Deuteronomy
18 The Test of a True Prophet
The
priests came from the tribe of Levi. All Levites were employed in the temple
service. God gave the Israelites instructions on how a priest was to be taken
care of. He expects his people to support the people who are giving of their
time in getting out the Word of God to the world. We should be a generous
people. The priests and Levites depended on the sacrifices and tithes for their
welfare.
When
these people went into the promised land, they were not to resort to the pagan,
heathen practices of the people of the land. We should be separated from the
world. Israel did not obey this command and the land was defiled and the nation
was disciplined. God says idolatry is an abomination to Him.
We,
as Christians must be a discerning people. There is reality in the world of
demons. There are fallen angels and a spirit world. People are intrigued with
it. They use drugs and every other means they can think of to try to contact this
unseen world. A child of God should avoid this life. If he doesn’t, he is
turning away from the Holy Spirit and the Word of God. These nations in the
land were judged and were removed from the land because of this very thing.
The
children of Israel were to listen to God’s prophets because they were telling
them the truth. This was to prepare them to listen to the final messenger, the
final Prophet, the Lord Jesus. For believers today the Lord is God’s ultimate,
God’s full, God’s final revelation to man. Only God can predict the future
today. There were false prophets among the Israelites. We have people
predicting the end of the world on a certain date, the rapture of the church on
a certain date, calamities that are coming on a certain date. A true prophet is
accurate in every detail, every time. Everything must have been revealed in
Jesus Christ and in His Word. Our
warning is against false teachers who teach one thing but not from the Word of
God.
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Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.
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