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NASB | Jeremiah 18:10 if it does evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will think better of the good with which I had promised to bless it. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jeremiah 18:10 and if they do evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will reverse My decision concerning the good with which I had promised to bless them. |
Bible Question: Thanks to all of you who've written back to this. I see all your points. The practical application I struggle with is that I have heard it preached that that is why some prophecies of God dont come to pass - I mean sometimes people are plain wrong, either accidentally or wilfully and the "word from God' wasnt God at all. But is there a case in which God could speak, it could be confirmed independently several times by reliable people, and that the thing he promised could still not come to pass because of a person's decision? It seems to me that an all knowing God wouldnt say "this will happen" then say later "oh but they did this, that stuffed the whole thing"...as I say, i love God and am not trying to be smart. Like say if a whole bunch of people who didnt know me said "the Lord has shown me you're going to have a baby boy", confirming my own impression, then I contracted an illness that made me sterile because of a poor decision my husband made, does that render Gods word invalid, because of my husbands decision? I am just struggling with this because I want to trust and serve God fully and I want to know how much stock to place in his revealed will, when it is clear. |
Bible Answer: K, I think this passage of Scripture speaks to your situation: Deut. 18:21 "You may say in your heart, 'How will we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?' Deut. 18:22 "When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing does not come about or come true, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him. In other words, what your friends prophesied to you was not of God. God keeps his word, as the verse I shared before says: Num. 23:19 "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? And God's word does not fail to accomplish what he sends it out to do: Is 55:11 So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. I think the preachers have prophesied falsely and are trying to get themselves off the hook by saying that sometimes prophesies don't come true. According to God's word, all prophesies from God come true, and if it does not come true, then it is not of God. 1 Thess. 5:20-24,"...do not despise prophetic utterances. But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; abstain from every form of evil. Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass." Peace, |