lives to Christ."  This man sets himself up as god when he says this.  Antichrist:  II Thessalonians 2:4 ... Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.)

You are most welcome to Kenya to team up with us for kingdom advancement. We are holding you in our prayers & your family and ministry.

(JB:  I believe this "praying for you" statement is a lie ... and I have no family, other than the church.  And I am appalled to think what they would pray about my ministry.  They don't even know what the ministry of an apostle/prophet is.  But God will not hear them.  I know this.  For they are fleshly, sensual in their pursuits.  And their good works are devised out of their own fleshly minds.  They just copy what others have done.  They are like the ones Jesus spoke of in Matthew 24 when HE warned the church about men such as this.

Matthew 24

3 And as HE sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto Him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

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please help us with our local languages,for the oldage people to read and understand easier, we need 200 KIKUYU Bibles and 200 LUO BIBLES copies through American Bible Society so we can pick them here bible society of Kenya, is there any way possible you can help us monthly support of bibles even 160 bibles for our evangelism?

(JB:  Always:  "Give us your money to pay for our works."   The work is their own fleshly idea which they can't pay for and now want others to pay for their works.  

In the end, at the day of judgment, they will be turned away by Jesus because the work is not authored by God but by their own flesh:

Matthew 7:22-23   Jesus says:  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? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

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(Back now to Elijah)
I Kings 19 

1-4    And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life;

(But God had more work for Elijah to do so God sent an angel to feed Elijah and God restored Elijah from the discouragement of his flesh and gave Elijah another assignment.) 

The answer to this desire to die is this:  God has another job for you to do in the church.

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Consider Moses:

Deuteronomy 6

1-3    Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:

That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all HIS statutes and HIS commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 7   

1-6    When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;

And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

For they will turn away thy son from following ME, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.

But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto Himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

(I have noticed that OT prophets, such as Moses, look like NT apostles in giving the law of God, in establishing the church in the doctrines of God.)

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The apostle Paul said,  

Ephesians 5:11  And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

*  But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

We do not go along with the evil and the various superstitions, old woman fables.  We stop them when we see them.

And we especially do not accept nor receive the false ministers who are really ministers of the apostasy and antichrist.

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My mother always read horoscope books.  All my early life she would read my daily horoscope to me.

After I was born again, I visited her and when I opened the kitchen cabinet I noticed 4 horoscope mugs which I had given her before I was born again.

My mother was watching me. 

I took a garbage bag and began putting those horoscope mugs into the bag. 

My mother realized what I was about to do and she began crying out: 

"STOP ... What are you doing.  I want to keep those.  You gave them to me."

I didn't say a word.

I took them to the garbage can in the alley and broke them and threw them away.

When I went back to my mother's house, I found my Bible and began reading the following aloud.

Deuteronomy 18:9-14

When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,

Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.

For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.

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My mother sat there silently in thought for a few seconds.  

Then she said, "Well ... I guess we'd better not do that any more."

I believe she was born again with that decision.

See, it is not saying, "Jesus is Lord," rather it is a matter of making the WORD of God, which is Jesus, Lord in your life.

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These are the works prophets do, to turn people from their sins and turn them to God ... making ready a people for the Lord.

We don't give the people a bunch of sweet, sickening words to make them feel good about themselves in their way of living.   (flattering them, that no one turn from their evil)  

But we speak the word of God to try to turn them from their sin and turn them to God ... making a people prepared for the Lord.

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I've not seen anyone more ungodly than these so-called "ministers" who have written to me lately whose letters I have published on this blog for the past two weeks or so ... they are so religious, phony, unreal ... and evil.

Jesus said:  (concerning the last days)

Matthew 24:12    And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

The iniquity I saw in these men who called themselves "pastors" was beginning to cause me to hate.  I was crying out to God for HIM to help me. 

I knew, for a season, I had to publish their letters so others among us could be awakened to the horrors going on in the ministry today, but it was really beginning to affect me, just as Jesus said iniquity will affect us.  You feel like giving up.

Matthew 24:13    But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

I was crying out to God, over and over, "Help me! ... Help me! ... Help me!"

One day, I was printing the following:

II Peter 2:7-9  

And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

(The filthy conversation:  all their pretense in puffed up flowery words of hypocrisy and flattery.)

(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

Immediately I knew what to do. 

Remove my e-mail address from our blog and print only our mailing address. 

E-mail makes it too easy for the false ministers to contact me. Let them use their own money now and write a letter! They will rarely do that for it costs them something.

I was instantly delivered from them and I was free to focus again on the real church and saw to write about the work of apostle and prophet in the church, for I know few people in the church understand that apostles and prophets are different from the other ministry offices in that which they do for the church.

So I began writing these reports concerning the work of apostles and prophets in the church.

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