Why are people led astray by the false prophets and why is it tough to recognize them ???
Hos 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children
The problem lies in not understanding what the Bible points to that there is another jesus and another spirit not the True Jesus of Nazreth and the Holy Spirit. The false prophets are the ones deceived by the another jesus ... that is why their doctrine and theology dose not come in line with the Bible.
According to the Bible the office Apostles and of prophets is closed but ones in the Body of Christ can prophesy by the Holy Spirit and it must be aligned to the Word of GOD and 100 % accurate... miss it by 1% and you can be stoned for using the spirit of divination- where as now a days these so called prophets have their own standard of being at least 60-66 % accurate.
The gift of prophecy as it regards "new revelation" has ceased..but the gift of prophecy has changed from the OT foretelling future events to edifying, exhortation as we see in 1 Cor 14:3..it in totality is confirming the Truth of the Word of God that is now revealed.
It is the deceived who come out with wrong doctrines like
- Denying trinity
- Manipulating true repentance teaching
- Drunk in spirit
- Mocking holy laughter
- Little gods
- New revelations from god
(Bible is a closed book and nothing new can be added or subtracted from it - if one dose it then their names will be scratched from the Book of Life Rev 22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: Rev 22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. )
- And visits to heaven and hell etc ...
and experiences which have no biblical ground but can trace them to meta physical cults where the sources are demonic...
Also the New Apostolic reformation-NAR and cults of Apostles who claim to built the foundation of Church (For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.-1 Corinthians 3:11 )
Rev 21:14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. - God only recognizes the 12 Apostles as in the Bible rest the five fold ministry continues through Holy Spirit for the Body of Christ but the Offices of Prophets and Apostles is closed as Bible being a closed book no need of prophets to prophecy anything new what ever the Lord had to say is well recorded in the Holy Bible and the Holy Spirit uses the Word of God stored in one's Heart.
2Co 11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. 1Ki 18:21
GLORY BE TO THE LORD
