Contradicting Revelations?

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by pelathais

Are you trying to say something like: The Bible says not to eat things strangled and Timmy is serving "Pressed Duck" - then someone might say, "God told us not eat dinner at Timmy's house tonight..."?

Instead of "God told me so" being one of those "voices" in some one's head, it's really just someone's reading of the Bible.

Sort of, but not quite. I'm talking about purported messages from God, and the idea that one test for such is that they "line up" with the Bible. If it doesn't pass the test, then you're done. If it does, are we are stuck with accepting it? Or maybe there are tests?

(I probably could have used a better example. )

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Timmy

Sort of, but not quite. I'm talking about purported messages from God, and the idea that one test for such is that they "line up" with the Bible. If it doesn't pass the test, then you're done. If it does, are we are stuck with accepting it? Or maybe there are tests?

(I probably could have used a better example. )

Deuteronomy 18:21-22, gives us an idea of such a test.

1) Was the "prophecy" or claim made "In the Name of the Lord?" ... and,
2) Did the predicted outcome "follow" or "come to pass?"

This probably doesn't give us guidance on every proclamation since many have no predictable outcomes; however since people who are prone to saying "God told me..." in a manipulative manner will often make many such statements, even one "miss" marks them as a "false prophet."

Knowing that they are being held to such a standard will give many people pause before they "take the name of the Lord in vain." Yet in my experience, there are those who keep running themselves into the same brick wall over and over again without ever learning from their own failings.