I attended a "prophecy conference" once in a small town we lived in. I thought I was attending a Bible study, what I encountered was devastating foolishness. The prophecy wasn't anything to do with the end times, but rather a charlatan working his wiles on weak minded people looking for a spiritual high.
A man in the pulpit told idiotic stories, made the people laugh all through the preaching, told everyone they had a wonderful prediction for their life and invited them to line up to hear their personal prediction.
I was shaking my head all the way through the non-sense, the preacher noticed that I was disapproving of him, called me out in the middle of the preaching to mock me in front of a couple of hundred people. He then saw my son sitting next to me, calling him out, inviting him to come up to the podium. I told him not to go and he didn't. After the meeting a friend overheard this foolish preacher telling someone that my son was going to commit suicide.
After the preaching this miserable preacher had the people line up, the line was very long, to hear their prediction. Everyone got a special story for their life, all good and wonderful. The smiling faces and laughing voices were like clanging symbols to me.
One lady in the mess was discouraged, because when she was next in line to hear her prediction, the preacher told her he knew she like to bake cookies. The woman was portly and grandmotherly looking, she told him she didn't bake cookies, he then treated her with dismissiveness, even mocking her. I was so glad that woman saw the evil of this wicked man.
One thing I noticed in all this is that everyone who was excited to hear the preacher and have their fortune predicted, were given a good report, a slap on the back and went away happy. The one person, me, who did not approve was called out for ridicule and an evil prediction was given for my son.
One way to expose a wicked person is to disapprove of their actions or words and watch what comes out of them. They are enraged and vindictive when anyone challenges their authority or reveals their lies.
Proverbs 6:12-16 "A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech, winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger, with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord; therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing. There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him:"
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