Quick Question: Prophet vs. Malcontent

August 9, 2007 by
Filed under: Religion 

Work is busy.  I don’t have enough time to cover this fully, but here’s a question that’s been in my mind.

My pastor has been preaching on the prophets.  His last sermon was titled “People Who Say No”.  He talked about the difference between a prophet who says what the people in power want to hear (“a for-profit prophet”) and the prophet who is truly speaking for God.  As we know, back in Old Testament times the prophets were often “assigned” to the earthly King.

Today, we hear a lot of people who claim to speak God’s will.  Some of the messages resonate with me, and others chafe.  Each of us has different reactions to these modern-day prophets.

On the other side, there are malcontents (or false prophets).  There are people who claim to know God’s will but in reality probably don’t.  They make their statements with the same self-assurance as the prophet.

The one similarity between the prophet and the malcontent is that they are railing against what is, desiring or demanding what should be (and isn’t).

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Obviously we’re going to assume that the person saying the same things as us are prophets while those saying the opposites are just malcontents (or worse – misguided or destructive).  Maybe there is a part of us that wants to change and which accepts the opposite of our beliefs as truth – making the speaker a prophet.

So how can you tell?

Prophet or malcontent.  How do you know?

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One Comment on Quick Question: Prophet vs. Malcontent

  1. Quotidian Grace on Fri, 10th Aug 2007 9:40 am

    2. I think you measure the words of the “prophet” against the whole testimony of scripture. If the message is consistent, then its prophetic–if not, then it may be the words of a malcontent. It’s important to look at all of scripture and not just selected parts!

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