OF FALSE PROPHETS AND DECEPTION Intro

I have noticed that the first thing that many people think of when you mention or they hear the word “prophet” is “false”, actually almost 80% of people. I find it quite sad that the greatest gift that God ever gave to man, i.e. the prophetic has been so greatly disgraced in this day and time when it is needed the most.

By the way when I say the greatest gift,

Ephesians 4:8-12 – ………..And He gave gifts to men………..And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers….

I do not say best gift simply because it is the most mystical or fascinating of the 5 gifts God gave unto men but because God actually perceives it and has positioned it to be the best gift. He, God, says that the prophetic carries the grace to know all mysteries and knowledge (to know and to understand is to experience not merely speak or hear of) and He, God also tells us to covet spiritual gifts especially the prophetic, He is emphatic about the prophetic. Ever wondered why?

1 Corinthians 13:2 –  If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge;

1 Corinthians 14:1 – Pursue love, yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

 

Is it not regretful that what God has so highly cherished, man has managed to somehow scorn and hate? There is a saying that goes like ‘save the best for last’. Do you know that is actually inspired of God? Even God saved His best for last, that is why His last witnesses are prophets and that is why He pours out His Spirit marked with the ability to prophesy in great measure in this age. Let me show you:

Revelation 11:3 – And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days……

Acts 2:17 – And it shall be in the last days,’ God says, ‘That I will pour forth of My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy…

 

What consoles me from this very troubling situation regarding how the prophetic is received is that fact that Jesus saw it and actually prophesied about it. Most times He talked about the end, He touched on the prophetic from the angle of falsehood.

Matthew 7:15 – “Beware of the false prophets………

Matthew 24:24 – For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders……….

2 Peter 2:1 – But false prophets also arose among the people………….

 

Now what baffles me is the fact that the average Christian has (majority of Christians have) decided to see the prophetic as totally false and fake just because we are severally warned about the false one in the bible. No wonder Paul asked the Galatians who bewitched you. How are so many people so quick to stereotype the prophetic movement and grace of God in this day and age as false and of the devil simply because of the biblical warnings about it?

 

I can only imagine that a father giving advice to his daughter who is about to experience and get into the dating scene would at some point mention to her, maybe severally, be careful of players or fake men or abusive men. Only a foolish daughter would interpret that to mean avoid all men, they are abusive and are players.

Or imagine freshly recruited bank tellers being trained and the bank manager tells them to be careful and watch for fake money and goes on to print a memo warning them that there will be a lot of fake money in circulation seeing that new notes have been released into the market. Honestly speaking, don’t you think that it would be borderline insanity for the bank tellers to totally reject all notes the minute they see them claiming and branding them fake without even experiencing them? Who avoids money because there is fake money in circulation? Actually truth be told only good things are faked, I mean I am not a conman but I would not waste my time faking valueless things, why fake that which is of no value or that which is of low demand?

 

As a matter of fact, do you know you will never know the difference between fake and real until you have experienced the real? Actually the more time you spend with the real the more conversant you will become with it and the more you will appreciate it. If you do not believe me, try using a phone branded Samsang and one original Samsung.

 

I dare say that the only reason the church as it were is seemingly being defeated or coming off as a weak entity and the reason many cities and towns remain unchanged is because of the neglect and contempt of the prophetic. This you will capture in clearer detail as you read on. If you read all through especially in the Old Testament, you will see how the prophetic was appreciated and honored. One might argue that the Old Testament is old and irrelevant but the same incense is also picked up in the New Testament. On the other hand, the person arguing that the old testament has been nullified by the new should simply tear off those pages from their bible. Do a quick scan through the bible you will see that no king went to war without consulting the prophet and you will see that Kings were appointed by the prophet among many other pivotal roles that the prophetic played including being the administrator of great signs, wonders, miracles and what one would correctly term as mysteries.

Let us look at one great example that the Holy Spirit has just dropped into my spirit now, glory to God

2 Samuel 6:14 – 23 – And David was dancing before the Lord ……. . Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart. ….Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, “How the king of Israel distinguished himself today! He uncovered himself today in the eyes of his servants’ maids as one of the foolish ones shamelessly uncovers himself!” ²¹ So David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, who chose me …… therefore I will celebrate before the Lord. I will be more lightly esteemed than this and will be humble in my own eyes, but with the maids of whom you have spoken, with them I will be distinguished.” Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.

 

There is so much revelation in these verses it is amazing. However let us keep the focus for now on the prophetic. Above is captured the story of a young man who carried the heart of God, the face of God, the love of God. His name was David, King David, just like myself but that is a story for another day, glory to God. David was so consumed with God that he danced and embarrassed himself to the point where the first wife, Michal, mocked him and dishonored him and for that she earned herself a curse. If you carefully read the story of David you will see the reflection of Jesus in Him, for example

• Two men who carried the heart of God
• Two men who hated religion and traditions of man in the name of God
• Two men who went against what one would call the order of the day / societal norms
• Two men who represented God and were attacked for it
• Two men who slayed the giants that were holding man captive and controlling man (religion)

There are several things to note from the story in 2 Samuel 6:14-23

1. David was totally consumed by God and the love of God
2. Michal despised David first in her heart. What a beautiful name she had, she must have been very beautiful too. For a man who loved women to actually choose her as a wife, she must have been quite something physically. Anyways, my point here was that the despising started in the heart lest I also get caught up with describing beautiful women.
3. David had broken protocol and danced before or rather mingled with those looked down upon in society or those despised in society
4. The honor Michal refused to give David, David got from the other ladies and future wives and concubines. He was highly esteemed by them and they surely were rewarded for it
5. Michal earned herself a curse for despising and mocking the prophetic. She was barren, meaning she bore no children and had a fruitless life.

 

Now with the above 5 illustrations, allow me to draw a parallel to Jesus so that through the story of David you can see God was prognosticating the story of the messiah and the story of the prophetic which is what this particular blog post is really about. Glory to God.

 

Before we draw the parallel it is paramount that we firstly and beyond doubt establish that King David and Jesus were both prophets, Glory to God.

Acts 2:29-31- Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the patriarch David………..And so, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him……he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ……… 

There it is in plain English, David is recorded as a prophet, thank you Jesus. Now as for Jesus,

John 4:19 – The woman *said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.

Jesus prophesied to the woman at the well and she was quick to pick that he was a prophet. She embraced the prophetic, i.e she embraced him and she was instantly changed into an evangelist that went on to change and win and entire town for God to the effect that Jesus spent some two days in that town. Remember earlier on I had mentioned that I believe cities and countries remain unchanged because they refuse to embrace the prophetic? There you go, a single woman who never went to bible school to learn about God but who simply embraced and welcomed the prophet Jesus changed the entire town. If God walked your streets, do you honestly think your neighborhood would remain the same?

 

Mark 6:4-5 – Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and among his own relatives and in his own household.” And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them

 

Here Jesus was talking in reaction to what He had just experienced in Nazareth. The natives had approached Him with familiarity and contempt and he goes on to tell the disciples not to worry because a prophet is without honor at home. Why would Jesus talk about a prophet when talking about an experience He just had, was He not pointing to the fact that He is a prophet?

John 1:48 – Nathanael *said to Him, “How do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”

Here we see Jesus displaying the prophetic. The ability to see ahead. There are so many other examples of Jesus coming out in His prophetic nature but I believe the three verses have convinced even the father of all doubting Thomas’s. Otherwise why would the Pharisee try to prove that Jesus was not a prophet in Luke 7:39? If one still wants to argue with the fact that Jesus was a prophet then let him go ask a Muslim. I mean, even Muslims recognize Jesus as a prophet.

 

Now that we have established that both King David and King Jesus were prophets, let us draw the parallels between the two at least from the 5 points we had earlier drawn, even though there are many more,

 

1. Jesus like David was also totally consumed by God and everything He did was for God

 

John 5:19 – Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner.

