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God’s Response When The Prophets Start Lying Series
Contributed by Jim Butcher on Aug 27, 2024 (message contributor)
Summary: This chapter is rich in details of what false prophets look like, what the practical consequences of false prophecy are, and how God will respond to false prophets.
- [This is more of a Wednesday evening study. Lots of points.]
WHAT MANY PRESUME: If the religious leaders are saying it, it must be from God.
WHAT DOES THEIR FALSE PROPHECY LOOK LIKE?
1. It’s out of their imagination.
- Ezekiel 13:2, 17-18.
2. They follow their own spirit.
- Ezekiel 13:3.
3. They believe what they’re selling.
- Ezekiel 13:6.
4. It’s good rhetoric with no positive practical results.
- Ezekiel 13:10.
WHAT ARE THE PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE FALSE PROPHETS?
1. Their legacy is destroyed.
- Ezekiel 13:9.
2. Their “house” is destroyed.
- Ezekiel 13:11.
3. They are mocked.
- Ezekiel 13:12.
4. There is injustice.
- Ezekiel 13:19.
5. They dishearten the righteous.
- Ezekiel 13:21.
6. They encourage the wicked.
- Ezekiel 13:21.
WILL GOD KEEP QUIET TO AVOID BAD P.R.? Just because it has a veneer of God on it doesn’t mean that God won’t tear it down.
- Ezekiel 13:8, 13-16, 20, 23.