"BUT HE LIED..."

"I also am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’” BUT HE LIED TO HIM." ~ 1 Kings 13:18

- CAN EVERY PERSON IN A PULPIT, CLAIMING TO HAVE A MESSAGE FROM GOD BE TRUSTED? 

- CAN THEY DECEIVE YOU? 

- DID IT EVER HAPPEN? 

- CAN IT STILL HAPPEN? 

- CAN A MAN "OF GOD" LIE IN PREACHING?

Consider the following two accounts: 

Jeremiah 29:31-32 - “Send to all the exiles, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite, 'Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, although I did not send him, and he has made you trust in a lie,' therefore thus says the Lord, 'Behold, I am about to punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants; he will not have anyone living among this people, and he will not see the good that I am about to do to My people,' declares the Lord, 'because he has preached rebellion against the Lord'.” 

Ezekiel 13:8-9 - Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “Because you have spoken falsehood and seen a lie, therefore behold, I am against you,” declares the Lord God. “So My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will have no place in the council of My people, nor will they be written down in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel, that you may know that I am the Lord God.

Were lies uttered? Were those who uttered lies, prophets? YES, but because of their lies, they were FALSE prophets!

Did Jesus acknowledge the possibility of false prophets? “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves." ~ Matt. 7:15 

Did John? "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but TEST the spirits to see whether they are from God, BECAUSE many false prophets have gone out into the world." ~ 1 John 4:1

Take notice of WHY John said to TEST ALL preaching to what the Bible declares, for UNINSPIRED men can cleverly distort, twist, and pervert scripture, just as Satan did when tempting Jesus (Matt. 4).

Remember the words "BUT HE LIED..." ~ one prophet lying to another ~

This young prophet KNEW that God had told him (1 Kings 13:9); yet listened to an old prophet, who told him to do the very thing that God commanded him NOT to do.

How serious is this?

Consider another area whereby the seriousness of the message is most relevant: SALVATION

A question repeatedly asked in the Bible is: "What must I do to be saved?"

What did an INSPIRED person preach?

~ Jews - Acts 2:37-38 - hear, believe, repent, be baptized
~ Jews - Acts 3:19 - hear, believe, repent, be converted
~ The Samaritans - Acts 8:5-13 - believe, be baptized
~ The eunuch - Acts 8:35-39 - hear, confess his faith, be baptized
~ Saul of Tarsus - Acts 9; 22; 26 - hear, believe, repent, confess his faith, be baptized
~ Cornelius - Acts 10 & 11 - hear, believe, repent, confess his faith, be baptized
~ Lydia - Acts 16:13-15 - hear, believe, repent, be baptized
~ The Jailer - Acts 16:25-34 - hear, believe, repent, be baptized
~ The Corinthians - Acts 18:8 - hear, believe, be baptized

What answer does an UNINSPIRED person preach? 

~ Pray the sinner's prayer ~ "BUT HE LIED..."
~ Confess your sins ~ "BUT HE LIED..."
~ Baptism is an outward sign of an inward grace ~ "BUT HE LIED..."

When you wanted to be saved from your sins, were you told by an UNINSPIRED preacher to do things different from what God said by an INSPIRED preacher? 

Remember these three words from the story of the old prophet and the young prophet:

"BUT HE LIED..." 1 Kings 13:18

10/10/2017
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