 

2. Michal despising David first in her heart was the same reason why Jesus warned about the heart.

Matthew 5:28 – …….has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

It all starts in the heart. Hence why Proverbs 23:7 and proverbs 4:23 talks of the heart

 

3. Just as David danced before the low in society and expressed himself before them, so did Jesus intermingle with the prostitutes, tax collectors and thieves of the time. A thing that highly irked the hypocritical Pharisees just as Michal was greatly disturbed by David’s behaviour.

Luke 7:34 – The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!

 

4. Michal the first wife, refused to honor King David. The Jews, the first wife of Jesus also refused to honor Him. Just as David got the honor from the other wives and women so did Jesus get honor from the Gentiles rather than from the Jews

Matthew 21:31 – …….. Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you.

Matthew 20:16 – So the last shall be first, and the first last.

 

5. Michal earned herself a curse of bareness for mocking and despising the prophetic. This is what Jesus was warning us about and He continued to say that the repercussions of mocking the prophets is barrenness

Matthew 23:37-39 – Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. Behold, your house is being left to you desolate!  For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

 

If you are experiencing bareness in any area of your life, then welcome the prophetic. Your business is not experiencing profits? Get the prophet and honor him. Your marriage is not bearing fruit? Get the prophet and honor him. You are experiencing lack in your life? Simply get the prophet and honor him.

Seeing that Jesus warned us about false prophets then it only goes without saying that the prophets I talk about in the paragraph above are the true prophets of God. You would not expect to get the above from a false one. So if you have been honoring a prophet and your life remains unchanged, then wake up and do the necessary, I’m just saying. The surprise in honoring a prophet would be your life remaining the same. Otherwise prosperity and fruitfulness should come as easy as breathing in and out, glory to God.

2 Chronicles 20:20 – …………… put your trust in the Lord your God and you will be established. Put your trust in His prophets and succeed. (NASB)

2 Chronicles 20:20 – ……………Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. (KJV)

2 Chronicles 20:20 – ……………Believe firmly in God, your God, and your lives will be firm! Believe in your prophets and you’ll come out on top!” (MSG)

Now you understand why the prophetic is the most negatively publicized, poorly received and most hated of all gifts, it is simply because the enemy knows that the prophetic carries the key to totally change your life and bring you into a place of bearing fruit.

 

Yes Jesus said that we should be wary of false prophets. However the mention of false only indicates that there are true prophets, otherwise He would have simply generally said, be wary of prophets. You see the presence of false is only an indication of the presence of true and the need to falsify only shows the value or importance if that which is being falsified. Now that we have seen the benefit of the prophetic, how about we look for and embrace the true prophetic so that we benefit from it rather than shun the prophetic in the name of misleading religious beliefs, misunderstanding of the gospel and of-course fear of the mystical side of God.

 

I found one true prophet of God who is worth double honor. His name is Prophet Elvis Mbonye; check him out on YouTube, Facebook and twitter. He happens to be my father and it is another true prophet of God that introduced me to him, his name is Prophet Ronie Kabwama, who happens to be my Father as well search for him on Facebook and twitter as well. You see that is the thing about the prophetic, if handled from a physical or carnal understanding, it will offend you and make you stumble. One might ask, how does your father introduce you to your father and how do you now share a father with your father. I will address this in another blog post, for now, the best piece of adviceI can give you is this, when it comes to the prophetic and your desire or need to harness the most out of it, suspend you mental faculties, suspend your human logic and just dive in as an innocent child. Remember Jesus saying that the kingdom of God belongs to such as this (children)? That is why. 2 Kings 7 has an amazing story of a man who exercised human logic in regards to the prophetic and ended up missing the abundance and wealth that emanates from the prophetic.

 

You will be glad I introduced you to the true prophetic move of God, the ultimate grace. With this blog, I double honor my father Prophet Elvis Mbonye and Prophet Ronie Kabwama.

 

Glory to God. Thank you Jesus.

 

I remain

 

King David