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Testing False Prophets  Why are there false prophets? Satan, the devil, a fallen angel, is the father of lies and has deceived the whole world… Jesus tell us this both in the Gospel of John Chapter 8: verse 44; and in the book of Revelation Chapter 12: verse 9. Satan’s goal has been to twist and pervert the truth of God …and to discourage humanity from following the path, to true happiness and eternal life.  To assist him in this effort, Satan influences people to become counterfeit prophets. Another reason given, in the Bible, is that some people speak from their own imagination.  God says, “Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!” (This quote is from the book of Ezekiel Chapter 13: verses 3-4.  Throughout the centuries, numerous false prophets have arisen, either because of their own desires or from Satan’s influence… or both. We are given four tests to prove whether a prophet is true We need to carefully consider G...

True and False Prophets This is a reading from the Book of Deuteronomy Chapter 18: verses 15–22 (in the NLT)… Moses continued, “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet, like me, from among your fellow Israelites.  You must listen to him.  For this is what you yourselves requested, of the Lord, your God, when you were assembled at Mount Sinai.  You said, ‘Don’t let us hear the voice of the Lord, our God, anymore …or see this blazing fire, for we will die.’  “Then, the Lord said to me, ‘What they have said is right.  I will raise up a prophet, like you, from among their fellow Israelites.  I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell the people everything I command him.  I will personally deal with anyone, who will not listen to the messages, that the prophet proclaims, on my behalf.  But any prophet, who falsely claims, to speak, in my name …or who speaks in the name of another god, must die.’  “But you may wonder, ‘How will we...