Norman
Defender of Truth
Latter Day Saints,just some tid-bits that I have put together over the years. I love the Bible and I read it. However, no prophets of God are infallible. No holy writ is perfect. Man has not given me a witness that the bible is true. I know the Bible is true by the power of the Holy Ghost; there is no greater witness than spirit to my spirit. I bare my testimony that I know the Bible is the word of God even with it's weakness's and I say this in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.
Could a true Prophet of God...:
1. Kill? Judges 14:19 (Samson); Ex. 2:11-16 (Moses) [see also 1 Sam. 15:33].
2. Lie? Gen 12:10-20 (Abraham); Jer. 38:24-28 (Jeremiah); 1 Kings 2:8-9 (David); 2 Kings 8:10 (Elisha); and Matt. 26:69-75 (Peter).
3. Get drunk? Gen. 9:21 (Noah).
4. Boast? 2 Cor. 11:16 (Paul)
5. For a small fee, use his supernatural powers to tell where to find lost animals? 1 Sam 9:6-8, 20.
6. Prophesy of an event which fails to occur? Jonah 3:1-10; Jer. 18:5-10.
7. Gamble for high stakes? Judges 14:12-20
8. Be angry at God? Jonah 4:1, 9.
9 Believe something unscientific? Lev. 11:7; Deut. 14:7 (the hare does not chew the cud). Gen. 1:16 (Was the earth created before the sun, moon and stars?)
10. Curse children? 2 Kings 2:23-25 (Elisha).
2 kings 2:22-25. So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. 23 And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
11. Want vengeance? Ps. 137:9; Jer. 18:19-23.
12. Contradict a former prophet? Matt. 19:3-8 compare Deut. 24:1-4 (divorce); 2 Sam. 24:1 compare 1 Chr. 21:1 (who caused David to sin?); Ex. 34:7 compare Ez. 18:20 (are children punished for the sins of their fathers?); Ex. 23:7 compare Rom. 4:5 (does God justify the ungodly?).
13. Fail to understand a revelation? Acts 10:3, 17; 1 Cor. 13:9-12.
14. Advocate divorce? Ezra 9, 10:3, 11, 19, 44.
15. Institute strange sounding rituals? Ex. 29; Num. 5.
16. Give counsel not approved by the Lord? 2 Sam. 7:1-5 (Nathan).
17. Worship false gods? 1 Kings 11:9-10.
18. Accept a position as the chief of magicians, astrologers, and soothsayers? Dan. 5:11.
19. Break God's moral law? Judges 16:1 (Samson visits a prostitute); 2 Sam. 11 (David and Bathsheba).
20. Give two contradictory prophecies? 1 Kings 22:14-18.
21. Lie to another prophet in the name of the Lord? 1 Kings 13:11-32.
22. Accuse God of deception and betrayal? Jer. 20:7
23. Go out in public naked? Is. 20:1-6 (Isaiah); 2 Sam. 6:20-22 (David); Micah 1:8 (Micah).
24. Attribute doubtful characteristics to God? 2 Sam. 6:6-7 (God kills in anger); Ex. 7:3 (God hardens Pharoah's heart); 1 Sam. 24:1, 10 (God punishes David for a sin he "moved" him to commit); 1 Kings 22:9-23 (God causes prophets to lie); Ez. 14:9 (God deceives prophets); Amos 3:6 (God is the cause of evil in a city); Ez. 20:25-26, 32 (God gave laws and judgments which were not good, including child sacrifice); Hos. 9:15-16 (God hates and curses); Deut. 20:10-11, Lev. 25:44 (God commands and condones slavery); 1Sam. 16:14, 18:10 (God sends evil spirits to influence men); 2 Th. 2:11 (God will delude men); Ex. 32:14, Deut. 28:68, Amos 7:3, 6, Jonah 3:9, 10 Jer 26:13; 2 Sam. 24:16 (God changes his mind).
Jeremiah complains and says "O LORD, thou hast deceived me" (Jeremiah 20:7), and Ezekiel 14:9 says, "And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet.
Could a true Prophet of God...:
1. Kill? Judges 14:19 (Samson); Ex. 2:11-16 (Moses) [see also 1 Sam. 15:33].
2. Lie? Gen 12:10-20 (Abraham); Jer. 38:24-28 (Jeremiah); 1 Kings 2:8-9 (David); 2 Kings 8:10 (Elisha); and Matt. 26:69-75 (Peter).
3. Get drunk? Gen. 9:21 (Noah).
4. Boast? 2 Cor. 11:16 (Paul)
5. For a small fee, use his supernatural powers to tell where to find lost animals? 1 Sam 9:6-8, 20.
6. Prophesy of an event which fails to occur? Jonah 3:1-10; Jer. 18:5-10.
7. Gamble for high stakes? Judges 14:12-20
8. Be angry at God? Jonah 4:1, 9.
9 Believe something unscientific? Lev. 11:7; Deut. 14:7 (the hare does not chew the cud). Gen. 1:16 (Was the earth created before the sun, moon and stars?)
10. Curse children? 2 Kings 2:23-25 (Elisha).
2 kings 2:22-25. So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. 23 And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
11. Want vengeance? Ps. 137:9; Jer. 18:19-23.
12. Contradict a former prophet? Matt. 19:3-8 compare Deut. 24:1-4 (divorce); 2 Sam. 24:1 compare 1 Chr. 21:1 (who caused David to sin?); Ex. 34:7 compare Ez. 18:20 (are children punished for the sins of their fathers?); Ex. 23:7 compare Rom. 4:5 (does God justify the ungodly?).
13. Fail to understand a revelation? Acts 10:3, 17; 1 Cor. 13:9-12.
14. Advocate divorce? Ezra 9, 10:3, 11, 19, 44.
15. Institute strange sounding rituals? Ex. 29; Num. 5.
16. Give counsel not approved by the Lord? 2 Sam. 7:1-5 (Nathan).
17. Worship false gods? 1 Kings 11:9-10.
18. Accept a position as the chief of magicians, astrologers, and soothsayers? Dan. 5:11.
19. Break God's moral law? Judges 16:1 (Samson visits a prostitute); 2 Sam. 11 (David and Bathsheba).
20. Give two contradictory prophecies? 1 Kings 22:14-18.
21. Lie to another prophet in the name of the Lord? 1 Kings 13:11-32.
22. Accuse God of deception and betrayal? Jer. 20:7
23. Go out in public naked? Is. 20:1-6 (Isaiah); 2 Sam. 6:20-22 (David); Micah 1:8 (Micah).
24. Attribute doubtful characteristics to God? 2 Sam. 6:6-7 (God kills in anger); Ex. 7:3 (God hardens Pharoah's heart); 1 Sam. 24:1, 10 (God punishes David for a sin he "moved" him to commit); 1 Kings 22:9-23 (God causes prophets to lie); Ez. 14:9 (God deceives prophets); Amos 3:6 (God is the cause of evil in a city); Ez. 20:25-26, 32 (God gave laws and judgments which were not good, including child sacrifice); Hos. 9:15-16 (God hates and curses); Deut. 20:10-11, Lev. 25:44 (God commands and condones slavery); 1Sam. 16:14, 18:10 (God sends evil spirits to influence men); 2 Th. 2:11 (God will delude men); Ex. 32:14, Deut. 28:68, Amos 7:3, 6, Jonah 3:9, 10 Jer 26:13; 2 Sam. 24:16 (God changes his mind).
Jeremiah complains and says "O LORD, thou hast deceived me" (Jeremiah 20:7), and Ezekiel 14:9 says, "And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet.