And I replied, “Oh no, Lord God! The prophets are telling them, ‘You won’t see sword or suffer famine. I will certainly give you true peace in this place.’”
But the Lord said to me, “These prophets are prophesying a lie in My name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, worthless divination, the deceit of their own minds. “Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, though I did not send them, and who say, ‘There will never be sword or famine in this land.’ By sword and famine these prophets will meet their end. The people they are prophesying to will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword. There will be no one to bury them—they, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. I will pour out their own evil on them.” – Jeremiah 14:13-16
For we are not like the many who market God’s message for profit. On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God. – 2 Corinthians 2:17
The false prophets of old and false prophets of today are one in the same. Their end in the lake of fire with the other liars will be the same.
These arrogant deceivers play to either the pride or fear of their congregations depending on their most recent circumstances. Whether a pride-play or a fear-play, both surely fill their pastoral pockets with grifter gold.
Peace today and salvation for eternity don’t flow come from the false comfort or emotional manipulation of media prosperity-preachers or politician-pastors. Your tithe guarantees nothing more than a tax deduction and your inclusion in a donor mailing list. You’re buying a false hope from the sale of a false gospel.
Peace and salvation come from God. They are a gift that you cannot purchase, vote for, earn, ‘claim’, or ‘identify’ with.
God hears the earnest confession of our sins, He sees repentance of our ways, and knows when we are truly trusting in Christ as our portion.
Our log-filled eyes can barely see the screen in front of us; let us leave the speck in our brother’s eye to the Lord to heal.
No manipulation; no false hope or false fear. True faith in Jesus saves. There is no other name to fear and no other name to believe.
There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people, and we must be saved by it.”– Acts 4:12
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