If anyone comes to you and says; "I have a word from the Lord for you", they are not understanding the principles of the Bible and often are showing off that God spoke to them and not you.
Here is an answer the Lord gave me many years ago to answer these sort of people:
Simply tell someone like this that there is only one Mediator between God and man and that is Christ Jesus and He lives in me. If God wants me to know something He will tell it to me.
Sadly the person who did this to me many years ago approached me to tell me that "God told me to tell you that He loved you." I thought this was silly because I was holding my own Bible in my hand, the Bible that already told me that!
These sort of demonstrations of false messages from God to others does nothing except elevate the person who claims to have the message.
Many years ago when I had much contact with miracle seekers I ran into this prideful display of self exaltation often. When I did there was a sense that these kind of people loved their displays of superiority.
I love to hear the way God is working in the lives of people and can rejoice with them over answered prayer, but thankfully the Lord has shown me the difference between authentic displays of God's power and work and those who are fakers looking to have special status.
One sign you will see that someone is authentic is that they give the glory to God. They do not attempt to be seen as having special powers others do not have.
One of the signs of an authentic believer is that they never seek to be special, better or more spiritual, they just are excited and grateful about Christ.
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