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What are the characteristics of a false prophet in the Old Testament?

      

Give the characteristics of a false prophet in the Old Testament.

  

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Maurice
(i) They challenged the work of true prophets.

(ii) They gave messages coated with untruth.

(iii) They challenged the Law of Moses and led people to the worship of other gods.

(iv) They were not guided by Yahweh but by their wisdom.

(v) Their prophecies did not challenge the people's moral and spiritual conditions.

(vi) Their prophecies were not fulfilled.

(vii) Some were paid servants of the kings and only said what would please the king.

(viii) Their prophecies were full of ecstasies.

(ix) They lived immoral lives and placed no barrier to immorality on others.

(x) They prophesied the message of peace without regard to the moral and spiritual conditions of the time.

(xi) They borrowed testimony, feigned authority and were men of self-appointment ministry
maurice.mutuku answered the question on June 29, 2017 at 07:15


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