Suppose someone gives you a genuine message from God: is it a sin to disbelieve it? If it is an instruction or command for you to follow, is it a sin to disobey it?
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
Suppose someone gives you a genuine message from God: is it a sin to disbelieve it? If it is an instruction or command for you to follow, is it a sin to disobey it?
ok, i'll bite...yes and yes
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...Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ...(Acts 20:21)
Can you always tell when someone gives a true message from God or a fake?
(Note that some fakes, I'm quite sure, are "innocent" fakes. By that I mean the message giver honestly felt that it was a genuine message from God for you, but was mistaken. And, of course, other fakes may be entirely made up and the deliverers of those messages knew it. Not sure that matters, though. The real thing is real, and fakes are fake.)
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
I know a couple who were prophesied over to be married. Out of obedience, they started dating and were married about 8 months after the prophecy. Two years after they tied the knot, they're divorced.
I know a couple who were prophesied over to be married. Out of obedience, they started dating and were married about 8 months after the prophecy. Two years after they tied the knot, they're divorced.
Technically speaking, the prophecy was that they would be married. The prophecy did not say they would not get divorced...thus it came to pass.
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...Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ...(Acts 20:21)
36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
Suppose someone gives you a genuine message from God: is it a sin to disbelieve it? If it is an instruction or command for you to follow, is it a sin to disobey it?
begins with the improper premise that someone else might give one a genuine message from God; an obvious--to me, anyway--fail, that leads to 'profits' telling people they should get married. Blasphemous yack. The torn veil should explain this; or there are plenty of other verses that do. If you believe that someone else can give you a message from God, then you better be telling your sins to a priest.
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Originally Posted by shazeep
Paul said as much because there was a Canon open in his day, which is not true now. You guys might consider the definition of a 'prophet' here for a second--even our def, the human one, will do for this. For brevity's sake, i'll simplify: "Someone who prophesies." fair enough? Ok, now, in order for there to be a prophet, there must be a Canon to record the prophecy in. Any objections so far?
Years ago, the "profit" from Mississippi called a friend's wife out in a church service and told her that "her womb was tilted and that was why she was having so much trouble and pain". My friend said "I wish I could prove that, I would sue the doctor that did the complete hysterectomy on my wife". And that's WHY I'm skeptical.
not to defend the guy, but 'tilted womb' might be a great analog for 'hysterectomy?'