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SAA Notes
Ezekiel’s warning to deceived and deceiving prophets should make every Christian speaker, preacher, leader give pause to reflect on what they say is from the LORD! The Apostle John tells us (in Revelation 19:10) that the spirit of true prophecy is the testimony of Jesus – not the testimony of our future.
SJA Notes
* Dear God, please show us Your wisdom today from Your word.
“My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and who give lying divinations.”
The more we read through God’s word we come to see just how corrupt God’s people can become when they(we) move away from our King.
We see it in Israel’s history.
Church leadership that misleads the people, that says “Peace” when there is no peace. Leadership that builds up false doctrine and covers it with weak moralism and spiritualism.
God is against this behaviour, this leadership.
Without Jesus, we veer off.
As with Israel, so with us.
Today we have church leadership that misleads, saying “Peace” when there is no peace.
Deeper still, we the people, we can become complicit with the leadership (as with Israel) by ignoring God’s call to live holy lives (according to His word), listening to the easy-to-hear honeyed words.
Are we profaning God today with our behaviour, or honoring Him?
* Father God,
You are holy. We are not.
You are God. We are not.
Please help us today Lord, for we cannot help ourselves.
But You do. And have. And will.
More of JESUS, less of us!
Amen.