How to Spot a False Prophet: Christian Discernment, #5

By Raymond Creed

These summary notes use the book of Jeremiah and Lamentations to help readers draw a clear distinction between true and false prophets. Answered is the question, 'How can I discern a false prophet before any seriously damage is done?'

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raymond Creed
• Release date: Dec 15, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393176770

Raymond Creed

Published Under the Pen Name of Raymond Creed On Lulu Publications Facing the Unthinkable (2010) (What the Jewish People May Feel When They Find their True Messiah) The 52 Attributes of God (2011) (A Bible-Based Analysis of the Attributes of God – With Particular Reference to the Relationship between Divine Holiness and Divine Love) The Leeds Liturgy (2010) (A Prayer Book enabling Christians to ‘Worship God in Spirit and in Truth’) The Phantom Conflict (2010) (Bible teaching on the relationship between divine holiness and divine love in connection with Christian idolatry and the need for a balanced Christian life) Reaching Across the Chasm (2019) (An Unlikely Dialogue between a Male Religious Conservative and a Christian Lesbian Writer) Ancient Passions (2020) (Exploring the Spiritual Crisis of our Time) How I Became  Christian Regarding becoming Christian I was: - 1. Led by the Revd Richard Bolt to ask Jesus Christ into my life at a boys’ camp in Croyde North Devon, during August 1968 (and in late August 1969 and 1970 because I lacked assurance) 2. Finally re-born through receiving a direct vision of Christ at a Student Christian Union meeting (held in a student flat in Newcastle upon Tyne) on Saturday, 18th October 1975 (around 8.00p.m) 3. Baptized in the Holy Spirit at a prayer meeting on Thursday, 27th November 1975 (began to pray with tongues the following Monday evening) 4. Given a full immersion (Trinitarian) water baptism on the evening of Sunday, 5th September 1976.

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Aim: To use the book of Jeremiah and Lamentations to help readers draw a clear distinction between true and false prophets. Answered is the question, ‘How can I discern a false prophet before any seriously damage is done?’

A beginning will be made by listing the characteristics of false prophets during the lifetime of the true prophet Jeremiah. In this list, citations from the Book of Jeremiah will only have a chapter and verse reference, whilst those from the Book of Lamentations and Ezekiel have a letter ‘L’ or ‘E’ preceding this reference.

The false prophets who misled Judah (during the