[delacoert]

...men can and do lie about such matters. That’s why I think one needs to apply the standards laid out plainly in Scripture to test whether the message is coming from God, or from a mere man, lest you be misled.

Yes, and according to John, it is actually possible to share in the wicked work of a false teacher:

Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take him into your house or welcome him. Anyone who welcomes him shares in his wicked work. (2 Jn. 9-11)

As we obey the command not to be gullible, but "test the spirits" (1 Jn. 4:1) so that we won't be deceived, we will have to carefully evaluate teachers and ministries by the Scriptures, which are always final authority (2 Tim. 3:16, 17).

[Boogieman]

Good point, especially that Scripture, and not our feelings, are the final authority.

“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.” Prov. 3:5

“There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death..” Prov. 16:25

[Quix]

1. One of the Scriptural tests is . . . does the prophet attest and affirm that Jesus came in the flesh.

2. Another is the fruit of their ministry.

3. Another is their agreeing with Paul and the basic doctrines of the faith.

All the prophet and prophetic types hereon pass those tests better by far than the naysayers hereon do.