There are so many FALSE PROPHETS on the internet and in the world running around trying to make a name for themselves. Do not believe just because they say, "Thus saith the Lord!"
Look at Elijah, he was one against 800 false Baal prophets. One true prophet against 800 false prophets. Today, many may claim to speak on behalf for God and many may try to teach but even if they say they are speaking for God or trying to prophecy, they are speaking for Baal. The ratio was and probably still is 1 in 800. Today's false prophets come in the name of the Lord but the spirit behind them is Baal. Moreover, the false prophets do not even realize they are deceived. How does the Lord answer? Who are God's true servants? God's true servants are those who does not try to exalt themselves. They are not concerned about exalting their titles or positions. Their positions and callings are reflected in their actions and the way they live. They are the ones who are becoming nothing so that Jesus can become everything in them.
2 Corinthains 11:3-5 But I fear that somehow your pure and undivided devotion to Christ will be corrupted, just as Eve was deceived by the cunning ways of the serpent. 4 You happily put up with whatever anyone tells you, even if they preach a different Jesus than the one we preach, or a different kind of Spirit than the one you received, or a different kind of gospel than the one you believed. 5 But I don’t consider myself inferior in any way to these “super apostles” who teach such things.
"You happily put up with whatever anyone tells you, even if they preach a different Jesus than the one we preach or a different kind of Spirit than the one you received."
Even in Apostle Paul's days, they had false prophets or people who go around calling themselves "super apostles." Today, these prideful people label themselves as: "Generals, Major Apostle or Major Prophet, Super Prophet, Chosen, Humble, Anointed, Master Prophet, Master Apostle, etc. Such people will be feeding scripture that has no depth with a bunch of nonsense. They will use false end time, false prosperity, false rapture dates/seasons, prophecying war, prophecying natural disasters, and etc to draw a crowd. They try to teach people how to be joyful and peaceful in the Lord but yet their own personal lives are in choas. I think they should get their own house in order before they try to teach someone else.
Where is their revelation of the Word? Is it but slogans? Slogans to touch people's emotions? It is just dreams? It is just visions? Where is the Rhema? Where is the Logos? What has straw to do with wheat? Dreams and visions are not bad but the foundation of any ministry is the Word of God and not from dreams or visions. Dreams and visions are to be the supplement. How does the Lord answer?
Jeremiah 23:28-29 Let the prophet who has a dream recount the dream, but let the one who has MY WORD speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?” declares the Lord. 29 “Is not my word like fire,” declares the Lord, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?
Is NOT MY WORD LIKE FIRE?
Jeremiah 23:34-36 “If any prophet, priest, or anyone else says, ‘I have a prophecy from the Lord,’ I will punish that person along with his entire family. 35 You should keep asking each other, ‘What is the Lord’s answer?’ or ‘What is the Lord saying?’ 36 But stop using this phrase, ‘prophecy from the Lord.’ For people are using it to give authority to their own ideas, turning upside down the words of our God, the living God, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
"You keep asking each other, 'What is the Lord's answer?' What is the Lord saying?'
Many people always looking for a short cut without wanting to spend the needed time with God but to look for someone to give them a quick easy "word." And there are many false prophets who will give you the word you are looking for if you continue to seek an easy answer.
How does the Lord answer? How did God answer Elijah and against the false Baal prophets? Remember, if you get one prophecy wrong and you do not truly repent, then such a person is a false prophet. False prophets come as ministers of righteousness. They do not come dressed in dark outfits with a hood. They come to you in the name of the Lord and say, HE is there, He is here. Ask the Lord for discernment. Please pray for discernment!
1 Kings 18:24 Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord. The god who answers by fire—he is God.”
1 Chronicles 21:26 (NLT) David built an altar there to the Lord and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. And when David prayed, the Lord answered him by sending fire from heaven to burn up the offering on the altar.
2 Chron 7:1-2 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. 2 The priests could not enter the temple of the Lord because the glory of the Lord filled it.
God is a consuming Fire and HE answers with FIRE and the Fire will fill the room with HIS Glory.
Glory to God
Pastor Steve Yong Kim
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