Deuteronomy 18:15-20
15The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you shall heed such a prophet. 16This is what you requested of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said: “If I hear the voice of the Lord my God any more, or ever again see this great fire, I will die.” 17Then the Lord replied to me: “They are right in what they have said. 18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their own people; I will put my words in the mouth of the prophet, who shall speak to them everything that I command. 19Anyone who does not heed the words that the prophet shall speak in my name, I myself will hold accountable. 20But any prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, or who presumes to speak in my name a word that I have not commanded the prophet to speak—that prophet shall die.”
How do we know if one speaks for God
or for some political or social agenda?
True prophets are called by God for
the sake of the people. The truth is not
easy to hear. Prophets often call for a
dramatic change in the way things are.
Prophets are generally not the most popular in town.
Do you think there are prophets among
us? What prophetic word might the
prophet be speaking?
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