Why do prophecies about politics keep failing? Ministers of the Gospel should learn to keep quiet when they have not heard explicitly from God.

Christian Post ^ | 06/23/2023 | Oscar Amaechina

[cgbg]

“There is no room for error.”

My favorite false prediction excuse:

“Well, we moved into another timeline.”

;-)

[Republican in occupied CA]

True that.

I can accept a humble “I was wrong, I am sorry” from someone who is genuinely contrite and repentant.

But *NOT* when they claim to speak with the authority of a Prophet of God. No second chances, baby- you might get into heaven if you fall on your knees and keep your yap shut for the rest of your days, but STFU forevermore you false Shepard because you may well have led souls to hell.

[metmom]

Some do not believe in prophecy and go out of their way to try to disprove it. Do not disparage prophecy as it grieves the Holy Spirit.

Only if it's truly from God.

So tell me, how do you know if it is or not?

False prophets abound there are far more of them than true prophets, so being skeptical is not grieving the Holy Spirit, it's exercising discernment until one can verify that the prophecy is from God.

And considering the plethora of false prophets, taking anything at face value means you are far more likely to be wrong than right.

Besides, grieving the Holy Spirit is not just about being suspicious about someone's *Thus saith the Lord.... * proclamation.

[circlecity]

Most prophecy is not predictive.

[Danie_2023]

“I wonder if your name is “Daniel”, too? Mine is; probably why I find the subject interesting.”

No, just Danie. I was brought up by Conservative parents that were Christian, but did not go to church. They sent me to Bible School when I was young, but when I was a teen they never pushed me to do anything I didn’t want to (they knew my nature only too well). My grandfather was a Baptist Church Deacon and very loving but also very strict, which caused my dad and his 3 brothers and 2 sisters to rebel against that strictness. I’m grateful that my parents did not force me to go to church and let me make my own decisions re: Christianity, which... in the long run, turned out very positively. I am solidly on Team Jesus now.

It’s all a choice in life, after all. And some people are, unfortunately, coerced into being something they really don’t want to be, causing them to rebel against religion....when.. if they had been left alone, they would have come around to the light on their own.

We have been very lucky so far to have been born in America and brought up here. But sooner or later, everyone’s luck eventually runs out. The Bible predicts evil increasing in the last days.... before Jesus returns. And that is exactly what we are witnessing today. This nation is probably the only thing standing in the way of the demonics right now that want to destroy Israel. We’ll either become complicit with that goal or will be destroyed and out of the way. Reality sucks.

[Rich21IE]

False prophets.

[Tell It Right]

Ok, how does one determine in advance if a person prophesying is speaking for God or speaking for himself?

See my tagline. The context is about prophesies (verse 20).

[mountainlion]

God can even use a false prophet like Balim. The best of prophets can give a false prophecy like when I think it was Heziciah was told he had 15 days. to get his things in order. He turned to the wall and prayed and cried and the prophet was told before he left the courtyard to go back and tell him he had 15 years.

[metmom]

That’s pretty poor rationalization to excuse away false prophesy.

[Raycpa]

“’In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams .Acts2:17

[mountainlion]

I never believed that one false prophecy made a false prophet. I think the false prophets were the prophets of Baal and such. Kim Clement made a couple mistakes. Does that make him a false prophet? He claimed he might be a wrong prophet but not a false prophet. If we kill everyone that made a mistake the whole population would disappear.

[Nifster]

This person did not disparage prophecy but rather the false prophets that are out there

[metmom]

I never believed that one false prophecy made a false prophet. I think the false prophets were the prophets of Baal and such.

If the person is claiming to be passing on some word from God, IOW a prophecy, then he'd better be right 100% of the time. Otherwise, nobody can trust any future pronouncements.

Kim Clement made a couple mistakes. Does that make him a false prophet? He claimed he might be a wrong prophet but not a false prophet.

According to Scripture it does.

Deuteronomy 13 and 18 address this.

If the person who calls themselves a prophet is wrong even once, then how can you know you can trust them the next time they claim to speak out a prophecy?

Taking every *Thus saith the Lord* pronouncement as from God, is a sure fire way to fall into deception.

It's not grieving the Holy Spirit to use discernment to test the spirits as God commanded us to do.

[mountainlion]

I think I have found the error in my logic. A prophet can be mistaken and say wrong things as long as he doesn't say thus sayeth the Lord, Just as a pastor has a higher office and is more responsible for what he says.

[GingisK]

Look for very bright white auras.

[GingisK]

“Well, we moved into another timeline.”

;-D

That one is just precious. ;-D

New Age cultists used to be very entertaining: Can you feel the vibrations in that quartz crystal? It will raise your vibrational level if you wear it from your neck. They were a blast.

[sauropod]

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