HOW TO RELATE TO FALSE PROPHETS

In the modern era, we have witnessed the rebirth of charismatic gifts. Praise be to God the giver of the Holy Spirit for his gifts to his church. However, with the resurgence of the sacred gifts, especially when it comes to the gift of prophecy, confusion can be introduced to Christianity, and consequently also to society as a whole.

This becomes a problem when the gift of prophecy gets linked to utopian ideals that foster persuasive manipulative power, and hold the potential of altering the consciousness of otherwise reasonable human beings. Such manipulation is what we recently observed in regards to presidential prophecies uttered by leaders of various American Charismatic and Pentecostal movements.

Such false prophecies communicated fear and a confusing political rhetoric that facilitated derision and judgment towards the church. Such prophecies also functioned to misrepresent conservative Evangelical.