V1-13 How Can We Detect False Prophets?
How can we tell the difference between real or false prophets? How do we test the spirits? And if the spirits are not the Holy Spirit, then who or what are they? These are just some of the questions to consider in this week’s edition of the Walking Talking Bible Project.
Bible Passages
The following Scripture quotations from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB) are provided for your convenience. Please feel free to use the Bible and translation of your choice.
Memory Passage: 1 John 4:1
1 John 4:1
1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Connection Passage #1: Mark 13:22
Mark 13:22
22 For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
Connection Passage #2: Deuteronomy 18:22
Deuteronomy 18:22
22 When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
Connection Passage #3: Matthew 15:30–31
Matthew 15:30–31
30 Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them.
31 The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.
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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB).