How do we distinguish false Christ & false Prophets according to Our Lord?

[Dino246]

According to what the Lord Jesus said, the letter, or the literal and physical interpretation of the word of God, brings death and does not give salvation.

That is not what Jesus meant. This is clear from the context... but you reject the relevance of context. Nowhere in Scripture does it say or even hint that "the letter" means "the literal and physical interpretation of the word of God".

 

[Dino246]

Interesting Brothers, simple and to the point; ... I would like to express it as ...

True Prophet ; One who teaches, believes and EMULATES the Jesus of the King James Bible, to the best of their abilities.

By tying "true prophet" to a particular English translation of Scripture, you have made yourself a false teacher.

 

[rewriter]

Unfortunately, human reasoning is always used when we read the words of scripture and is quite capable of misinterpreting what we read. The natural world is cited as a second source of knowledge about God and His nature, but when what we believe about the natural world and about scripture conflict, far too often we decide that our interpretation of scripture "must" be correct and thus we ignore the evidence form the natural world. A far safer approach is to accept that if knowledge from scripture and knowledge from the natural world conflict, then we are misunderstanding at least one of our two sources and need to rethink both.

Unfortunately, if one tells an honest scientist that humanity seems to know about 5% of what can be learned from the natural world the scientist will likely respond that the speaker is very optimistic about our knowledge.

From my studies, I think the most overlooked passage for understanding both is Psalm 23. It seems to describe aspects of reality that we usually do not encounter and thus ignore from both the scientific side as well as the biblical one. There will likely be a few in this forum who can catch what I am referring to, but likely 90-95% will not have a clue.

 

[OMC]

I think the most overlooked passage for understanding both is Psalm 23. It seems to describe aspects of reality that we usually do not encounter and thus ignore from both the scientific side as well as the biblical one. There will likely be a few in this forum who can catch what I am referring to, but likely 90-95% will not have a clue

Psalm 23 is overlooked because people read it devotionally instead of observationally.
The text is not sentimental; it is descriptive—David is reporting conditions of reality that most modern readers have never experienced, and therefore cannot interpret.
The psalm assumes a world in which the Shepherd is not merely comforting but actively structuring the environment around the believer, bending circumstances, enemies, danger, and even the believer’s internal state.
That is the part almost everyone misses.
The psalm describes layers of reality—physical, psychological, spiritual, and eschatological—operating simultaneously.
When David says, “He makes me lie down in green pastures,” he is not describing relaxation; he is describing compulsion toward rest, a divine override of human instinct.
When he says, “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies,” he is describing a reality in which danger and provision coexist, something science cannot model and most Christians cannot imagine.
The psalm assumes that the Shepherd’s presence alters the environment more fundamentally than any natural process.
That is why only a small minority catch what you’re pointing at:
Psalm 23 is not about comfort; it is about the structure of reality under divine governance, a reality modern people rarely perceive because they assume the world is closed, mechanistic, and self‑contained.

 

[rewriter]

Psalm 23 is overlooked because people read it devotionally instead of observationally.
The text is not sentimental; it is descriptive—David is reporting conditions of reality that most modern readers have never experienced, and therefore cannot interpret.
The psalm assumes a world in which the Shepherd is not merely comforting but actively structuring the environment around the believer, bending circumstances, enemies, danger, and even the believer’s internal state.
That is the part almost everyone misses.
The psalm describes layers of reality—physical, psychological, spiritual, and eschatological—operating simultaneously.
When David says, “He makes me lie down in green pastures,” he is not describing relaxation; he is describing compulsion toward rest, a divine override of human instinct.
When he says, “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies,” he is describing a reality in which danger and provision coexist, something science cannot model and most Christians cannot imagine.
The psalm assumes that the Shepherd’s presence alters the environment more fundamentally than any natural process.
That is why only a small minority catch what you’re pointing at:
Psalm 23 is not about comfort; it is about the structure of reality under divine governance, a reality modern people rarely perceive because they assume the world is closed, mechanistic, and self‑contained.

You describe it differently than I would, but I agree. It is almost like someone attempting to describe the color blue to someone who has been blind from birth. Language is used that the listener can understand while attempting to describe something beyond their expereiences.