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True Prophets are a Reflection of Jesus

“Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold” (Matthew 24:11-12).

Wolves, in their own environment, bring balance to nature, but when there’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing, and he’s behind the pulpit, it’s bad news because he’s only interested in fleecing the flock and then devouring the sheep.

The Apostle Peter saw it in his day, writing that “false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction” (2 Pet 2:1).

In the current times, many of us can relate to the prophet Jeremiah’s words: “My heart within me is broken because of the [false] prophets; all my bones shake … because of the Lord, and because of His holy words” (23:9). God declared, “‘For both prophet and priest are profane; yes, in My house I have found their wickedness,’ says the Lord” (23:11).

If your church is not focused primarily on the Person and the work of Jesus Christ, it is not Christocentric.  That means, it is not Christ focused, and remember, Jesus said the Holy Spirit will testify of Him (John 15:26), and so God’s teachers should testify of Christ too.

True Prophets are a Reflection of Jesus

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Biblical Polytheism

Though many of the world’s major religions today are monotheistic, meaning they believe in the existence of only one god, essentially all of them began as polytheistic in one way or another. Take Judaism, for example. Today, it solely believes in Yahweh, the same one god that Christianity and Islam pray to. When Judaism was young, however, many of its followers worshipped Yahweh as “the one god above all others,” meaning there were others to be above.

For example, in ancient Canaan pre-Judaism, polytheism was the rule of the day, with various gods known as Baal’s all receiving worship. Even when Judaism entered the picture, Yahweh was initially considered just another deity. Then, as cultures continually warred, Yahweh came to be held above the rest, and then every Baal became one Baal, and then the one Baal became an archenemy of the true God, Yahweh.