False Prophets Described

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DEUTERONOMY 18:20-22

20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’ 21 And if you say in your heart, ‘How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?’— 22 when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.

Prophets "hear" —they encounter the word of the Lord (from the Hebrew word dabar ).
Prophets "see" from the perspective of heaven (from the Hebrew word roeh ; cf. Isa. 6:1; Jer. 3:8; Ezek. 1:1).
Prophets "speak" —they are the mouth of God (from the Hebrew word navi ).
Prophets "act" —they portray God's story on the stage of history.
Prophets are "messengers of the Lord" —the custodians of God's great story. (Evangelical Sunday School Lesson Commentary 2020-2021, God Sends His Messengers, pp. 56-57)

Julie Ferwerda, Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer, ask the question Do Prophets Still Exist Today?

She proceeds to answer this question:

In Acts 2:17-18 we read, "In the last days, God said, ‘I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.'" Clearly, since the time of Christ we have been living in "the last days" and this gift is anything but gone.

However, perhaps more than with any other label, we must use extreme caution when either demonstrating this gift or receiving it from others, because we are forewarned: "Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world." 1 John 4:1

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There are those who would presume to speak a word in God’s name. Therefore we must always, always, guard against presumption when we say, “The LORD told me.”—David Guzik, DEUTERONOMY 18 – PRIESTS AND PROPHETS

"If the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken." This is the measure of a prophet.

PRAYER: Father, thank you for those that you have set to lead us. Prophets come and go, but your word still remains. You care so much to send a word, a warning, or even an encouragement through your Kingdom servants. I am so grateful. Amen!