 Someone who's frauds and someone who's fake someone who is either intentionally deceiving or even unintentionally deceiving people are Going to distort what the word prophecy means the truth is anyone can prophesy because to prophesy means to simply give a revelation But the issue is what sort of prophecy or what sort of prophet because you simply add an adjective to determine What sort of prophet the person is are they a false prophet? Are they a lying prophet? Are they a prophet of Baal Baal's prophet or are they a prophet of God? Prophet of God if a person wants to bring about a true revelation of God It's going to line up with the scriptures and in most cases for us that is prophecy his word Now I'm not often on Twitter or X whatever the name of it is But I happen to come across an interesting dialogue with Justin Peters He makes a statement and it's spot on it is so true and obviously is gonna cause folks to be upset I want to look at what he stated and then look at the kind of the defense that people have Towards the and he's called on false prophets if this is not you then you shouldn't be bothered But what's the old saying if you throw a rock in the crowd the one who screams is the one who got hit and Apparently this bothers a lot of people why I don't know because he didn't say anything that was not right So let's look at at his at his Twitter post and notice what it says Let me back this up just a little bit. He says yes I'm praying for Israel, but this is a new this new war brings up serious theological questions for charismatic This is yet another in a long long long and he could add probably five more long So that list of globally impactful events in just the last few years that none of the charismatic prophets are coming I guess you would also throw in there any sort of recession. You would also throw in there COVID obviously cure for COVID if there was a cure for COVID no one had any any Any inkling of this happening by any other catastrophes? Global events such as either hurricanes or anything. There's never those that come about but Why should that bother us because who cares if a Prophet is supposed to know these things or to call these things Who cares because the only point of having a prophecy is to tell me that I'm gonna have money that I'm gonna be rich Who cares about bad things happening in the world, right? I don't need a prophet to warn me of that Who cares just prophesy that I'm gonna have good things in life. I'm gonna have a money I'm gonna have a car and I'm gonna have nothing but success. That's what I want to hear, right? And so he says He says why didn't they which is a good question. Why didn't they? All these prophets claim to hear from God Regularly God tells them where to eat and where to talk to he tells the people in their audience They should give them money. He gives them words of knowledge and he's correct all of these things that they're just in the saying This is what prophets how they come on that God there in constant communication with them and That they tell them all these different things because that's what it's like to be in tune to be one to flow in the spirit And when something is important, it's about to happen or it does happen They're never Johnny on the spot. They never get an accurate prophecy and he goes on to say Why didn't he bother to tell any of these prophets that Hamas was going to launch a deadly attack on Israel and Murder scores of innocent men women and children today. Now, this is Israel Israel does play an important part in God's plan And so you would think that they would have had the heads up on it But no, they're too worried about getting prophecies to reveal about who's getting a new Cadillac who's getting new Mercedes whose bank account is going to be in large who's gonna be blessed immensely That's what they're more concerned about not not these trivial matters and so I want to I want to move down a little further and Let's see There are these Yeah, let me move down a little bit further because I want I want to look at some of the some of the responses Because someone says this guy dr. Malachi I don't know what his name is But he knows of several prophetic people who spoke about this and he goes on to say that they spoke about something happening on the 5th or the 10th well first of all in Israel Many of them may have been celebrating the day of atonement. So That's not really going out on a lens almost like saying that come November's the second Tuesday I'm sorry the first Tuesday of November in America every four years I just believe there's gonna be a political upheaval There's gonna be something major happening in Washington DC. Well, that's not a prophecy That's just really knowing what timing is but he would have seen he should have known this again Prophecy in the Bible is specific Prophecy in the Bible is intended to glorify God Prophecy in the in the Bible is intended to bring about a growth of the body That's what promises is it's not vague is specific and it can be measured and it can be verified But this person says people did Justin's response is no they did not He says no they didn't I do not believe it Please show proof of a prophetic person prophesying this specifically for the date and they cannot and that's the point When you ask for proof, you're not gonna get any proof Yeah, what you're gonna get is you're gonna get someone calling you a liar that you don't love the Lord All those sorts of things that's what you're gonna get as a matter of fact Let's see someone says you someone calls Dustin I mean Justin a clown why What why is he a clown for asking us to trust that you are a prophet or that there are these these false prophets Why is it a why is he a clown for calling out false prophets? So was Jesus one when he says beware of false prophets and they'll arise trying to deceive even the very lack What we say that about him all Justin is doing Especially in this case is simply what we're told to do we are commanded to expose this stuff We are commanded to contend for the faith What Justin is doing is nothing wrong with that and so he says I'm not the one making claims I'm simply asking for proof. Why can't we ask for proof if you're gonna say that that? Yes, someone did prophesy wasn't who that person should be found out and should be lauded That's a person that we need to be listening to if you have heard that this is gonna happen and no one listen to you Well, then first of all What sort of prophet are you where you what do you prophesy in secret? You prophesy to the people that it's germane to if God has something in the Bible We look at it when God gives a prophecy about what's gonna happen The people involved knew about the prophecy at least at least on one side of the other and so in this case no one knew We