How to Know if a Person is a True Prophet
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Q: How you
know if a person is a real prophet?
A: I do not believe we should
be looking for prophets today. However, for the sake of
discussion, I will give three biblical tests of a true
prophet. They are a good way to test prophets for any age or
time.
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A true prophet never
turns people away from the true God, even if their signs
and wonders come true. This kind of a prophet is sent to
see how much people really love the Lord.
Deuteronomy 13:1-3 If
there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of
dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, And the
sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake
unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which
thou hast not known, and let us serve them; Thou
shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or
that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God
proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your
God with all your heart and with all your soul.
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A true prophet never
prophesies something that does not happen. What he says
always comes to pass. Otherwise, he is a false prophet.
Anybody can be right part of the time. A prophet is
always right when he gives a prophesy from God.
Deuteronomy 18:20 But
the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in
my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or
that shall speak in the name of other gods, even
that prophet shall die. 21 And if thou say in
thine heart, How shall we know the word which the
LORD hath not spoken? 22 When a prophet
speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing
follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing
which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath
spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid
of him.
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The prophesy of a true
prophet always agrees with the written word of God. If
their words are not according to God's word, then it is
because there is no light in them.
Isaiah 8:18 Behold, I
and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for
signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of
hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion. 19 And
when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that
have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep,
and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their
God? for the living to the dead? 20 To the law
and to the testimony: if they speak not according to
this word, it is because there is no light in them.
There may be other
requirements of a true prophet. However, these three
requirements will single out the false prophets in almost
every case.
Till He comes,
Pastor David Reagan
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