GodThoughtsWired! Friday, August 26, 2011 |
| Evangelizing the Church in the Age of Delusion |
profile of a false prophet
2 & 3
"You, therefore...be on your guard lest,
being carried away by the error of unprincipled men, you fall from your own steadfastness."
-2 Peter 3:17
#2. They are arrogant. "Speaking out arrogant words...they speak arrogantly" (2 Peter 2:18; Jude 16). They speak and think very highly of themselves. Often referring to themselves as an apostle or prophet of God (see Proverbs 27:2). being carried away by the error of unprincipled men, you fall from your own steadfastness."
-2 Peter 3:17
They are often forceful in their manipulation of crowds. Masters of "crowd psychology." Boastful of all that "God is doing through them." They epitomize the opposite of the one God looks to, "But to this one I will look, to him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at my word" (Isaiah 66:2).
#3. They are irreverent toward the devil and demons. "Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble when they revile angelic majesties...these men revile the things which they do not understand" (2 Peter 2:10; Jude 8-9). Out of their arrogance, false prophets openly defy Satan, often devoting more attention to the devil and demons, than to God.
The Bible tells us that even angels who are greater in might and power, do not do what these "disguised servants of the Lord" do (see 2 Peter 2:11):
"Like unreasoning animals...
reviling where they have no knowledge,
will in the destruction of those
creatures also be destroyed."
-2 Peter 2:12
reviling where they have no knowledge,
will in the destruction of those
creatures also be destroyed."
-2 Peter 2:12
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