END-TIME STUDY: AWARENESS OF FALSE PROPHETS

TOPIC:   AWARENESS OF FALSE PROPHETS

TEXT:     MATHEW 24: 4-5, 11, 24

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man DECEIVE you.

5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall DECEIVE many.

11 And many FALSE PROPHETS shall rise, and shall DECEIVE many.

24 For there shall arise FALSE CHRISTS, and FALSE PROPHETS, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall DECEIVE the very elect.

INTRODUCTION

If you asked a quite large number of people, this question: ‘between EARTHQUAKE and SPIRITUAL DECEPTION, which do you consider as more grievous? Or between WAR and SPIRITUAL DECEPTION which is more serious? Without hesitation, a greater percentage of them will choose EARTHQUAKE and WAR to be more devastating that SPIRITUAL DECEPTION.

However, Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ did not see it this way. He warned us to dread spiritual deception specially and watch very carefully to avoid it.

In Mathew 24:1-51 (The mount of Olives Prophecies) where Jesus gave the prophecies of rapture and end-time, HE mentioned earthquakes, wars, famine, persecution among other things as the things that would begin to happen as the signs of HIS coming. However serious one may take all these things to be, JESUS neither repeated any one of them nor asked us to take any measure to guide against them. But HE kept repeating that FALSE PROPHETS would be many and would DECEIVE the ELECTS.

Why did JESUS CHRIST keep repeating FALSE PROPHETS/DECEPTIONS but never repeated earthquakes/wars? Let’s seek to analyze/answer this question.  In doing so, let’s note that JESUS hinted us that the DECEPTIONS of the FALSE PROPHETS would be targeted at the ELECTS of CHRIST. If an earthquake happens or a war breaks out and an elect dies in the event, the ELECT will still make heaven but if an agent of Satan (False Prophet) paraded himself as a true prophet of God and He succeeded in deceiving an ELECT of CHRIST, that ELECT whom JESUS shed HIS blood for, might just end in hell or miss the rapture and the death of JESUS for that elect would be in vain.

This is why JESUS warned us to watch for deceptions more than disasters. It is in line with this concern that we present this teaching. False prophets are indeed all around us. Many don’t even know or believe they are false prophets. Many were true men of God at the beginning but have become false prophets over time even unknowingly to them. We must spread our spiritual antennas (watch) to discern them and avoid their gambits.

HOW TO RECOGNISE FALSE PROPHETS

Before we begin, let us not think that only those that parade themselves with the title of ‘prophet’ can be false prophet. ANYBODY CAN BE FALSE PROPHET DEPENDING ON WHAT HE DOES. Don’t look at his title. Just examine what he does. Consequently, all false teachers, false evangelists, false pastors, false bishops, false prophets and so on (whatever name or title they call themselves) will all be classified as FALSE PROPHETS for the purpose of this teaching in as much as he fits into the description of falsehood given in the bible.


a. His words/prophecies do not fulfill: (Deuteronomy 18:21-22)

Let us quickly states that there may be basically 2 types of Prophecies. These are the absolute Prophecies and The warning Prophecies. The absolute Prophecies do not depend on whether somebody commits a sin or repents. It must be fulfilled. Example is the prophecy that a virgin would give birth to a son, (JESUS) Isaiah 7:14. Other examples of absolute prophecies include that the Messiah would be crucified for the sins of the world and that He would come back to rapture the true believers. Example of warning prophecies is the prophecy given by Jonah to the City of Nineveh that Nineveh would be destroyed in 40 days because of its Sins but Nineveh quickly repented and the prophecy was not fulfilled (Jonah 3). That Nineveh was not destroyed did not make Jonah a false prophet because Nineveh heeded the warning. False prophets give absolute type of prophecies and the prophecies do not fulfil.    
     
                                                                                           
b.    His words are fulfilling but He introduces another God apart from Jehovah: (Deuteronomy 13:1-3)                                                          
Once He introduced you to another God, watch carefully, He may just be a soothsayer, or a diviner. He may even be prophesying by Baal (Jeremiah 23:13). Quickly disengage yourself.                                                                    

                                                                                                 
c.    His words are fulfilling but He turns people away from God: (Deuteronomy 13:5).                                                                                                      
Since man fell through sin in the Garden of Eden, God has been working to restore man back to Himself. All prophets, God has been raising from bible’s point of view are for the purpose of returning man back to God. If this pastor/prophet is leading people away from God, please, talk to your heels, no matter how much of his words are fulfilling.                      

       
d.    He calls Himself JESUS CHRIST or NEW MESSIAH: (Mathew 24:4-5)        

Once He calls himself Jesus or new Messiah or even Holy Spirit. Quickly run as fast as your feet can support. Don’t be carried away by the signs and wonders in His gathering.  

