PeaceLikeaRiver
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I would assume saying things contrary to scripture would expose someone as a false prophet, but what else?
I love this answer, thanks. I agree, none of them has an ounce of humility. They have all the answers and no questions and you have to be suspicious of that.I don't listen to anyone who calls him/herself a prophet. I find that a very heady proclamation to make about oneself. The pride it must involve to do that! Kind of reminds me of Messianic leaders who take on the title of "Rabbi" when they don't have even half of the necessary education.
Amen. A true prophet is confirmed by his words and need not call himself a prophet.I don't listen to anyone who calls him/herself a prophet. I find that a very heady proclamation to make about oneself. The pride it must involve to do that! Kind of reminds me of Messianic leaders who take on the title of "Rabbi" when they don't have even half of the necessary education.
I would assume saying things contrary to scripture would expose someone as a false prophet, but what else?
I would assume saying things contrary to scripture would expose someone as a false prophet, but what else?
Tezrili being happy . Tezrili being happy often . Tezrili smiling often . Tezrili preaching from scripture to an audience and smiling after every phrase / too much .Seriously, KingJ. Seriously, okay? Throughout my last 30+ years, I have been accused by leaders of smiling too much, looking too happy. This is frustrating to me. I don't understand. Since you brought it up (sorry!!) what is wrong with being happy? Or possibly it's finding humor in things? With smiling? I ask anyone here in all seriousness. Please be honest, because any answer less than an honest one is not worth typing -- okay?
I'd say testing them against Scripture is the best defense that we have. Where we cannot test against Scripture, like topics that Scripture doesn't address, we must rely on the Holy Spirit to be the guide. I personally am not so comfortable with the second option because I haven't honed my listening skills yet and most of the time I feel like I don't receive an answer. Perhaps that will get better with time.
The only issue I have with people making claims based on what they think the Holy Spirit is telling them is that everyone seems to get different messages. If I can prove that someone is teaching falsely through Scripture then I'd prefer to do it that way so others are more likely to believe.Issue with that is we get bogged down in which scripture and how valid it is to the teaching that is being falsely given.
Then we have the issue of translations into English that were not correctly done. So we assume the words mean the same in their
original form which is not always the case.
So Sola Scriptura is not a panacea. We have to go beyond that to trusting The Holy Spirit that was given to us.
Seriously, KingJ. Seriously, okay? Throughout my last 30+ years, I have been accused by leaders of smiling too much, looking too happy. This is frustrating to me. I don't understand. Since you brought it up (sorry!!) what is wrong with being happy? Or possibly it's finding humor in things? With smiling? I ask anyone here in all seriousness. Please be honest, because any answer less than an honest one is not worth typing -- okay?
If someone claims to be a prophet, then I would start being careful at that time itself.. Instead of judging them, I would test the spirit against Word of God and look at the fruits they bear..I would assume saying things contrary to scripture would expose someone as a false prophet, but what else?
The only issue I have with people making claims based on what they think the Holy Spirit is telling them is that everyone seems to get different messages. If I can prove that someone is teaching falsely through Scripture then I'd prefer to do it that way so others are more likely to believe.