Listen for Their VoicesWritten by Joyce C. Lock
If we truly believe knowledge will pass away, why; spend lives competing to know about God, think our training is omnipotent truth, and war over doctrinal differences (causing separation of company from those not like us)? Brother against brother is a testimony lost people notice. When standing before God, He won't be asking what we believe, how much we know, or even where we studied. Though, we are accountable for 'who' we believe; gods or God. With humorous intentions, a young teen expressed interest in having a T-shirt designed to read, "I only do what voices tell me to do." "The children of this world are in their generation wiser than children of light," Lu. 16:8. Jesus said, "My sheep HEAR my voice ... and they follow me," Jn. 10:27. "Be more ready to HEAR, than to give sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil," Ec. 5:1. Wisdom begins once we stop telling God what He believes, ask Him, and listen for His answer. The Spirit of truth will guide us into all truth, Jn. 16:13.
| | False ProphetsWritten by Joyce C. Lock
Being warned of false prophets, little is taught about what a false prophet is. The Bible does not support prophets competing to unveil scripture in hopes of reward. The last time I checked, prophets heard directly from God; whether by dreams, visions, or God's voice; leaving no guess work in their message. A professed prophet said, "I believe white horse could be a flying saucer." God says white horse's rider is called Faithful and True (Re. 19:11). Do you really think he would be driving a flying saucer? The black horse must mean something really evil, right? Scripture says horses represent four spirits of heavens (Ze. 6:5). A heifer can answer riddle. Can an animal do that? What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. Judges 14:18 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. 2 Samuel 1:23 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Psalm 119:103 One announced, "We have finally figured it out! The twinkling of an eye is 15,000 millimeters of a second." Did that make your eye twinkle? It didn't mine either.
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