A Super Plague-like Illness Vision 10-5-26@10:10 AM Shared 10-6-26
The Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval
There is some dispute over this sister, whether or not she is truly a prophet of God. There are several strategies for discerning this, and one of them is the following
Acts 5:34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; 35 And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men. 36 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought. 37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed. 38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Gamaliel compares Peter and the other apostles to Theudas and Judas, two men who boasted they were something and drew men after them. Just like those two men the Apostles claim they are are apostles of Jesus and they draw men after them raising up churches. So neither of those things is proof that you are a false prophet or not.
In the same way this sister claims she is one of the two end time witnesses.
So Gamaliel gives us a strategy on how to discern. He points out both of the false prophets were slain and their ministry came to nothing. If someone claims they are "an apostle of the Lord Jesus" then it is up to Jesus to either confirm that or debunk that. For example, if I knock on your door and say I am with the power company and need to see your meter you could call the power company and they would either confirm or debunk my claim. If I am not an employee of their company it would be their job to call the police and make sure I am apprehended.
From the moment this sister began claiming to have a message from various angels including Gabriel and from Jesus as well, the attack on this sister has been withering. As soon as I heard her say this I knew she would come under intense attack and so I was interested to see if she would perish or not. She hasn't perished and instead has grown more and more prolific. She is now regularly referring to current events that have taken place that she had prophesied would take place months and years ago.
The other thing I observed is her messages are truly unique. Anyone can repackage old sermons, messages, prophetic speakings, etc. She doesn't do that, her speaking is truly unique. It is as though she is on a high wire during a hurricane. So it is all the more remarkable that she has not perished.
Anyway, there are several ways to discern the speaking.
1. Does it cause you to draw closer to a relationship with the Lord Jesus or does it cause you to question that relationship?
2. Does the ministry make money off of people and create your own denomination? Be careful, just because a ministry takes donations does not make it false, however, every false prophet will make donations to their ministry a cornerstone. So a lack of an attempt to make merchandise of those who are listening is proof they are not a false prophet. That does not mean they are not in error, even genuine believers like Apollos can teach in error. However, if they are creating a denomination then yes, that is clearly a false prophet. But again. be careful, just about all Christians are meeting in congregations that are "denominations". The act of denominating sets in motion seminaries, and ways to judge other believers as "not having the full truth". So my point is that when you use these criteria it is highly likely that you will be condemning yourself. Before you can condemn others you must first deal with your own standing with the Lord.
3. It there is an intense attack around the ministry. A genuine ministry like that of the apostles will cause the religious leaders to become indignant and want to destroy the ministry, just as this chapter describes. Again, there should also be an intense attack over false prophets (Mormons, Jehovah witnesses, Jim Jones, etc). An intense attack let's you know it is either or. So having an intense attack is not the issue, the issue is who is doing the attacking? If it is John the Baptist calling the religious leaders "a brood of vipers" then that is the ministry that is of God. On the other hand if it is a tribunal of all the leaders of the various churches being indignant and wanting to destroy a ministry then that should be seen as the "good housekeeping seal of approval" on a ministry.
Please note that I did not use "prophecy being fulfilled" as a way to discern. Take Joshua a year ago who made a prophecy that clearly was not fulfilled. The Bible says when you see someone like that you don't need to fear them. You don't need to stone them. They might be an immature believer or they might be an immature false prophet, but either way they are not dangerous.
On the other hand the Bible says if someone teaches you to abandon God and they do signs and wonders that person you are to stone, they are dangerous. God is allowing the signs and wonders to test you. What is far more important at discerning the prophet is whether or not they are leading you to take up your cross and follow Jesus.
