Continuing from the previous blog, please read and understand prophecy -- as it points to false prophets and teachers in Jeremiah 23. In the last blog, we pointed specifically to the spiritual gifts freely given of the Holy Ghost, the prophecies of Joel, and our faith journey. Herein, this day, we will learn of our Lord God and Saviour -- "The Lord Our Righteousness" -- and how He shall reign and prosper and execute judgment and justice in the earth. Given the many signs that are coming to pass, the time of the Lord coming for His people is not that far away.
Please, please, please, if you have not asked Jesus to become your Lord God and Saviour in your heart, now is the time. Do not forsake everlasting life for anything this world has to offer. The Lord Jesus has a calling and purpose in your life, and when He is at the reign, it is amazing how so many things fall into place. Like the puzzle that was missing a single piece is now complete.
Remember too that in this current dispensation of grace, there is only ONE NAME whereby we must be saved. There is ONLY ONE NAME that is above every other name. That is, the precious holy Name of JESUS, for He shall save His people from their sins. (Acts 4:12; Philippians 2:9; Matthew 1:21-23; II Corinthians 5:17-19; Isaiah 9:6) Jesus -- God manifest in the flesh. (I Timothy 3:16) Jesus -- Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the ending. (Revelation 1:8) Give Him all the honour and glory and praise forever and ever amen.
The Lord's teaching about FALSE prophets and pastors and teachers from Jeremiah 23:1-40 -- as it is written:
"Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!" saith the Lord. Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed My people; "Ye have scattered My flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings," saith the Lord.
"And I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase. And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking," saith the Lord.
"Behold, the days come," saith the Lord, "that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In His days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is His name whereby He shall be called, "The Lord our Righteousness."
Therefore, behold, the days come," saith the Lord, "that they shall no more say, "The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;" but, "The Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land."
"Mine heart within Me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord, and because of the words of His holiness. For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourns; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in My house have I found their wickedness," saith the Lord.
"Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation," saith the Lord. "And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused My people Israel to err.
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah." Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; ?Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land."
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, "Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the Lord. They say still unto them that despise Me, "The Lord hath said, ?Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, no evil shall come upon you.
For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord, and hath perceived and heard His Word? who hath marked His Word, and heard it? "Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked. The anger of the Lord shall not return,
until He have executed, and till He have performed the thoughts of His heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
"I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. But if they had stood in My counsel, and had caused My people to hear My words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings. Am I a God at hand," saith the Lord, "and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him?" saith the Lord.
"Do not I fill heaven and earth?" saith the Lord. I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in My Name, saying, "I have dreamed, I have dreamed." "How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart; which think to cause My people to forget My Name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten My Name for Baal. The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath My Word, let him speak My Word faithfully.
"What is the chaff to the wheat?" saith the Lord. "Is not My Word like as a fire? " saith the Lord; "and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets," saith the Lord, "that steal My words every one from his neighbour."
"Behold, I am against the prophets," saith the Lord, "that use their tongues, and say, "He saith." Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams," saith the Lord, "and do tell them, and cause My people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all," saith the Lord.
"And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, "What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt then say unto them, "What burden?" I will even forsake you," saith the Lord. "And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, "The burden of the Lord, I will even punish that man and his house. Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, "What hath the Lord answered?" and, "What hath the Lord spoken?"
"And the burden of the Lord shall ye mention no more: for every man’s word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts our God. Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, "What hath the Lord answered thee?" and, "What hath the Lord spoken?" But since ye say, "The burden of the Lord" -- therefore thus saith the Lord; "Because ye say this Word, the burden of the Lord, and I have sent unto you, saying, "Ye shall not say, The burden of the Lord; therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of My presence: and I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten." (Jeremiah 23:1-40)
Do not be deceived. The Lord is not slack concerning His promises. Let those with eyes to see, and ears to hear, both see and hear, knowing that the Lord God Almighty loved us so much that He robed Himself in sin-prone flesh (and yet without sin) so that we could have abundant and everlasting life in Him. Yes, His Name is JESUS in this current dispensation of grace -- The Lord of Righteousness -- for He shall save His people from their sins. (Matthew 1:21-23; I Timothy 3:16)
Stand in the offering plate.
"And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, "What is the burden of the Lord? thou shalt then say unto them, "What burden?" I will even forsake you," saith the Lord. "And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, "The burden of the Lord, I will even punish that man and his house. Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, "What hath the Lord answered?" and, "What hath the Lord spoken?"
"And the burden of the Lord shall ye mention no more: for every man’s word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts our God. Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, "What hath the Lord answered thee?" and, "What hath the Lord spoken?" But since ye say, "The burden of the Lord" -- therefore thus saith the Lord; "Because ye say this Word, the burden of the Lord, and I have sent unto you, saying, "Ye shall not say, The burden of the Lord; therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of My presence: and I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten." (Jeremiah 23:1-40)
Do not be deceived. The Lord is not slack concerning His promises. Let those with eyes to see, and ears to hear, both see and hear, knowing that the Lord God Almighty loved us so much that He robed Himself in sin-prone flesh (and yet without sin) so that we could have abundant and everlasting life in Him. Yes, His Name is JESUS in this current dispensation of grace -- The Lord of Righteousness -- for He shall save His people from their sins. (Matthew 1:21-23; I Timothy 3:16)
Stand in the offering plate.
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