To: Lee N. Field
"Why should I believe this person is a prophet of God? " --me, earlier and still unanswered. Someone else answered a similar question back in May, and the answer was this: the local congregation's vote decides whether a prophecy is from God, even if the presumed prophet fails the two Deuteronomy tests.
56 posted on
09/30/2009 11:06:15 AM PDT by
Alex Murphy
(...We never faced anything like this...we only fought humans.)
To: Alex Murphy
How well did that work out in Jeremiah’s time, I wonder?
59 posted on
09/30/2009 11:22:11 AM PDT by
Lee N. Field
(It doesn't take much to be a false prophet these days beyond a WebTV and a blogspot account.)
To: Alex Murphy
Someone else answered a similar question back in May,
I note that I chimed in there too, 100+ messages later.
"Standard remains the same. 100% correct and doesn't lead you away from worshiping the true God. Otherwise 'the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.'
"The modern wannabes don't come close."
60 posted on
09/30/2009 11:27:19 AM PDT by
Lee N. Field
(It doesn't take much to be a false prophet these days beyond a WebTV and a blogspot account.)
To: Alex Murphy
Still chafing against the Scriptural standard while pretending to appeal to a Scriptural standard?
What hubris.
154 posted on
10/05/2009 6:43:51 PM PDT by
Quix
(POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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