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The prophets prophesied lies and deceit to the people. There was ease in Zion (cf. Amos 6:1) and the prophets did not testify the truth to the people. They permitted them to sin. In fact, the prophets seduced the people and exclaimed “Peace!”-but there was no peace. These false prophets were mercen
Lying prophets, dreamers of dreams! That these prophets dreamed dreams, was not in itself evil. That did not make these prophets false prophets. Although a dream was the lowest form of revelation, God also spoke to the true prophets through this medium. But what made dreams of the lying prophets evi
Furthermore, it was the Lord who put a lying spirit in their mouths and so deceived them and their dupes in order to reveal the destructive, punitive power of His wrath (Ezek. 14:9). The will of God is the cause of it all (Lam. 3:37). But if it be asked, How shall we distinguish a false prophet from
Thus we find already in the Old Testament that the Word of God condemns the false prophets as liars and deceivers. The false prophet is one that deliberately speaks lies in the name of the Lord, and that, too, to entice and deceive the people to wickedness and idolatry. And according to the law th
Now in this connection, we have to understand that the only possibility for that is that Christ himself, the eternal Son of God, the Word become flesh, is the Prophet of God. He is God's great servant whom God has ordained to fully reveal to us God's counsel concerning our salvation. In that li
The Chief Prophet and Teacher is Jesus Christ Himself. He is God's great Servant sent into the world fully to reveal to us God's counsel concerning our redemption. He is the One who in all ages reveals the truth in the hearts and minds of God's people. It is Christ Jesus who today gives the church p
The true prophet will always be concerned with the truth. And he can never enjoy or condone the philosophies of the false prophets. He may be called narrow-minded, oldfashioned, a miserable critic, a chronic fault-finder or the like. But even that is nothing strange or new. From the mouth of the pro
Thus, Scripture always conceives of false prophets as teaching a false doctrine, cf. II Peter 2:13; I Jon. 4:1-3, etc. However, it stands to reason that also their lives will demonstrate worldly-mindedness, as will also be the fruit of their preaching in the congregation where they labor. 3. Hence,
In these sorts of ministries, it is not so much the false prophets eating up the “sin-offerings” of the people as it is the eating up of the sinful offerings of filthy lucre these people make to them in order, as they are taught, that they may eventually find themselves prospering a hundred fold! Oh
In other words, the people who listen to false prophets know that the prophet to whom they listen is a wicked prophet who does not come with the Word of God. They listen to him anyway and do what he says. They are enticed by the false prophet’s flattering words and like the predictions that suit the