Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:20 - 18:22

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Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:20 - 18:22


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Of False Prophets

v. 20. But the prophet which shall presume to speak a word in My name,
with insolent haughtiness, which I have not commanded him to speak, whose message therefore is altogether false, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die, be put to death for promulgating falsehoods which took away the honor of the Lord.

v. 21. And if thou say in thine heart, how shall we know the word which the Lord hath spoken?
How may any one be sure of the truth, since all the false teachers claim a divine call, a divine mission? The Lord gives the answer.

v. 22. When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken,
the fact that the prophecy is not fulfilled proves it to have been a falsehood, as so many predictions of modern sects regarding the date of the Day of Judgment have been found to be lies, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously; thou shalt not be afraid of him. If, in addition to this, a person compares the teaching of the false prophets with the plain statements of Holy Writ, he will have an infallible guide to keep him from error, Deu_13:2 ff. We Christians have our refuge and our salvation in Christ alone, who as the Prophet of God speaks to us in His Word.