TEST the PROPHETS, and check your HEART: by wecrymercy

FALSE PROPHETS:

I for one can tell you, I DO BELIEVE there are TRUE PROPHETS sent by GOD to WARN and to Preach REPENTANCE. I also pray the LORD would send them.

You might ask WHY?  WE are in DIRE NEED for REPENTANCE to be PREACHED. I believe that the LORD does not DESIRE the WICKED to die in their WICKEDNESS, and it would be a MERCIFUL act for HIM to send TRUE PROPHETS, for restoration, and salvation. HIS DESIRE would be MY DESIRE.  EZ 18: 23 EZ  18: 32

For the LIFE of me, I can not understand why so many SEEK to stand in the position of a prophet. The LIFE of the PROPHET is MOST often, AN EXAMPLE of SUFFERING for the CROSS.

IT is not a glamorous life, as so many think and profess.  More often we see the PROPHETS of old, put to death, tormented, lonely and often deprived of any goods. 


The TRUE PROSPERITY of a PROPHET is the FELLOWSHIP of the LORD.
Those that do "DESIRE" that FELLOWSHIP alone will be TRUE PROPHETS indeed.


IT is through GOD'S GLORIOUS MERCY and HIS ANOINTING ALONE, that HE sends a PROPHET, before judgment.

THUS I would cry.. LORD SEND YOUR PROPHETS!!!!

HOWEVER, many that say they are PROPHETS are not PROPHETS. And it is in our BEST INTEREST to be able to TEST the WORDS of a PROPHET:.

Matt 7: 15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Matt 24: 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Luke 6: 26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

2 Peter 2: 1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

1 john 4: 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Lam 2: 14 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

I would like to offer you some insight on testing Prophets:

1. One of the most important signs of a FALSE PROPHET is that he or she will speak from another KINGDOM, promoting things of a WORLDlY KINGDOM/idols rather than a GODLY KINGDOM.

2. They can do SIGNS and WONDERS, satan himself has powers
3. They often will speak well of you, and tell you the “desire”of your heart is coming true
4. They shall bring DAMNABLE heresies, too frequently confirmed by signs and wonders
5. They have seen VAIN and FOOLISH THINGS.

The LORD tells us to TEST these SPIRITS whether they are of GOD.

Is the HOLY SPIRIT at work in the WORDS of these PROPHETS?

or is it a SPIRIT of SELF that is professing the words of a man?

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Deuteronomy 13: 2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them.

3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams:

“For the LORD your GOD PROVETH you, to know whether ye LOVE the LORD YOUR GOD with all your heart and with all your soul.”

Prophets,  Prophets, everywhere.

By now most of you have had some encounter with a few of those self professing prophets.. Many say they are, but they ARE NOT.

In fact, I am pretty certain that most that I have encountered are SPIRITUALIST or DREAM CATCHERS.

SPIRITUALIST—One who will consistently offer to give you a PROPHETCY, but truly it is more about a READING of your heart and mind, than a prophecy.

EZ 14: 3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling block of iniquity before their face; should I be inquired of at all by them.

4, ..Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face.. I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols.

7. For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and puteth the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him: I the LORD WILL answer him by myself.

And I will set my face against that man..

10 And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even the punishment of him that seeketh unto him.

These SPIRITUALIST are very dangerous to the BODY OF CHRIST. Because they are more often gibing READING/witchcraft  from your hearts and desires or from their own HEART, and DESIRES they are leading many astray. They are NOT TRUTH BEARERS to the BODY.

Hindering growth, and maturity and often will lead people to their IDOLS rather than what is TRUTH from GOD.

DREAM CATCHERS/physic --- These guys desire to know the future so bad, they open themselves up to EVERY possible spirit there is to get it. They can be dangerous, because they cause FEAR and many will MOVE HOME and FAMILY through these prophecy's. Be careful, sometimes they get are able to get some TRUTH, but more often they are having pizza dreams more than anything, making them harmless.

What has the WHEAT/body of Christ have to do with the CHAFF what is unusable?

Jeremiah 23: 28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What [is] the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 23: 30 Therefore, behold, I [am] against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour

Jeremiah 23: 31 Behold, I [am] against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD

The GATHERING of the PROPHETS:

These gatherings of prophets,  often “Conspire” with one another to confirm the “meaning” of a dream. Leading others to believe that by their NUMBERS it is confirmed as truth.

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Do YOU love GOD with all your heart and soul or have you found yourself running TO and FRO looking for a prophet?

Well trust this.. YOU WILL BE TESTED and TRIED to see if that is so. Deu. 13: 3 tells us that GOD will prove us on such matters.

Check your heart:

Do you find yourself SEEKING out every PROPHET?  SEEKING to Receive instruction or guidance from someone else?

THEN REPENT of that NOW!!! Choose today to SEEK the LORD and HIS VOICE.

The LORD’S door is not closed to you or I.  With all your MIGHT, seek to HEAR HIS voice with all your HEART and SOUL. IF the LORD desires to send a PROPHET to you TRUST that HE will do so.  

TEST THEM:

What KINGDOM are they speaking from?

ARE they speaking from a heart of RIGHTEOUSNESS or of VANITY?

ARE they seeking REWARD, profit, vanity, idols?

A WORD the LORD sends is CONFIRMED by the HOLY SPIRIT

Brings change to your heart, holiness, righteousness, rebuke, conformity to Christ, and sometimes WARNING to our lives. A WORD from the LORD, will reveal HIDDEN things of the heart, that are UNRIGHTEOUS, UNHOLY, vanity, pride, idols. etc.

Jeremiah 23: 29 [Is] not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces?

I pray the LORD will SEND TRUE PROPHETS at a time, such as this. 

WE NEED TRUE PROPHETS to preach REPENTANCE and RESTORATION. The TRUE message of SALVATION.

Blessings donna

The PROPHET, by Michael Card