                                                         
e.   He does miracles but does not preach Salvation in Jesus Christ: (Mathew 24:24)
                                                                                   
Miracles are not signs that a prophet/pastor is from God. After His miracles, does He lead people to accept Jesus? Does He tell people to go and sin no more like Jesus normally did?  Take note, a prophet from satan will never lead people to Jesus/God nor want people to be saved. The false prophet of the antichrist will do a lot of miracles to deceive/lead people to take the mark of the antichrist (Revelations 13: 13-15). The stage is being prepared for him. Watch the message, not the miracles.                          
             
f.   He commercializes the Gospel:(2 Peter 2:3)
                                       
Jesus Christ as well as the Apostles never commercialized the Gospel. Please beware. MAJORITY of PROSPERITY PREACHERS are FALSE PROPHETS. They teach you how to make money but not how to make heaven. Avoid them. If you want to learn how to make money, go to business school, not church.  

   
g.  He teaches heresies all the time: (2 Peter 2:1)

Heresy is a doctrine that is not founded in the bible or contradicts the basic teachings of the bible. A preacher may make mistake at times, that may not classify him as false prophet but a false prophet will preach heresy at all time especially in areas of salvation/holiness standard of God and tries to justify his preachings with human wisdom. Always match every teaching with the bible.                                                                                            
h.    He uses feigned/ambiguous words, a lot, to deceive: (2 Peter 2: 3)      

If He genuinely wish to lead you to God and interested in your salvation, His words should be simple and not be chosen to confuse you more.          

                                                                                                 
i.    He introduces another gospel or perverts the gospel: (Galatians 1:6-9)

Call it ‘gospel of propserity’, ‘gospel of once saved, always saved’, gospel of liberty to do what we want’, ‘gospel of God is not concerned with what you do with your body but your heart’, gospel of there is no hell’, ‘gospel of grace covers you no matter what you do’ and so on. Whoever preaches it is accursed. Please, run from them and don’t share in their curses.  

                                                                           
j.  He does not rebuke SINs nor warns on the dangers of SINs: (Ezekiel 3:18)                                                                                                  
Sinners are always comfortable to listen to his ministrations. He allows all manners of behaviors and dressing. He won’t just talk about hell nor rebuke sin, not to drive worshipers away. He only preaches palatable messages. It’s on few occasions I have heard preachers on television/radio preach about hell. Yet, I have heard countless numbers preach about love, blessings, solutions, prosperity. I have seen a lot of publications of solution night revivals but yet to see just one repentance revival, here in Nigeria. This is why we see religious activities are increasing but still, SIN and corruption are also increasing (false prophets). This is the design of satan, through his false prophets: increased religious activities, less righteousness/holiness.                                                                                        

k.  He denies that JESUS CHRIST is the Saviour or only Saviour or acknowledges other means of salvation (2 Peter 2:1)                              
There are increasing denials of Jesus as the only Saviour in recent times by some well known preachers, presenters, religious leaders and so on. Once, they deny JESUS as the only Saviour, just know they have become agents of Satan. Avoid them altogether. Some may even parade religion as means of salvation rather than JESUS. No religion can save, even Christianity. Only Jesus saves.          
                                               
l.  He denies the SON & the FATHER: (1 John 2:22-23)                    
The bible defines the antichrist as one who will deny JESUS CHRIST as son of God and also deny God as the Father. But the spirit of this antichrist has long been in existence working through men and women (false prophets of antichrist) to deny Jesus as Son of God. Even today, they still deny Jesus as Son of GOD. Whoever does this is an agent of the antichrist. Whether he realizes or not. Do not be deceived by them. The bible warned of them in advance.                                                                                                
m.    He introduces you to image to worship  (Exodus 20: 4-5)                      
God does not require image to worship him.   If He insists, you must bow before an image during worship or to worship, be careful. You may need to consider the scripture above very well. Don’t even bow to any supposed image of Jesus Christ or Cross. Don’t be deceived.                                                                                                                

 OTHERS MAY INCLUDE
                                                                           
n.  He teaches that all men are serving the same God.                        
This is a blatant lie from the pit of hell. Though, God is one, not all men are serving Him. This statement is aimed at making the elects believe a lie. Quickly dissociate yourself from such people.
                                   
o.  He tries to bring all religions together as one (ECUMENISM)            

This agenda has been on-going. Please, don’t be part of it. The campaigners of such are false prophets.            
                                 
p.   He relegates the message of repentance and holiness            

Without repentance/holiness in Christ Jesus, no man will enter heaven. If He is not preaching holiness, perhaps he does not want you to enter heaven. Be careful.                                                                                                        
q.    He preaches holiness but perverts the name of God or the name of Jesus, His son                                                                                      
We have said a lot of things about knowing a false pastor or prophet. Deception has reached a very advanced stage. So, we have to be very careful and watchful. Do not pray in any other name except in the name of Jesus. I have personally seen people that called God after the name of their pastor. For instance, if the name of their Pastor is Wazobia. They can say God of Wazobia. Please do not do this thing. Your pastor may have another god in the secret. If you do such, indirectly, you are serving that idol. Do not even call God after your church. For instance, if your ministry’s name is Wazobia Holiness Ministry. Do not say God of Wazobia Holiness Ministry. Just pray in the name of JESUS CHRIST.

