Subject: Are Modern Prophets Always Accurate ? |
Bible Note: Dear EProphet….Your gentleness is disarming. And your gentleness is alarming! Uncle Screwtape is proud of your effort. You are not claiming to be a prophet?…. but your screen name is EProphet? DT 18:21 “You may say to yourselves, "How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD?" 22 If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.”....Or, in other words, disregard anything he/she says and any advice he/she gives except that which is clearly based in Scripture. You Wrote… “You will find no spirit of fear in the Words of a true prophet. If it comes from God, it is of love.” I do not want to split hairs but… JNH 3:10 “When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened.”…sounds like a threat of destruction. And you will say “A threat based in love” no doubt. Well perhaps. AND ALSO….. 1KI 20:36 “So the prophet said, "Because you have not obeyed the LORD, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you." And after the man went away, a lion found him and killed him.”… Dear friend…“…as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you”….is also from love? AND ALSO…. 1KI 20:41 Then the prophet quickly removed the headband from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets. 42 He said to the king, "This is what the LORD says: “You have set free a man I had determined should die. Therefore it is your life for his life, your people for his people. " AND MORE……. 2CH 21:12-15 “…..This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ……14 So now the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives and everything that is yours, with a heavy blow. 15 You yourself will be very ill with a lingering disease of the bowels, until the disease causes your bowels to come out.” "….If that were said by a modern prophet would you consider it Words with a “spirit of fear”? AND JUST ONE MORE OF MANY, MANY MORE…. 2CH 28:9-11 But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army when it returned to Samaria. He said to them……..Send back your fellow countrymen you have taken as prisoners, for the LORD's fierce anger rests on you." Anger not Love. And finally you wrote, (and this takes the award for chutzpah) “However, a prophet may enlighten you on things in your life, or their life. Example; if a prophet came to you and said, "Jensen, there is something in your spirit that isn't right", they may sit down and talk to you about something specific in your life.” DT 18: 20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, must be put to death." ….and surely the false prophet will die. There is not much difference between your example and a palm reader, if any. Perhaps a better example is needed :-) You Wrote… “Pay close attention to the events in the world. We are in the last days.” And …. “There are mighty things to happen in this last generation.” No….We are not in the last days. People have been claiming the last days since Acts 2:42. The Biblical fact (Jesus Words) is that no one knows….Not even you. In closing, be happy that you are saved by Grace. Avoid claims that you believe enhance your own position among men in His Church. He will not care...and will find humor in your claim because you are still His. It reminds me of those who babble and claim it is the Gift of Tongues. There claim is made by way of peer pressure only. But beware that you are not put to death for leading others astray. Really! God Bless….Jensen, in search of a true Prophet of God. |