don't what was he prophesying to there's a couple people in his room We need to know because that's what prophecy is. He says so I'm not I'm not the one making claims I'm simply asking for proof Someone says no, they know they didn't is a claim So I guess this person wants to wants to go along with you know that Justin is wrong He says I follow these Charlton's pretty closely. I've learned none of them prophesying this way I'm with any specificity. I stand with what I with what I claim and I stand with you too, Justin What you just said is true They do not have any sort of way to back this up. He says we were fasting this guy comes back Fasting during Isaiah 62 6 fast several leaders And Isaiah 62 6 fast, okay Several leaders simply we're stating things. We're going to escalate in Israel That's like stating is it's October The temperature is probably gonna start dropping. I feel in the spirit The Lord is going to start causing the temperatures on the earth to cool down So the temperature so so things are gonna escalate in Israel, okay? Now by the way, we don't even know if that was safe and even more so because of the prophetic in times timeline What timeline? So you have a calendar of what's going? Anyway, also, we had a leader come to our church to show and said in the ring that in January He said this is apparently in January. Well, I won't read more of what he says because he didn't say anything He doesn't say anything at all. And so let's see what Justin's reply is Justin says these prophets regularly prophesied that things will escalate in Israel. I've seen them say that for years and they do There's always as a matter of fact on the opposite end of the spectrum Then we've got bitty hand who comes out and he gives a prophecy the states that There's going to be peace coming soon in Israel. This was about a week or two Before that as matter of fact, I happened to catch it after the fact from the messed up church Who they also do a good job of exposing some of these? These charlatans and to kind of compare what what Benny Hinn is saying versus what's actually happening on the ground So they and they always make these statements This person says that they have prophesied prophecy saying that things will escalate in Taiwan This person says let's pray for it. Well, fine. Let's pray for Israel But what we're saying is why not why not why not simply call the charlatans out? What is it that makes you so beholden to false prophets? Rather than the true word of God someone says brother, I don't disagree that there are many fake out fake prophets out there But is it a good idea to publicly despise prophecy? He's not despising prophecy That's the point do not despise prophecy, but don't equate everything with prophecy Don't equate a lie with a prophecy because someone puts God's name on it That person has not spoken of the Lord. What does Peter says he says but false prophets also rose among the people? Just as there will be also false prophets among you who will secretly introduce destructive heresies Even not all but even some will deny the master who bought them Bring swift destruction upon themselves many will follow their sensuality and because of them The way of the truth will be maligned and in their greed they will exploit you with false words Their judgment from long ago is not idle and their destruction is not like they're going to do they're going to exploit you Oftentimes at the end of these prophecies some sort of way there's gonna be an offering a specific person who's known to call himself a prophet They're going to bring in destructive heresies Well anyone that takes you from the authentic true word of God and wants to supplant that with your focus on that with your focus on them That's someone who is to be avoided to be marked and so it's true Why don't these prophets like just saying why don't these prophets? Let us know why don't you why don't you declare it? There is Facebook? There is Twitter. There is YouTube. There's every other social media platform You can have a website and then you can give us these prophecies in advance Prophecies should be in advance. We shouldn't hear from this person that Yes, someone did prophesy about this oh some time ago But you don't recall this until someone else puts you guys your feet to the fire and even the prophecy that the guy admits to or alleges to Even that is vague something's going to escalate In in Israel, maybe the fifth maybe the 10th Do we see a prophet like that in the Bible where they give these vague prophecies? Why can't we just call stuff out? If you people who believe in these prophecies today Why don't you do yourself a favor? Why don't you call out the people? Why don't you deal with the people in your own camp so to speak? They're not really in your camp or maybe they are if they're in your camp That means you're on the wrong team. They're not in my camp as a matter of fact Like Paul says that it's our aim to undermine their ministry to let people know that they're not of us And they are not because the guy that we serve is precise. He's accurate He didn't have to throw any vague prophecies as a matter of fact most of the prophecies that he would want to give us He's already given us if there are some to come fine. Let them be tested Tested as as John says not every spirit comes from God and so tested How by the word to if it comes to pass then you know what we might need to start listening to these people But so far With all of these social media platforms with these phones and so forth No one no one's out there recording these things and another reason so anyone that calls himself a prophet and They aren't giving these prophecies that are germane to us our survival Anything that's leading people to God you need to mark and avoid every last one I think Justin is right on time and shame on anyone else that would come against what he's saying as though that he's wrong and The false prophets are right. Why in the world would you want to defend the false prophet or the false prophecy for the sake of For the sake of unity Why would we want to be unified with someone who's bringing about a false prophecy heresy? Why would we want to bring about unity with someone who is maligning the name of Christ who's distorted the name of Christ who is sullying This ministry why what fellowship does light have with darkness none? And so if you're going to defend them fine do it at your own peril I can promise you that God will also deal with you as well if you are not found Supporting his word if you are if you are found to be one that's opposing him if you are opposing his message and I mean the message of the gospel the true message of the gospel then as Paul says about Alexander Then be aware of him God will deal with him and he will deal with you as well