Posted on 06/23/2023 7:32:51 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I have followed what is happening in the Church with respect to alleged prophetic words from notable ministers. But what is surprising to me is that most of their prophecies concerning elections have failed woefully.
Is it that their words were not from God, or they were driven by emotions and sentiments? If they did not hear from God, why are they saying that it was God who told them to speak?
This calls for concern as these failed prophesies are bringing shame and reproach to the body of Christ worldwide. Not only are unbelievers mocking us, but this has also adversely affected the faith of believers who genuinely believe the prophecies of many of these ministers.
My country just concluded the 2023 general elections, and there were lots of prophecies that were made in favor of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labor Party. Many notable men and women of God in Nigeria predicted that Peter Obi would surely win the election. By the end of it, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, under a Muslim-Muslim ticket, was declared the winner. Some followers of these ministers get around this uncomfortable outcome by stating that Obi ultimately won, but the election was somehow stolen by Tinubu.
Now, if this were the case, shouldn’t their prophecies have included this key detail? A detailed prophecy would have saved us from the embarrassment that we are all facing presently. A similar trend happened in the 2020 United States presidential elections. The evangelical community was convinced that Trump had won the elections as well.
We must ask ourselves why these prophecies keep failing. We need an explanation from those who gave these prophecies because one thing is for sure: the Word of God cannot fail! “So is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it” (Isaiah 55:11). Authentic prophecies cannot fail; by definition. People should be careful not to be deceived by the words of men.
Instead of keeping quiet and allowing the name of the Lord to be dragged in the mud, genuine ministers of God who have prophetic unction and have mistaken the voice of God should swallow their pride and apologize for every one of their failed prophecies.
“The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; ‘And he who has my word, let him speak My word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat?’ says the LORD” (Jeremiah 23:28). As the United States prepares for its next elections next year, ministers of the Gospel should learn to keep quiet when they have not heard explicitly from God. Silence is more honorable than telling lies knowingly or unknowingly in the name of God.
Oscar Amaechina is the president of Afri-Mission and Evangelism Network, Abuja, Nigeria. His calling is to take the gospel to where no one has neither preached nor heard about Jesus. He is the author of the book Mystery Of The Cross Revealed.
“There is no room for error.”
My favorite false prediction excuse:
“Well, we moved into another timeline.”
;-)
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.
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.
Most prophecy is not predictive.
“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.
False prophets.
See my tagline. The context is about prophesies (verse 20).
That’s pretty poor rationalization to excuse away false prophesy.
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.
This person did not disparage prophecy but rather the false prophets that are out there
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.
Look for very bright white auras.
;-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.
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