Do we really have false prophets today, haha/ They are everywhere and yet they sound so good. Sometimes we hear what our itching ears want to hear and thus, we believe what they say. Here Jeremiah has to deal with a false prophet named Hananiah. If you are anything like me, doesn't the name Hananiah scream prophet? I would almost believe anything this guy says with a name like that. Well, it is never the person as much as it is the message. You have to be able to recognize the difference between the truth and the lie. In order to recognize the truth, we must recognize the voice of the TRUTH TELLER. We do that by spending time with Him. If we don't, than nice little lies will float by us and we will take it because it sounds good and "right." I am so glad that Jeremiah was listening to the Truth and not this message, because it saved the people from pain and hardaches. So, becareful who you listen to and make sure that if you read or listen to someone, they use a lot of Scripture and that they are using it correctly. How? By becoming people of the Word ourselves. The Bereans were of noble character because they anticipated the Scriptures and they examined the Scriptures...even after Paul spoke...now that is serious Bible stuff. Let's be like the Berean Christians shall we? Be in the Word today friends.
"Don't worry about what you do not understand in the Bible. Worry about what you do understand, but do not live by." -Corrie ten Boom.
Tomorrow - Jeremiah 29
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