Let the Real Prophets Stand Up!
God has such a way of dealing with us, doesn’t He?
Somehow, He exposes the false prophets. Someway, He exposes truth and the liars.
Sometimes, He allows the wise to confound themselves or for the ‘foolish’ to expose their frail wisdom.
Yet, in all of this, He still uses His prophets to warn us of coming events or situations.
“This is what The LORD says — your Redeemer and Creator:
“I AM The LORD, who made all things. I alone stretched out the heavens. Who was with me when I made the earth? I expose the false prophets as liars and make fools of fortune-tellers. I cause the wise to give bad advice, thus proving them to be fools. But I carry out the predictions of my prophets!” Isaiah 44 24-26a.
It doesn’t need a ‘latter-day-Elijah’, or a ‘modern-Elisha’ to thunder prophecies to the world beginning with a “Thus saith The LORD”!
It doesn’t need one trained and learned in prophecy. It doesn’t necessarily even need one who believes in prophecy.
All it takes is a willing spirit.
Actually, all it really takes is for someone to open his mouth at the right moment – and out it comes.
How many of us have heard a child come out with the most outrageous and timely truth without for one second understanding the import of what he is saying?
But a willing spirit is whom God will use most times.
A prophetic person might receive a timely word for The Church, or for the person in front of them. They may even receive quite a lengthy prophecy which they give out to their audience of between one and possibly hundreds.
Yet, too, and very sadly, ‘prophets’ are as fickle as anyone else. They can be just as jealous, critical, dismissive, even scornful of anyone they do not credit with being a fellow prophet.
Do we all think that, just for a while, we can all just ‘can’ our egos and listen and weigh objectively the many words we are hearing today.
If the company of prophets, between them, cannot sort the wheat from the chaff, prophetically speaking, then what hope has the poor Church with no other voice to listen to bar the bleating and braying of those mostly self-appointed few.
Many of the prophetic voices we hear are sound prophetic voices, well practiced in the discerning of God’s voice in the midst of the storm. Sadly, too many are not.
Let the company of prophets come together in unity and weigh the plethora of words between them before pronouncing, or as more recently, repeating what everyone else is prophesying as if it were uniquely his own Word.
Let the real prophets stand up today and, in humility, speak only what The LORD gives them to speak.
~ Chris G. Bennett
Chris Bennett came to salvation in 1962 but didn’t begin ministry until 2007 — a late-comer! Now mandated by The LORD to prophesy and open old wells of revival in the U.K., but especially in Wales. He has also operated Healing Rooms, and worked with deliverance teams, all with his wife, Linda. Happily now doing whatever The LORD asks of them! Founder, with wife Linda, of their ministry The Upper Room Encounter.
“Yet, too, and very sadly, ‘prophets’ are as fickle as anyone else. They can be just as jealous, critical, dismissive, even scornful of anyone they do not credit with being a fellow prophet.”
That’s so very, very true. I’ve been hurt just as much or even more by the “prophets” on Youtube and internet, than any other Christians. Many of them have angry spirits on the one hand, but keep reminding their subscribers of their “patreon accounts” on the other, while relating a dream freely given to them by God. And then we get berated for our mocking, scoffing or disbelief of God’s annointed.
God Himself also gets angry at us, but like this teaching says, if the prophets can’t even recognise the true ones amongst themselves, how can we, the church?
Everyone think they have perfect discernment, but what I see is almost every one is sorely lacking in discernment! And when we point out false prophets or prophecies, we are the ones berated, mocked, scoffed at and treated like evil-doers.
When will God come through for us, who really are trying our utmost best to fulfill His command of “testing the spirits” and “watching the fruit”, but then today He accuses us through one prophet of being Pharisees for judging and watching every word and deed of His prophets? Where does that leaves us? Should we now not judge the fruits and Spirits anymore?!
I’m done with this. It’s not fair and I absolutely hate unfairness.
if u havent noticed most prophets have not come conclusionary. especially Lana Vawser. Deut 18:22. God gave us this passage to save us from presumptous soothsayers.
Hey Caroliney. I’m not English and are unsure. Can you please explain what you mean with “have not come conclusionary”? I think I agree with your sentiments, but just want to make sure I understand the terminology correctly.
Thus saith the Lord:
1 Samuel 18
Saul Becomes Jealous of David
18 After David had finished talking with Saul, he met Jonathan, the king’s son. There was an immediate bond between them, for Jonathan loved David. 2 From that day on Saul kept David with him and wouldn’t let him return home. 3 And Jonathan made a solemn pact with David, because he loved him as he loved himself. 4 Jonathan sealed the pact by taking off his robe and giving it to David, together with his tunic, sword, bow, and belt.
5 Whatever Saul asked David to do, David did it successfully. So Saul made him a commander over the men of war, an appointment that was welcomed by the people and Saul’s officers alike.
6 When the victorious Israelite army was returning home after David had killed the Philistine, women from all the towns of Israel came out to meet King Saul. They sang and danced for joy with tambourines and cymbals.[a] 7 This was their song:
“Saul has killed his thousands,
and David his ten thousands!”
8 This made Saul very angry. “What’s this?” he said. “They credit David with ten thousands and me with only thousands. Next they’ll be making him their king!” 9 So from that time on Saul kept a jealous eye on David.
10 The very next day a tormenting spirit from God overwhelmed Saul, and he began to rave in his house like a madman.
I’m not a prophet, however, I like your message and thank you for speaking it out.