False Prophets False Promises
False teachers are expected in every season of the Church. They existed even in ancient Israel as the time of judgment quickly approached. Ezekiel 13:1–3 (ESV) The word of the LORD came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, who are prophesying, and say to those who prophesy from their own hearts: ‘Hear the word of the LORD!’ 3 Thus says the Lord GOD, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! Ezekiel, like Jeremiah before him, describes in great detail the actions of these distorted ambassadors of the Lord. First, their prophesy comes from their hearts, not a vision or visitation from the Lord. They are following what Jeremiah called the most deceptive part of the human body—the emotional will, identified as the "heart." Jeremiah 17:9 (ESV) The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? Ezekiel continues: Ezekiel 13:6 (ESV) They have seen false visions and lying divinatio