Foolish Prophets

Date: Monday, September 01, 2014
Today's Chapters: Ezekiel 12-14
Message Title: Foolish Prophets
Hello My Friend,
Currently, I drive almost an hour to get to church, I literally pass by eight to ten churches on the way, and I am there three times a week. You might think that's crazy, but I have learned one thing over the years, find your church, and build your life around that. Aren't all churches the same? A BIG NO. Churches are not the same. Too many churches, run by foolish prophets, are claiming to know Christ, and people are being deceived because they do not know any better. “Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:” - Ephesians 5:6-8.
The idea of God's decision to send most of Judah to Babylon for seventy years was to get them to turn back to Him and worshiping only Him. While many did, in fact, turn from their wicked ways and back to God, most of the elders did not, they continued to worship false gods, idols, and mix in with the world. God sends Ezekiel to give them a message. “Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house. Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house. And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.” - Ezekiel 12:2,3,15,16.
I have noticed something the past couple of weeks, people really do enjoy going to church, and there really is no better place we should be on Sunday morning. To hear an uplifting message and sing praises to God really does something to motivate us and make us feel good. The problem is, everyone wants to feel good, but no one wants to feel convicted, which by the way, we all need sometimes. Foolish prophets mask any sort of conviction by removing the truths of God as much as they can. The only one benefiting from the lies are the ones reaping all the fame and fortune by those who are being deceived, but there will come a time when God will put an end to all the foolish prophets. And He has a message for all foolish prophets a.k.a, false prophets.

“Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD. Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD. And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies? Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.” - Ezekiel 13:3-5,8,19,21.
There is a billboard sign on one of the busiest areas of the interstate that reads, “God Is Not Angry”, every time I see it I want to contact the people and tell them what liars they are. However, God knows that a fool cannot be corrected, so, I know that it would be a waste of my breath. The truth is, God is angry, and not at the ones who do not know any better, or His faithful, or even His backslidden, He is angry at the ones who claim to know Him, deceive others into believing they know Him, but are liars. Ignorance and even being deceived does not save us from hell, their only salvation, Jesus Christ. “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” - Romans 10:9-13.
I am learning something else in my walk with Christ, just like any family, we do not all get along, we do not all want to follow our Father's rules, and we are all stubborn when it comes to changing our ways. Listen, I know about traditions and rules, I grew up Catholic and to this day I still catch myself trying to follow their traditions. This is why so many people rebel when true prophets try to show us the truth, we have foolish prophets to thank for that. Let me tell you, God does understand and knows that we can make some bad decisions based on what we have been taught, but He also knows there does come a time when we can no longer pretend we do not know. God gives Israel yet another chance to repent, and not just Israel, but all.
“Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.” - Ezekiel 14:6-8.
If people want to remain in sin, God has no power to stop them, but He will keep them around either. Oh, it may look as though He has no control over the world, or that He is no where to be found, or even that He will never fulfill His promise that Jesus will return, but never underestimate the power of God, including His wrath. All will face Him, only a few will remain. “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.” - 2 Peter 3:9,10.
Today's Prayer: God, As much as we would like to hope that everyone that passes away today knows Jesus Christ personally as their Saviour the harsh reality is, unless they personally called on Him to save them they are not. It's their choice to believe and accept and there us nothing that we or even You can do to make that decision for them. Lord, open the hearts of those who have been deceived, help them to see that there is only one way to You and help us who are saved be bold to tell the truth and not be afraid to offend. In Jesus' name. Amen.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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