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You are attempting to judge that which cannot be known except between the individual and God, barring supernatural gifting. Perhaps motives is not totally an accurate term, but you are trying to judge upon them something that is beyond our ability and with our current knowledge.

I don't have to judge motives. The OT prophets were never judged by motives. If they failed in their word it was a sure sign that they were deceived. Period. End of discussion. It was a sure enough sign that they could be killed based on that fact alone.

I know the options and I have laid them out here. Every one of the options is fatal to the "prophet". That's why God instituted a strict standard by which His church could judge a faithful word from the Lord: 100% accuracy every time they open their mouth. And that's also why the punishment for inaccuracy was so severe. It's easy to dupe the people of God, especially when the people are unwilling to deal appropriately with the offender. We are much to sentimental.

We obsess with man's standard rather then the Lord's. We have a sure sign that these are false prophets, yet some continue to try to rehabilitate them and their message. Why is that?