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.
They will bloviate whatever they think will bring in the cash.
I do agree when it comes to prophecy, if you have not had direct inspiration from God to speak out, do not speak out.
Stick with the condemnation of sin (not the person), doctrine, and the great commission.
Nothing wrong with biblical studies among the faithful trying to understand the Bible’s prophetic messages but I think a line crosses when publically pronouncing them without our Lord’s inspiration.
I lost a friend over these charlatan false prophets including that evil scumbag Kenneth Copeland. I guess people just want to believe they have some sort of special knowledge even if it’s crap.
“with respect to alleged prophetic words from notable ministers.”
Does notable ministers mean those with the largest internet or TV broadcast following? I see the Swaggarts still have a large following so I does that means they can prophesize.
What “prophecies” are we talking about?
Snake-handlers in Africa proclaiming political victories?
OR....
BIBLICALLY BASED ONES written about in Scripture by men inspired by The Holy Spirit?
There is a massive gulf between the two.
Some folks are even posting Youtube videos about “dreams” and “prophecies” regarding DJT. Don’t believe that garbage.
In the period from the 2020 election all the way to January 2021, prophets were out there in full force, predicting that God was going to intervene and turn the election over to Trump. Yet I don’t think one of them apologized when that did not occur.
A prophet is supposed to be someone who accurately predicts the future. Instead, we have people just claiming to be prophets, claiming that they hear from God, with very little accuracy.
You have touched on a pet peeve of mine, so let me express my opinion (thanks, for that). Here goes...
“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?”
Mainly because they are false prophets that are raking in millions in donations for telling people what they “want” to hear (itching ears). A lot of the stuff the false prophets are spewing comes straight from QAnon. PsyOps BS. But if they told people the truth about the real state of the nation.... people would be “less inclined” to fork over those $$$ and would, instead, hold onto their money for the coming collapse and end times tribulation.
“...but the election was somehow stolen by Tinubu. Now, if this were the case, shouldn’t their prophecies have included this key detail?”
Yes, since God is omniscient and all-knowing. But they would have you believe otherwise, and that God either changed his mind or that the believers’ faith just wasn’t “strong enough” ....yet. Or that God was waiting for more corruption to be exposed.
It’s the same with the “stolen election” in the USA in 2020. The false prophets all claimed that ‘our enemies are defeated’ and that Trump would win. When he didn’t, they proceeded to claim that Trump would be “reinstated”...according to what God told them. They lied and keep lying because that’s what brings them their cash. Lying grifters, all. And they should be grateful that they are in this century and not back in the days of Moses, where they would be put to death for their blasphemies and leading people astray.
The false prophets would have you believe that God’s word is in constant flux. It is not. Only theirs is. Because they are LYING....in God’s name.
That sort of thing. The Bible says what it says, but when you start with the premise that the Bible is exactly predicting what's happening right now, there is a tendency to fool yourself into twisting things to fit.
Historical example: When the British were fighting the Turks at Megiddo during the First World War, some said it was "Armageddon". Which literally means the battle of Megiddo.
"No man knows the day or the hour" isn't just Christ being mysterious. It's a protection against error. A Christian is supposed to behave the same way regardless of what time it is.
Most prophecy is not predictive.
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