Who wants to know the future? Does God know the future? Does Satan know the future?
Where can we find the first prophecy in the Bible? — Genesis 2:17 Please notice that this prophecy is conditional.
The second prophecy in the Bible is in Genesis 3:14-15. This prophecy is NOT conditional.
Before God does something big, he always tells a prophet: Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
Is it OK to consult the spirits to see what our future is?
1 Chronicles 10:13
So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
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Deuteronomy 18:10-13 shows us how much God hates this.
18:18-19 Explains how God raises up true prophets to help us. Notice whose words the prophet is speaking – is it his own words, or God’s words? This is very important.
18:20-22 Explains who is not a true prophet.
Why is it important to know if the words are from God or not?
Does God know everything? 1John 3:20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
Satan has been alive for more than 6,000 years, and is much more intelligent than we are, but he doesn’t know all things. Many people who listen to fortune-tellers tho place themselves in Satan’s hands, and he can make circumstances happen that will make the words of the fortune-teller come true. This is to make more people believe in this lie.
In Jesus’ prophecy of the end of the world, in Matthew 24, what is the prophecy given by the greatest prophet – Jesus Christ himself? We all know about wars, famines, earthquakes, tsunamis etc. being signs of Christ’s coming, but what is the very first thing he mentions in this great prophecy? – Don’t be deceived. And he says in verse 11 that false prophets will deceive many.
Give personal testimony of how 20 years ago Sunday churches said Ellen White was a false prophet because there are no more prophets after Bible times, but now almost every church has its own prophet, and there are even prophetic webrings on the internet! Thus Satan gets people to doubt the validity of God’s true prophet – Ellen White. False prophets are also increasing inside the SDA church.
How will the true Jesus come? 1Thessalonians 4:13-18
Satan loves to counterfeit the true, and he will also try to imitate Christ’s return – 2Thessalonians 2:4, 2Corinthians 11:14
He will also have a false day of worship to imitate the true Sabbath, and a false Mark of the Beast to imitate the true Seal of God.
So what will happen at the end? Don’t you want to know? I do!!
Rev. 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Thank God we have consistent prophecy from the first to the end of the Bible showing that Jesus will win over Satan.
(Hold Bible) Let’s study the words of the prophecy of this book, and keep them. Be careful not to just believe something because someone, even if it is your pastor, tells you so. Dig deep into God’s words in the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy and live like Jesus by “every word proceeding from the mouth of God” so that we can give glory to God and the Lamb by being with them forever in heaven. Amen