Mixed Messages from Prophets

“If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a sign or wonder, and if the sign or wonder spoken of takes place, and the prophet says, “Let us follow other gods” (gods you have not known) “and let us worship them,” you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer.

The Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul. It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him.” Deut 13

Usually we know if a Prophet is truly from God because his prophecies come true. Obviously if a Prophet’s prophecies don’t come true he is not from God. Makes sense right? Not so fast… This passage appears to tell us that God can inspire a Prophet to give a mixed message as a test for us.

So imagine this… God inspires a prophet to tell us that God will raise up a T. Rex who will rise up out of Corpus Christi Bay and smash up the Selena Auditorium. Of course we all laugh but then one day a big old T. Rex does exactly that.

The next day the prophet says we must all become Muslims.

The true follower of God will say… I know that T. Rex tore up Selena’s Auditorium and I can’t explain it but I cannot reject my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and will wait for God to explain it all in Heaven one day.

Same thing with Preacher’s today… some of them may look good and may sound good and may do a lot of good but they could just be a test from God to see if you are going to follow a man or God’s Holy written Word… the Bible. How are you going to know what to do and who to follow if you don’t know the Bible?