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COMMANDS AGAINST FALSE PROPHECY
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
Deuteronomy 13:1-5

Mark 13:22-23

 

“But take ye heed: behold,

I have foretold you all things.”

 

COMMANDS AGAINST FALSE PROPHECY
 
Moses anticipated that false prophets would arise from among the people of Israel and would seek to turn Israel away from the Lord as did happen in the golden calf incident. He had the command from the Lord that false prophets and dreamers must be rejected and punished. This was to keep the holiness of the nation so that they would serve the Lord only. Drastic action against false prophets was necessary as a warning to the whole nation. False prophets and dreamers are always anti-God.
 
The possibility of a false prophet or a dreamer arising in Israel was real. It had happened before during the wilderness journey and the possibility of this happening again was not a far-fetched idea. The Lord saw it necessary to have a clear command regarding the needed response to such transgression. The identifying mark of the false prophets and dreamers was that they would persuade Israel to serve other gods that Israel had not known.
 
The idea of worship comes from God’s general revelation of Himself to man. However, without the revelation from Scripture, the worship of false gods easily comes in. This inward revelation is stated by the apostle in Romans 1:19-20: “Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.” And he spoke of the reason for idolatry in verse 21: “Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.” Let us be watchful.
 
THOUGHT: All false prophets come in the camouflage of truth representing themselves as being sent from God.

PRAYER: Father, help me to be able to discern truth and falsehood.

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