Author: Steven Lambert
WARNING: Bill Johnson and Bethel Church
I don’t know and have never met Bill Johnson, personally, and frankly neither of those occurrences would have any bearing whatever on what I address here. In no way am I maligning him as a person or engaging in an ad hominem attack on the man or his family, friends, or his followers, and to allege otherwise is ludicrous. From his public persona in videos I’ve seen, He presents as being a meek, personable, loving, and likable fellow. I appreciate the fact that many who do know him personally and professionally hold him in high regard, including several of my minister friends, who minister in the same circles, some at Bethel Church. Again, I have no beef with him as a person, no ax to grind. My concerns are strictly about the doctrinal and Biblical basis for the issues involved, which is always the case when I feel compelled to write about something.
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About Personal Prophecy
“For we know in part, and we prophesy in part” (1 Cor. 13:9). Prophecy is comprised of partial information—fragmentary portions of divine information. God only reveals fragmentary portions of knowledge to the prophet or prophesier. Because of our finite knowledge, it is very difficult for carnal human beings to accurately interpret the infinite knowledge of God revealed or expressed in prophetic utterances. The greatest problems in the area of the prophetic lie in the matter of interpretation of what God has said. A combination of much wisdom, common sense, Bible knowledge, experience, and understanding of prophetic terminology is needed to accurately interpret prophecy. Often, some portions of prophecy cannot be properly interpreted until it begins to come to pass or God is ready and chooses to reveal it. Certainly, “interpretability” of a prophecy, either by the prophet or the recipient, especially at the time it is given, is not an accurate indicator of its validity, and no prophet is required to interpret any prophecy the Lord has expressed through Him.
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