The account of Simon the Sorcerer is told in Acts 8:9-10, when it says, “Now a man named Simon was previously in the city practicing sorcery and astonishing the nation of Samaria, saying he was someone great, to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, ‘This man is the great power of God.’ They listened to him, because for a long time he had astonished them by his sorceries.” These prophetic individuals consistently tear down with their character what they have built with their gifting. One of the main reasons the prophetic movement is headed for shipwreck is because we are continuing to honor and give individuals positions of authority that have quit on intimacy. These men and women are dangerous their motives are impure and what they primarily pursue and emphasize causes them to live in continual dysfunction. These individuals carry an appearance of walking in deep relationship with Jesus, but in reality, they are collateral damage to the body of Christ. I see more of an urge to chase gold dust, feathers and angels than to encounter the person of Jesus Christ.Īll of these pursuits lead to one terrifying end: The rise of a generation of “Simon the Sorcerers” who are currently operating in illegitimate authority! I see more of an obsession to chase after someone else’s prophetic mantle than to giving our time to discovering our own unique divine design given by the Father alone. I see more of an appetite to publicly prophesy over thousands than to privately pray to the Father in heaven. I see more of a desire to live under the anointing than to demonstrate Christlike character. I see more of a hunger in the prophetic movement to obtain power than to walk in intimacy.
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