"How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart,
who try to make My people forget My name by their dreams which everyone tells his neighbor, as their fathers forgot My name for Baal.
The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? says the Lord.
Is not My word like a fire? says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?"
Jeremiah 23:26-29 (NKJV)
There are many ways we can compare things, and sometimes by comparison we can see how things are similar, or how they are not similar. For example, you may compare the color of blue you see in the sky to the color of blue you see in the ocean, they are similar. On the other hand, you may have a diamond, and when you compare it to an ordinary rock, there is a vast difference between those two things, and you could even say there is no real comparison of the one to the other.
In Jeremiah 23, it talks about false prophets having dreams and lying to people. What is interesting is how God says that if some "prophet" has a dream, he should just go ahead and tell his dream, and those who have God's Word should faithfully speak God's Word. God goes on to say that comparing a false prophet's dream to His Word is like comparing the chaff to the wheat. Just as the actual wheat is far better than the chaff, God's Word is far better than anything anyone else can come up with.
Many people don't know the power and potential of God's Word. God's Word is like a hammer and a fire, and there is no comparison between what God says and what people dream up. Unfortunately, some Christians are not very spiritually discerning and they will often listen to anyone who comes along with a dream or something spectacular, even if that thing is not true. Don't be misled by what something may sound or look like. Stay with God's Word; put it into practice in your life and see that there is nothing else like it, there is no comparison to God's Word!
who try to make My people forget My name by their dreams which everyone tells his neighbor, as their fathers forgot My name for Baal.
The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? says the Lord.
Is not My word like a fire? says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?"
Jeremiah 23:26-29 (NKJV)
There are many ways we can compare things, and sometimes by comparison we can see how things are similar, or how they are not similar. For example, you may compare the color of blue you see in the sky to the color of blue you see in the ocean, they are similar. On the other hand, you may have a diamond, and when you compare it to an ordinary rock, there is a vast difference between those two things, and you could even say there is no real comparison of the one to the other.
In Jeremiah 23, it talks about false prophets having dreams and lying to people. What is interesting is how God says that if some "prophet" has a dream, he should just go ahead and tell his dream, and those who have God's Word should faithfully speak God's Word. God goes on to say that comparing a false prophet's dream to His Word is like comparing the chaff to the wheat. Just as the actual wheat is far better than the chaff, God's Word is far better than anything anyone else can come up with.
Many people don't know the power and potential of God's Word. God's Word is like a hammer and a fire, and there is no comparison between what God says and what people dream up. Unfortunately, some Christians are not very spiritually discerning and they will often listen to anyone who comes along with a dream or something spectacular, even if that thing is not true. Don't be misled by what something may sound or look like. Stay with God's Word; put it into practice in your life and see that there is nothing else like it, there is no comparison to God's Word!
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