Eric Metaxas claimed recently about the ongoing Trump election challenges, "When God gives you a vision, you don't need to know anything else."

That approach to prophecy is contrary to Paul's regulation of the exercise of the gift in 1 Cor. 14 and elsewhere. 1/5

It turns out you do need to know other things, most of all God's revelation in Scripture. In addition, prophetic words were to be brought before the church for evaluation. There are no "solo prophets" who wander off on their own in Paul's teaching. 2/5

Add in to this equation that prophetic revelations in the book of Acts are often informational only; they are not directive. See Acts 11 and 21, where prophetic revelations lead to community reflection on what should be done as a result of the revelations. 3/5

My point here is to say that the charismatic element in the ongoing Trump movement, which is leaning at this point almost entirely on personal revelations, is not only violating the teachings of cessationism. It is also violating the teachings of responsible continuationism. 4/5

Those promoting charismatic Trumpism need to ask themselves whether or not they are guilty of taking the Lord's name in vain by attaching his name (authoritatively and with certainty) to matters on which he has not spoken. This is a very weighty matter. /END