garycg
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True and False Preachers, and The Importance of Believing the Truth
Most people are aware that false prophets in the Old Testament are supposed to be stoned to death, but another statement will shock many people; some true prophets that God speaks to and gives prophecies to, some of these true prophets teach false doctrines:
1 If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a miraculous sign or wonder, 2 and if the sign or wonder of which he has spoken takes place, and he says, "Let us follow other gods" (gods you have not known) "and let us worship them," 3 you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 It is the LORD your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him. 5 That prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he preached rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way the LORD your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you. (Deuteronomy 13:1-5)
apply the above passage to Christianity; here we have a preacher, he preaches that Jesus is the Christ, he holds crusades and build churches, and God speaks to him telling him what to do; but the man also preaches a false doctrine that will result in people becoming spiritually poor, blind, and naked, such as the "prosperity gospel." Now why would God speak to such a man, why would he answer this man's prayers if he teaches false doctrines that will lead people away from God? According to verse three and four it is because God is testing us to find out if we will follow a man or follow what God has already told us in his Word;
.. you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul. It is the LORD your God you must follow ...
Even though God speaks to him and performs miracles through him, that does not mean that everything the preacher says agrees with what God says in the Bible. God allows this because he expects us to follow what he has clearly told us in the Bible. Even though we should listen to preachers, to learn from them, in the end, we are responsible for knowing what is right and following God.
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8/18/2006, 10:01 pm
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