I believe most people who claim to have prophetic messages are not getting them from God.
I notice many people who have predicted something saying they had a word from God and that something never came true, they never returned to say they were mistaken or presumptuous, they merely ignored the failed prophesy and pridefully hoped others would forget.
This is a clue the person is a false prophet, there are a lot of them. God said when a person claims to be a prophet and what he said never comes true we are to ignore that person as a false prophet.
We do not need future tellers, God even forbids it, because we can live by faith using the Bible. We need not know what tomorrow holds. God often instructs my next steps before I know why I need them. I don't walk in fear or anticipation of the future, I trust Christ for each day, do what He says and leave all the tomorrows to Him.
Leviticus 20:6 “If a person turns to mediums and necromancers, whoring after them, I will set my face against that person and will cut him off from among his people."
Deuteronomy 18:21-22 "…21 You may ask in your heart, “How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?” 22 When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him."
Brothers and sisters we walk by faith, not by sight. If we must see a miracle or desire to know the future then we lack faith.
When we know the Word of God and His promises to us we can depend on that, nothing more is needed other than the Bible.
Deuteronomy 18:20
"But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death."
Future telling without God's direction is dangerous and presumptuous. In the days of the prophets before the Bible was written God spoke to people through them. However, we all have the Holy Spirit as our guide, we need not have another prophet tell us something about the future.
There are no human mediators between us and God, only Jesus Christ is our mediator. God would not tell someone else something to tell me when He can tell me through the Holy Spirit Himself.
Can a self-proclaimed prophet tell us more than the Holy Spirit Who lives in us? Of course not!!!!
If someone comes to you and says; "I have a word for you from the Lord", quickly remind them that there is only one mediator between God and man and that is Christ Jesus.
Our husbands or wives are not our mediators nor is anyone else. Jesus Christ lives in every born again believer and He is the One Who brings messages to His children.
What a relief to know that messages from God do not lie in the hands of any human.
No comments:
Post a Comment