What do false prophets give us?
Jan 15, 2021 0:23:47 GMT -5
Post by Berean on Jan 15, 2021 0:23:47 GMT -5
What do false prophets give us?
JANUARY 7, 2021
Make no mistake, false prophets affect our lives. They exist as a common part of everyday life. Newscasts, internet sites, books, and seminars allow them to promote their error filled messages to us.
For example, we hear them lecture on financial matters, recommending investments and forecasting future economic conditions. These false financial gurus give us faulty advice which affects the monetary conditions of most of us to our loss.
These same media promote false forecasters of the next big health solutions that require only 1 pill a day. You’ve seen their ads, maybe even followed some of them.
I read one ad the other day that promoted its pill a day would cure over 30 different health problems. Yup, it advertised a multi-vitamin.
We cannot escape the constant barrage of false messengers, yet we often fall for their “too good to believe” messages, don’t we?
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However, we do not need to follow every person who tries to lead us. Not every supposed leader deserves a following.
Sad, but true, we even fall for false prophets proclaiming untrue religious messages. Every culture allows these frauds to promote their heresies. We can identify some of them because of their obvious errors.
By the way, did you know Reformation Charlotte has a Christian gear and apparel store? Check it out at ReformedGear.com.
But, some of us follow deceptive messengers unaware of their deceitful messages, even purported Biblical, Christian messages.
Why do false “Christian” prophets fool us? In the Bible, God’s message to humanity, we find solid direction on how to identify them and avoid them.
False Prophets Give Us Something Tangible to Worship
Many of us know the Bible story of Aaron’s making a golden calf for the Israelites to worship. (Exodus 32.1-6) What preceded these events recorded in Exodus 32 may surprise you.
God brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt where they had lived for about 400 years. A brief time prior to the golden calf, God met with Moses on a mountain and gave him the Law as recorded in Exodus 20.
Exodus 24 describes how Moses, Aaron, Aaron’s 2 sons, and 70 elders of Israel went to worship God on that same mountain. As they worshiped, they saw God standing on sapphire stone, and they ate and drank with Him. (Exodus 24.9-11) Out of that group, God called Moses to come up to His presence.
Before Moses and his helper Joshua went up to God, Moses told the others in the group to wait for Joshua and him to return. If the leaders in the remaining group needed help before Moses returned to them, he told them that they could ask Aaron and Hur for counsel. (Exodus 24.14)
These events precede the disastrous events in Exodus 32. Those Israelite leaders who met with God, saw Him standing on a sapphire stone, and observed His wonder, majesty, and beauty. Yet they cried for new gods and new leadership.
This rebellion of Israel and Aaron’s role in their rebellion provides a clear picture of the conditions that give rise to false prophets and teachers.
Dissatisfaction for delay
Few, if any of us, like delays. We want “Jack-in-the-box” responses to our needs and wants. The Israelites responded in the same fashion. When Moses delayed his return from his time with God on the mountain, the children of Israel grew restless. (Exodus 32.1)
They rebelled against God and Moses, impatient to wait upon God for His directions for them. These restless wanderers had seen the idols that the Egyptians worshiped.
The Israelites decided that they wanted the gods they had seen in Egypt. They sought something tangible to worship. So, when they came to Aaron with their demands, Aaron yielded and made them an idol like the ones in Egypt.
The restlessness of the Israelites and their failure to wait for God led them into grievous sin as they demanded something tangible to worship.
Disobedience of God’s commands
When the Children of Israel demanded Aaron to make the idol, they disobeyed God’s commands. God had told them not to make any graven images of birds, anything on earth or in the heavens, or especially of God. They must worship God and Him alone.
Even though the Israelites swore allegiance to God to worship Him only, they cried to Aaron to make them gods to go before them. They violated the First and Second Commandments.
Their disobedience caused God to bring severe judgment upon them for their sin.
Deification of a man
Amid their displeasure and disobedience, they deified Moses: “He brought us out of Egypt.” They failed to wait for his return from his visit with God, yet they attributed to him that which God accomplished.
God brought them out of Egypt.
He parted the Red Sea when Moses stood there quivering and wondering before God: “What am I going to do?”
God made the bitter waters at Mara sweet so that they could drink them. Moses threw the tree into the waters, but God made them drinkable.
God provided the manna every morning for six days each week, not Moses.
God caused the pillar of fire to guard them by night and the cloudy pillar to guide them during the day.
God provided the water out of the rock when Moses spoke to it.
The Scriptures record numerous accounts of God’s supernatural works on behalf of the children of Israel. But, they attributed them to Moses. They deified Moses and elevated him above God. Although God used Moses in spectacular ways, Moses was not God.
Their deification of Moses caused the Israelites to take their eyes off of God and to look to Moses for direction.
Disdain for Godliness
Exodus 32 describes the Israelites as wondering what had happened to Moses when he went up the mountain to see God. (Exodus 32.23)
They knew where Moses went. He obeyed God’s call to him to come up to meet with Him, which they knew.
Their leaders had met with God, too, saw Him standing on a sapphire stone, and beheld His glory. They knew that Moses had gone to meet with that God.
However, they preferred that Moses had stayed with them. They never considered what it meant for Moses to meet with God.
On that mountain, God met with Moses and gave him instruction for the Israelites. This time alone with God brought Moses into close fellowship with God.
The Israelites devalued Moses’ time alone with God, unaware and uncaring of the influence it would have upon Moses, their leader. They rejected the impact that God would have upon Moses, and upon them, too.
