Biblical Tests of a True Prophet

False Prophets will Deceive the Very Elect if Possible
Matthew 24:23-25

Spirit of Prophesy

Revelation 12:17
Revelation 19:10

True Prophets Will be Rejected

Matthew 17:10-13

True Prophets Must Comply With and are Subject to the Former Prophets

Isaiah 8:20
1st Corinthians 14:32-33 see also verses 29-31

True Prophets Will Call People to Obey God’s Law

Deuteronomy 13:1-5
Matthew 7:21-23

The Personal Life of a True Prophet Must Bring Glory to God and the Fruit of the Spirit

Matthew 7:15-20
Galatians 5:22-26
Matthew 5:14-16
John 15:8

Jesus Came in Our Flesh

1st John 4:1-3
Hebrews 2:14-18
Luke 24:36-43
John 1:14

The Predictions of a True Prophet Must Come True Except in Case of Conditionality

Jeremiah 28:9
Deuteronomy 18:22

A True Prophet Will Exalt Jesus Alone

John 20:31
John 1:8-9 & 26-29
John 5:39 & 46
Luke 24:25-27 & 44-45

A True Prophet will Tear the Mask Off of Satan

Mark 3:24-26
2nd Corinthians 11:3 & 1-13

A True Prophet will Openly Rebuke Sin

Nathan Rebuked David
Elijah Rebuked Ahab and Jezebel
Jeremiah Rebuked Jehoiakim and Zedekiah
Isaiah Rebuked Ahaz and Hezekiah
John the Baptist Rebuked Herod
John the Apostle Rebuked Emperor Domitian and was thrown in a pot of boiling Oil

True Prophets will Experience Certain Supernatural and Physical Phenomena

Daniel 10:5-8 & 10 & 17-19
Numbers 24:4
2nd Corinthians 12:2-4
Revelatin 1:17

True Prophets will be Hated and Persecuted by Those to Whom They Deliver God’s Message to

Matthew 5:12 & 23:29-31 & 34-37

True Prophets Seek Not the Office, Nor Pride Themselves in the Gift, of Prophecy

Moses
Jeremiah

True Prophets do not Take a Course of Study and will have Little or No Formal Education:

2nd Peter 1:19-21

A True Prophet does not need to Contribute a Book to the Biblical Cannon

Genesis 20:7; Gad
2 Samuel 24:11 Nathan
2 Samuel 12:25, Elijah
I Kings 18:36, Oded
2 Chronicles 15:8, Jehu
1 Kings 16:7, Elisha
1 Kings 19:16, Ahijah
1 Kings 14:2, Shemaiah
2 Chronicles 12:5 Iddo
2 Chronicles 13:22 Iddo
Matthew 11:9 John the Baptist

True Prophets are Not Scientists, but Their Writings MustBe In Harmony with Sound Scientific Info

The earth is round (Isaiah 40:22)
The earth hangs upon nothing (Job 26:7)
The universal law of gravity (Job 38:8-11; Colossians 1:17)
Wind has weight (Job 28:25)
The heavens cannot be measured (Jeremiah 31:37)
The water cycle (Ecclesiastes 1:7)
The cycles of the wind (Ecclesiastes 1:6)
The crucial importance of blood for the sustainment of life (Leviticus
17:11)
The danger of eating the fat and blood of animals (Leviticus 3:17)

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