Part 9: Prophetic Purity – The Cost of Carrying the Word of Yahweh
Bible Study | Ecclesiastes Wilderness Series
Exposes the contrast between Solomon’s decaying voice and the fire demanded of true prophets.
Part 9: Prophetic Purity – The Cost of Carrying the Word of Yahweh, building directly on the last Interludes and deepening the wilderness message. It exposes the contrast between Solomon’s decaying voice and the fire demanded of true prophets who fear Yahweh, not man.
Part 9: Prophetic Purity – The Cost of Carrying the Word of Yahweh
INTRODUCTION
There is a cost to carrying the Word of Yahweh.
It will burn your lips before it ever reaches theirs.
It will cut your heart before it convicts theirs.
And it will place you outside the city gates—rejected, mocked, misunderstood—just like the One who first called you.
This is the wilderness call.
And it is not for the proud.
Not for the polished.
Not for the performers.
It is for the prophetically purified—those who have been crushed under the weight of truth and still choose to speak.
Solomon Lost the Fire Because He Lost the Fear
“I said in my heart, ‘Come now, let me test you with pleasure…’”
— Ecclesiastes 2:1
“For in much wisdom is much grief…”
— Ecclesiastes 1:18
Solomon once built the Temple.
He once called down the fire of Yahweh.
But then he began reasoning with idols, cozying up to Yahweh’s enemies, mixing what was holy with what was seductive.
And by the time he wrote Ecclesiastes, his wisdom had decayed into cynicism. His fire into fog.
He no longer warned.
He no longer wept.
He observed, but he did not intercede.
This is what happens when the gift is no longer purified by the fear of Yahweh.
True Prophets Cannot Be Tamed
“Let the prophet who has a dream speak a dream, and let him who has My word speak My word in truth. What is the chaff to the wheat?” declares יהוה.
— Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 23:28
Prophets are not motivational speakers.
They do not echo trends.
They do not apologize for the Word.
They are often:
Misunderstood
Rejected
Misquoted
Labeled “divisive,” “harsh,” “legalistic,” or “too intense”
But they carry the pure wheat, not the chaff.
“I did not sit in the company of jokers, nor did I exult. I sat alone because Your hand was upon me, and You filled me with indignation.”
— Jeremiah 15:17
Sound familiar?
Prophet Elijah In The Desert
Prophetic Purity Demands Consecration
“If you take out the precious from the worthless, you shall be as My mouth.”
— Jeremiah 15:19
Yahweh will not let His prophets be mixed.
He will not let His words come from lips that also flatter.
“They speak a vision of their own heart, not from the mouth of יהוה.”
— Jeremiah 23:16
This is the cost:
You will have to be quiet when others shout.
You will have to speak when silence is safer.
You will carry truth like a fire shut up in your bones.
You will grieve over what others celebrate.
The prophet does not get to belong.
The prophet belongs to Yahweh.
Yahushua: The Prophet and the Pattern
“A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”
— Mattithyahu (Matthew) 13:57
Yahushua was the Word made flesh.
And still—He was hated, misunderstood, rejected, and crucified.
And He warned us:
“If the world hates you, know that it hated Me before it hated you.”
— Yoḥanan (John) 15:18
If you are a true forerunner, a true mouthpiece, a true intercessor:
You will carry His suffering with His fire.
We Are Not Called to Be Smooth Talkers
“Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets.”
— Luke 6:26
The spirit of the age wants prophets who are marketable.
Digestible. Polished. Peacekeeping.
But Yahweh is raising prophets who are:
Ruined for the world
Set apart for His glory
Willing to lose everything to remain pure
“Then I said, ‘Ah, Master יהוה! See, I do not know how to speak, for I am a youth.’ But יהוה said… ‘I have put My words in your mouth.’”
— Jeremiah 1:6–9
ROOTED IN THE WORD
“Is not My word like a fire?” says יהוה, “and like a hammer that shatters a rock?” — Jeremiah 23:29
“The lion has roared—who will not fear? Yahweh has spoken—who can but prophesy?” — Amos 3:8
“Cry aloud, do not spare! Lift up your voice like a shophar!” — Isaiah 58:1
“You are My witnesses, and My servant whom I have chosen.” — Isaiah 43:10
“He makes His messengers winds, His servants flames of fire.” — Psalm 104:4
GRACE METHOD Reflection
G – Grounded in Scripture
Jeremiah 1, 15, and 23; Isaiah 58; Amos 3; Ecclesiastes 2; John 15
R – Reflecting on Context
Solomon faded into the background. The prophets burned on the front lines. Only one voice leads to repentance—and it is the one unafraid to speak what Yahweh commands, no matter the cost.
A – Applying to Your Life
Have I softened the Word to be accepted? Have I resisted the fire for the sake of peace? Am I willing to be misunderstood to remain faithful?
C – Communing with God
Yahweh, cleanse my lips. Burn away my fear of man. Fill me with Your Word and give me the courage to speak it, even if I lose everything.
E – Exalting God
You are Truth, Yahweh. I exalt You above opinion, culture, and comfort. Your Word is holy. Let me never twist it, dilute it, or withhold it.
PERSONAL DECLARATION
I will not be a prophet of peace when You have declared war.
I will not be silent when You have spoken.
I will not flatter men while grieving You.
I choose the fire. I choose obedience.
I will carry Your Word with purity, no matter the cost.
In Yahushua’s Name, Amein.
SHARE YOUR FAITH
This generation is full of false prophets.
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Let the remnant rise. Let the fire fall.
Let the mouths of the prophets be purified.
