FALSE AND TRUE PROPHET

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: FALSE AND TRUE PROPHET

Because of the way "prophet" is commonly used, there is a misconception that its basic definition is "someone who foretells the future," but this definition is too narrow.
Prophet is better defined as "one who speaks for another." A true prophet, then, is a person who speaks for God, delivering a message that God has ordained him to give.
In Exodus 7:1, God tells Moses that Aaron, his brother, would be his (Moses') prophet, even as Moses was God's prophet. Because of Moses' unbelief in God's ability to speak through him, God would speak to Moses, who would tell Aaron what to say to others—Pharaoh in particular

(verse 2). It is the function of speaking for another, rather than the miracles they performed or their foretelling of what would befall Egypt, which defined Moses and Aaron as prophets.

Frequently, the words a prophet spoke on God's behalf were, in fact, foretelling what would happen later. However, the prophet's essential role was to speak for God, regardless of whether he did any predicting of the future. A prophet expresses the will of God in words, and sometimes he uses signs to back up what he says and to demonstrate God's power behind it.

In a similar way, a false prophet also may not be in the business of foretelling the future. A false prophet is simply someone who speaks for another but falsely.

False prophets either speak for the wrong god, or they claim to have heard from the true God but do not accurately represent Him or His words. At the very least, they speak out of their own human hearts, but more likely, the "god" they are speaking for is really a demon.

It is true that, if a prophet foretells something that fails to come to pass, he is a false prophet (Deuteronomy 18:20-22), but FORETELLING THE FUTURE CORRECTLY IS NOT THE DETERMINING FACTOR WHEN LOOKING AT FALSE PROPHETS. The real issue is whether one who claims to be representing God and speaking for Him, IS DOING SO ACCURATELY OR FALSELY. A prophet may accurately predict an event or demonstrate supernatural power, but if he is LEADING PEOPLE AWAY from the true worship of the true God, he is a false prophet.

LET US PRAY
FATHER IN JESUS NAME, EXPOSE AND DISGRACE EVERY SATANIC AGENT SENT TO DESTROY OUR LIVES IN JESUS NAME.

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