Pay Attention: If You're Seeing These Signs, You're Prophetic

Summary

David Diga Hernandez presents nine possible signs of a prophetic gift, framing prophecy as a Christian practice centered on Jesus and guided by the Holy Spirit. He emphasizes that Scripture is the foundation for evaluating spiritual impressions and that prophecy should build up, encourage, or comfort others.

Nine Possible Signs

1. Discernment — Sensing the spiritual source behind a message or situation. Hernandez cautions that suspicion, criticism, or simply disliking someone should not be mistaken for discernment.
2. Words of knowledge — Receiving information about someone’s present or past circumstances without an obvious way of knowing it.
3. Words of wisdom — Gaining insight or a practical solution to a confusing problem through what he describes as divine guidance.
4. Dreams and visions — Experiencing dreams or waking visions that may carry spiritual meaning. He advises not dismissing them, while keeping Scripture as the primary standard.
5. Foresight — Sensing or receiving impressions about future events.
6. Insight into minds and hearts — Receiving occasional insight into another person’s thoughts or inner condition. Hernandez clarifies that this does not mean believers can read minds at will.
7. Passion for God’s word — Loving Scripture, submitting to it, and measuring prophetic impressions against it. He says humility includes admitting when one may be wrong.
8. Sensitivity to the Holy Spirit — Feeling grief over actions such as gossip or compromise, with compassion rather than a sense of superiority.
9. Boldness — Sharing a message believed to be from God with humility and love, without being ruled by fear of others’ opinions.

Guiding Principles

• Keep Jesus, rather than the prophet or the spiritual experience, at the center.
• Treat the Bible as the sure foundation; weigh and test impressions against it.
• Aim for edification, encouragement, and comfort.
• Exercise spiritual gifts with humility, love, and care.

Presenter and Sources

• Presenter: David Diga Hernandez
• Biblical passages cited: Revelation 19:10; 2 Peter 1:19–21; 1 Corinthians 14:3; 1 Corinthians 12:7–10; John 4; Job 33:14–15; Acts 18:9; Mark 8:31; Matthew 12:25; 1 Corinthians 14:24–25; Jeremiah 20:8–10; Ephesians 4:30.