Thread: How do we recognize true prophets and prophecy?
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How do we recognize true prophets and prophecy?
Posted : 6 Jul, 2011 05:38 AM
21. Now if you say to yourself, "How will we know the word that the Lord did not speak?"
22. If the prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, and the thing does not occur and does not come about, that is the thing the Lord did not speak. The prophet has spoken it wantonly; you shall not be afraid of him.
Deuteronomy 18
1. Everything I command you that you shall be careful to do it. You shall neither add to it, nor subtract from it.
2. If there will arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of a dream, and he gives you a sign or a wonder,
3. and the sign or the wonder of which he spoke to you happens, [and he] says, "Let us go after other gods which you have not known, and let us worship them,"
4. you shall not heed the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of a dream; for the Lord, your God, is testing you, to know whether you really love the Lord, your God, with all your heart and with all your soul.
5. You shall follow the Lord, your God, fear Him, keep His commandments, heed His voice, worship Him, and cleave to Him.
6. And that prophet, or that dreamer of a dream shall be put to death; because he spoke falsehood about the Lord, your God Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and Who redeemed you from the house of bondage, to lead you astray from the way in which the Lord, your God, commanded you to go; so shall you clear away the evil from your midst.
I fell into false prophecy several years back and it really messed my mind up. I really thought I was hearing the voice of the Lord, turns out it was a deceptive spirit. I still visit some sites where believers post prophecy, dreams and visions, but I really don't believe them. I am disappointed to see all these supposed words from the Lord, because I think it is almost blasphemy (if I have the accurate understanding) I do receive words of knowledge via Holy Spirit, but am extremely careful to say anything as being from G-d. I think it is a temptation for believer's because we all have a curiosity of the future, and wasn't this the original deception in the garden, that we would be like gods, to eat from the tree of knowledge?
geez, if something doesn't flow with the word, well that's sort of a no-brainer. recognizing ordinary prophecy comes with speaking in tongues and reading the word...the prophecy of a prophet is an advanced subject and I am afraid this is not the time or the place...Christian Educational Services has some above average teachings on the equipping ministries...is this a serious question or are you all just arguing the bible?
