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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

IDENTIFYING A FALSE PROPHET...

    First, let's  establish;  a prophet is one who
    preaches  the "Word of the Lord."  He may
   be one who foretells future events as enligh-
   tened by the Spirit of God or a modern day 
  "prophet"  who tells forth  the Scripture, as
   directed by the Spirit of God, who indwells
   believers.  When one preaches the Word of
   God as he is "filled" of the Holy Spirit, he
   is a  Prophet.  When one "preaches"  from
   the flesh, without the "filling," he is a false  
   prophet,  or apostate.  He may  do this out
   of ignorance, or with evil intent...Read the
   passage;  (Acts 18:24 thru 19:27)      

"Beloved, do not believe every spirit,  but test the
 spirits, whether they are of  God;  because many 
false  prophets have gone out into the world.  By
this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that
confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh
is of God, and every spirit that does not confess
that Jesus Christ has come in  the flesh is not of
God.  And this is the spirit of  Antichrist, which 
you have heard was coming, and is now already
in the world.  I John 4: 1-3, Romans 10: 8-10       

 "Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but
rather that ye may prophesy.  For he that speaketh in
an  unknown  tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto
God;  for no man understandeth him;  howbeit in the
Spirit he speaketh mysteries. But he that prophesieth,
speaks unto men to edification, and exhortation, and
comfort. He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edi-
fieth  himself;  but  he that  prophesieth  edifieth  the 
Church.  1 Corinthians 14:14  

     "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in 
       sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening 
     wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men 
       gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?"  
                                                     Matthew 7: 15-16

It is said of the Devil;  "Be sober, be vigilant; because your
adversary, the Devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, see-
king whom he may devour:"   When God makes a statement 
of a human ("prophet") having qualities similar to Satan, it 
is a serious, "damning" designation.

So, we see the false prophets are not of the Lord, but of the
"Adversary," Satan, or the Devil. They cannot speak truth,
for the message is always false and damnable. Their intent
is to  deceive, destroy and interfere with the work of God's
Spirit in this world.  Therefore,  there will be lies and half
truths in the message.  Some will be deceived, but the Lord
has chosen those who will see through Satan and his "Pro-
phets" through faithfulness to the Lord God and His Word.
That  Word  is  the  Spirit of  Jesus Christ.  We  neglect his
written Word to our peril.  (See  Psalm 119: 11, 105, John
1: 1, 14)

     In the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, we see;
     "He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and
  his name is called the Word of God." Revelation 19:13  

Thanks for looking, comments welcome...donporter,sr
10.10.17...   (Scripture quoted from KJV, 1611)                       

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