False Prophet?

Feb 11, 2010 4:27 PM
False Prophet?
by makestraight
Recently, nyoron posted a comment that conveying what Kelly thought about this blog and others like it. Here’s what she stated:

Kelly-SMN had some rather unpleasant things to say about these blogs. In her exact words, you “received a lot of love while causing great heartaches.” You have “revisionist memories” and you have “slandered and demonized” Gracepoint with your “groundless slander.” She cited Matthew 24:9-13:

9″Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. 10At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.”

She compared these blogs to the the deceivers who hate, betray, and persecute the Christians, and Gracepoint to those who stand firm and are saved in the end.

This characteristic is actually very revealing and indicative of a spiritually abusive environment. Just read any of the Helpful Articles links on the right. This one is a good one to start with.

But since she implied that I am a “false prophet,” with reference to the verses in Matthew, I wanted to explore what a “false prophet” really is.

I don’t we need to delve into too much Scripture to define it. I’d say it’s safe to say that a “false prophet” is anyone that teaches people what is not true according to God. He or she misrepresents God himself and His message.

Jeremiah 28 details a story of a false prophet. He sounded like he was from God, but he actually was not, and he faced a dire consequence – the judgment of death from God himself:

The False Prophet Hananiah

1 In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, early in the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people: 2 “This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. 3 Within two years I will bring back to this place all the articles of the LORD’s house that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and took to Babylon. 4 I will also bring back to this place Jehoiachin [a] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and all the other exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares the LORD, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’ “5 Then the prophet Jeremiah replied to the prophet Hananiah before the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the LORD. 6 He said, “Amen! May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied by bringing the articles of the LORD’s house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon. 7 Nevertheless, listen to what I have to say in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people: 8 From early times the prophets who preceded you and me have prophesied war, disaster and plague against many countries and great kingdoms. 9 But the prophet who prophesies peace will be recognized as one truly sent by the LORD only if his prediction comes true.”

10 Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and broke it, 11 and he said before all the people, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In the same way will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the neck of all the nations within two years.’ ” At this, the prophet Jeremiah went on his way.

12 Shortly after the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: 13 “Go and tell Hananiah, ‘This is what the LORD says: You have broken a wooden yoke, but in its place you will get a yoke of iron. 14 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I will put an iron yoke on the necks of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I will even give him control over the wild animals.’ “

15 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD has not sent you, yet you have persuaded this nation to trust in lies. 16 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This very year you are going to die, because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’ “

17 In the seventh month of that same year, Hananiah the prophet died.

We can’t tell from the passage what actually motivated Hananiah to come up with his own prophecy not from the Lord, but the fact is, what he spoke did not come from God. It sounded good, but it was not from God.

Now test what I have said in my blog, and also test what Ed and Kelly Kang are teaching and carrying out in Gracepoint Berkeley.

Am I speaking anything unbiblical? I have been preaching against legalism and FOR grace (as does Paul in Galatians) and I have spoken true accounts of what sins have been, and are apparently continuing to be committed at that church in spiritual abuse.

I have called for the repentance of the Kangs and the top leaders, and have encouraged for all to read the Word, posed biblical support for my stance, and encouraged Christians to get to know the Holy Spirit.

Now compare to just some of what Kelly Kang, and Ed and their group of leaders have done:

Kelly believes that you should be indebted to each other literally – that you owe each other.
Kelly believes in fear-based relationships, and justified it with a horrible bible verse reference.
They judge and label negatively those that leave Gracpoint Berkeley.
They encouraged their members to pull out loans for their building fund.
Now those are just some of the comprehensive list of unbiblical practices.

You decide and judge for yourself who’s closer to being a false prophet.