If any pastor asks you to call God after his name or any church asks you to call God after the name of the church during prayer, please do not do it. I am not saying your pastor is a false prophet nor your church is not a genuine church, but what I am saying is that another foundation cannot be laid other than the one that has already been laid in the bible and that is ‘at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow’. It doesn’t matter the type of miracle your pastor does or how much holiness he preaches or how much of his prophecies have come to pass. It does not even matter if you get result by praying like this. You can easily be deceived by this ACT OF PERVERSION. This point is similar to the point number (b) above.

To support this point, let us consider what the scripture says in 2 Corinthians 11: 13-15. It says that satan can parade himself as an angel of light. Satan’s ministers can also pretend as Apostles/Ministers of Jesus and they may also preach righteousness but they will ultimately lead you to satan. If your church or pastor insists that you must use other name to pray, other than the name of Jesus, then something is suspicious. If you are led by the Spirit, talk to your feet.

r.    He rarely quotes from the bible (scripture) but loves to quotes the supposed wise sayings of acclaimed great men                                    
The bible is there for us to quote when we are ministering, not the sayings of supposed great men most of whom were unbelievers. If you are particularly looking for wise sayings, read the book of proverbs. Beware of pastors that dont preach the gospel but rather motivational speaking.  
           
s.   He is fetish

He uses abominable things like charms, incantations, divinations, rituals, magic, sorcery and so on.


CONCLUSION

Now, that we can rightly say that Christendom/Church or better still, the elects, have been invaded and besieged with false prophets of satan to deceive us to loss our salvations and follow satan to hell just as Jesus as told us in advance that they would happen. In Mathew 24: 25, Jesus says 25 Behold, I have told you before. JESUS had told us, before, and now, I have reminded you, perhaps, you were ignorant or have forgotten. Now, you may be without excuse. Jesus is truly coming.


ACTIONS

Are you an elect of Christ? Are you truly saved? Are you on the narrow road? Do you want to make the rapture/heaven? If your answers are yes, then,

·         Make all efforts to heed the warnings of Jesus Christ.

·    Be watchful. Don’t be in haste to attend any revival just because you see the posters on the road. Pray to God for direction before you go.

·         Pay attention to what is happening in your church and around you.

·         Guard your salvation jealously that you may make it to the Kingdom of God and that you may also make the rapture.

PRAYERS

If you will like to confess your sins and accept Jesus to save you, say the following prayers, sincerely and faithfully and make a determination never to commit sin again.

Lord, Jesus Christ, I am sorry for all my sins. I confess them with my mouth and I ask for mercy. Please forgive me and wash me in your blood. I accept you as my personal Lord and Saviour. Write my name in the book of life. Give me power over sins and fill me with your Spirit and Joy of Salvation. When rapture trumpet sounds, let me make it. Thank you for saving me. In Jesus name, I pray.

Begin to read bible. Begin with the book of John. Pray always. Fast regularly (you can begin with once in a week). Look for a bible believing church where they teach repentance, holiness, salvation and fellowship with them. Pray before you go. Don’t just go to any church. There are a lot of deceptions out there. If you need our assistance, we can recommend for you, if you email us. Always run away from SINS.

·      Lord Jesus, anoint my eyes with eye salve that I may see the plans of the enemy and escape from them.
·         O Lord, fill me with the Spirit of discernment.
·         Lord Jesus, Let me escape all traps that Satan has used its false prophets to set for me.
·         Lord Jesus Christ, forgive me all sins that can make me to miss rapture.
·         Fill me with the grace to watch and pray.

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TO MAKE RAPTURE:

Confess Your Sins To The Lord, JESUS CHRIST And Ask Him To Save You.
Repent Of Your Sins Constantly On Daily Basis And Run Away From Sins.
Be Filled With The Holy Spirit.
Live In Holiness And Righteousness.
Do All Restitutions.
Cut Of All Worldliness.
Forgive All People.
Pray And Fast
Consecrate And Study The Bible
Watch.


Shalom.
JESUScoming.