I see encouragement to the body, to follow Christ closely, especially now. What is wrong with that? Today’s prophecies are mostly end times or encouragement to the believer. I am encouraged by Jedediah. That can’t be so bad, can it?
“I see encouragement to the body, to follow Christ closely, especially now...I am encouraged by Jedediah. That can’t be so bad, can it?”
I was part of a Baptist Church in college, when a man came claiming to be a prophet of God. When my roommates and I talked to him, he seemed pretty vague. After a couple months of division, he gave a prophecy that the pastor’s wife would give birth to a baby girl. A month later, a baby boy was born.
He was told to leave the church, and his description was passed to others in the area. However, several members left the church to follow him, even though his prophecy had been proven false.
The scriptures ARE sufficient - not just as a rule of faith for the church, but for our lives. The only men I’ve met in person who claimed to be prophets were liars, so I tend to be skeptical. At a minimum, it seems scriptural to ask what does his ‘prophesy’ mean, and why should I listen to it?
There are many false prophets, and it is a serious thing to claim to speak the words of God Himself. We are told to judge, and to be careful not to be led astray.