Date: 19.03.2021
Topic: BEWARE OF FAKE PROPHETS
Biblical Text: “I have not sent these prophets yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied”. [Jeremiah 23:21]
A woman went to see a prophet to enquire whether she can marry a particular man. The prophet replied in the affirmative. He told her that their marriage will be blessed. Some months after their wedding, the man impregnated another woman. His behaviour suddenly changed, about six years into the marriage, the man left the house to stay with another woman. The woman was devastated, she asked a prophet before she accepted the marriage proposal, ‘How can this happen to her?’ She fell into the trap of a false prophet. King Ahab- King of Israel wanted to go to war with the king of Assyria. The king of Judah-Jehoshaphat volunteered to help the king of Israel. He asked King Ahab that they should enquire from the Lord. King Ahab gathered 400 prophets to enquire whether the battle will be favorable or not. All of the prophets told the kings that the Lord will deliver the king of Syria into their hands. Jehoshaphat was not satisfied; he sensed that the 400 prophets were fake. He asked if there was a prophet of the Lord in Israel. Prophet Micaiah was hastened and brought up to the king. Despite the fact that they pressured him to speak in line with what the 400 prophets had said; he refused. He insisted on speaking only what the Lord says. He told the king, ‘I saw Israel scattered as sheep without a shepherd’ meaning that the king will die if he goes to war. The king disobeyed and went to war on the strength of what the 400 fake prophets had told him. King Ahab lost his life in the war. To believe every prophecy is dangerous; you need to check if it is of the Lord. There are many fake prophets gone into the world to deceive lazy Christians. BEWARE !
KNOW IT ∞ Beware of fake prophets
READ IT ∞ 1 John 4:1, Deuteronomy 18:22, 1 Kings 22:1-37
PRAY IT ∞ Father, give me the wisdom to discern fake prophets.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR ∞ Habakkuk 1-3
© Pastor Tunde Richards & Pastor Oluwafemi Adebayo
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