Full article at link
JANUARY 7, 2021
Make no mistake, false prophets affect our lives. They exist as a common part of everyday life. Newscasts, internet sites, books, and seminars allow them to promote their error filled messages to us.
For example, we hear them lecture on financial matters, recommending investments and forecasting future economic conditions. These false financial gurus give us faulty advice which affects the monetary conditions of most of us to our loss.
These same media promote false forecasters of the next big health solutions that require only 1 pill a day. You’ve seen their ads, maybe even followed some of them.
I read one ad the other day that promoted its pill a day would cure over 30 different health problems. Yup, it advertised a multi-vitamin.
We cannot escape the constant barrage of false messengers, yet we often fall for their “too good to believe” messages, don’t we?
ReformedGear.com
However, we do not need to follow every person who tries to lead us. Not every supposed leader deserves a following.
Sad, but true, we even fall for false prophets proclaiming untrue religious messages. Every culture allows these frauds to promote their heresies. We can identify some of them because of their obvious errors.
By the way, did you know Reformation Charlotte has a Christian gear and apparel store? Check it out at ReformedGear.com.
But, some of us follow deceptive messengers unaware of their deceitful messages, even purported Biblical, Christian messages.
Why do false “Christian” prophets fool us? In the Bible, God’s message to humanity, we find solid direction on how to identify them and avoid them.
False Prophets Give Us Something Tangible to Worship
Many of us know the Bible story of Aaron’s making a golden calf for the Israelites to worship. (Exodus 32.1-6) What preceded these events recorded in Exodus 32 may surprise you.
God brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt where they had lived for about 400 years. A brief time prior to the golden calf, God met with Moses on a mountain and gave him the Law as recorded in Exodus 20.
Exodus 24 describes how Moses, Aaron, Aaron’s 2 sons, and 70 elders of Israel went to worship God on that same mountain. As they worshiped, they saw God standing on sapphire stone, and they ate and drank with Him. (Exodus 24.9-11) Out of that group, God called Moses to come up to His presence.
Before Moses and his helper Joshua went up to God, Moses told the others in the group to wait for Joshua and him to return. If the leaders in the remaining group needed help before Moses returned to them, he told them that they could ask Aaron and Hur for counsel. (Exodus 24.14)
These events precede the disastrous events in Exodus 32. Those Israelite leaders who met with God, saw Him standing on a sapphire stone, and observed His wonder, majesty, and beauty. Yet they cried for new gods and new leadership.
This rebellion of Israel and Aaron’s role in their rebellion provides a clear picture of the conditions that give rise to false prophets and teachers.
Dissatisfaction for delay
Few, if any of us, like delays. We want “Jack-in-the-box” responses to our needs and wants. The Israelites responded in the same fashion. When Moses delayed his return from his time with God on the mountain, the children of Israel grew restless. (Exodus 32.1)
They rebelled against God and Moses, impatient to wait upon God for His directions for them. These restless wanderers had seen the idols that the Egyptians worshiped.
The Israelites decided that they wanted the gods they had seen in Egypt. They sought something tangible to worship. So, when they came to Aaron with their demands, Aaron yielded and made them an idol like the ones in Egypt.
The restlessness of the Israelites and their failure to wait for God led them into grievous sin as they demanded something tangible to worship.
Disobedience of God’s commands
When the Children of Israel demanded Aaron to make the idol, they disobeyed God’s commands. God had told them not to make any graven images of birds, anything on earth or in the heavens, or especially of God. They must worship God and Him alone.
Even though the Israelites swore allegiance to God to worship Him only, they cried to Aaron to make them gods to go before them. They violated the First and Second Commandments.
Their disobedience caused God to bring severe judgment upon them for their sin.
Deification of a man
Amid their displeasure and disobedience, they deified Moses: “He brought us out of Egypt.” They failed to wait for his return from his visit with God, yet they attributed to him that which God accomplished.
God brought them out of Egypt.
He parted the Red Sea when Moses stood there quivering and wondering before God: “What am I going to do?”
God made the bitter waters at Mara sweet so that they could drink them. Moses threw the tree into the waters, but God made them drinkable.
God provided the manna every morning for six days each week, not Moses.
God caused the pillar of fire to guard them by night and the cloudy pillar to guide them during the day.
God provided the water out of the rock when Moses spoke to it.
The Scriptures record numerous accounts of God’s supernatural works on behalf of the children of Israel. But, they attributed them to Moses. They deified Moses and elevated him above God. Although God used Moses in spectacular ways, Moses was not God.
Their deification of Moses caused the Israelites to take their eyes off of God and to look to Moses for direction.
Disdain for Godliness
Exodus 32 describes the Israelites as wondering what had happened to Moses when he went up the mountain to see God. (Exodus 32.23)
They knew where Moses went. He obeyed God’s call to him to come up to meet with Him, which they knew.
Their leaders had met with God, too, saw Him standing on a sapphire stone, and beheld His glory. They knew that Moses had gone to meet with that God.
However, they preferred that Moses had stayed with them. They never considered what it meant for Moses to meet with God.
On that mountain, God met with Moses and gave him instruction for the Israelites. This time alone with God brought Moses into close fellowship with God.
The Israelites devalued Moses’ time alone with God, unaware and uncaring of the influence it would have upon Moses, their leader. They rejected the impact that God would have upon Moses, and upon them, too.
Full article at link