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THE DOOM OF FALSE PROPHETS
26^TH JANUARY, 2022

EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Exodus 23-25

READ: JEREMIAH 28:1-16

1 And it happened in the same year, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, who was from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, 

2 “Thus speaks the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. 

3 Within two full years I will bring back to this place all the vessels of the Lord’s house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon. 

4 And I will bring back to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah who went to Babylon,’ says the Lord, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’ ”

5 Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and in the presence of all the people who stood in the house of the Lord, 

6 and the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! The Lord do so; the Lord perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring back the vessels of the Lord’s house and all who were carried away captive, from Babylon to this place. 

7 Nevertheless hear now this word that I speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people: 

8 The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries and great kingdoms—of war and disaster and pestilence. 

9 As for the prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet comes to pass, the prophet will be known as one whom the Lord has truly sent.”

10 Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck and broke it. 

11 And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Even so I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years.’ ” And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.

12 Now the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 

13 “Go and tell Hananiah, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “You have broken the yokes of wood, but you have made in their place yokes of iron.” 

14 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him. I have given him the beasts of the field also.” ’ ”

15 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Hear now, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, but you make this people trust in a lie.

16 Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will cast you from the face of the earth. This year you shall die, because you have taught rebellion against the Lord.’ ”

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MEMORISE: But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has spoken in order to turn you away from the LORD your God . - Deuteronomy 13:5

EXPOSITION

It is horrible how the seat of false prophets and prophecies is gradually displacing the seat of true prophets and prophecies in churches, today. May God, in His power and mercy, uproot every satanic and demonic seat that has in any way taken over the prophecy of the Church. This will lead to the sweeping of those who are not part of the Church but have hijacked the prophecy and power of the Church through their use of means and gimmicks.

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In the text for today, we shall see again, how Jeremiah stood against false prophets and prophecies. It takes the original to combat the fake. Where the original is hiding, the fake thrives, but when the original surfaces, fakes definitely fizzle out. Remember, in those days, Elijah had to challenge the prophets of Baal to a contest, to see the one that is supreme between the living Yahweh and Baal.

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False prophets meet their doom when the true prophets stand tall for God, presenting themselves always in His counsel, like Micaiah who stood against about 400 prophets of Baal (2 Chro. 18:8-27). The battle has just begun. The era of falsehood would soon be over in the Church. Truth will prevail, because the testimony of Jesus Christ is the Spirit of prophecy (Rev. 19:10). Sooner than later, as the people of God rise to the occasion and become their own prophets, just as Moses wished that all the people of God would become prophets, false prophecy would give way to Christ’s truth in the Church. To combat false prophecy, we must be deeply rooted in God’s Word (Deut. 13:1-5). The false prophets should be punitively exposed, to lead them back to Christ where possible.

PRAYER POINT:

1. Lord Jesus, let Your Spirit take over my life, so that I won’t be penetrated by falsehood from the pit of hell.

2. Lord, deliver Your Church from false prophets/teachers and messages.

3. Lord, punitively expose the peddlers of falsehood in the Church.

DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY

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