Exclaiming His Exaltation

“It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master… What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.” (Matt 10:25,27) 

Scripture tells us that in the church, there would be an increase in false prophets at the time of the end. The Lord said that while the people slept, the enemy would come in and sow weeds among the wheat, and He said that both must grow together until the harvest. But He also said that you would know them by their fruit. Not by their appearance—because tares look very similar to wheat— but by their fruit. By whether they produce something that feeds or nurtures His sheep, or whether they produce something that frustrates them, confuses them, or leads them astray. 

Regardless, the one thing we have not been instructed to do is to be silent. There will be many who speak in the name of the Lord who speak from their own heart and not His. There will be many who say, “The Lord led me to share…” whom the Lord did not lead to share. There will be many who say, “Lord didn’t we prophesy in Your name…?” to whom He will say, “I never knew you…” And this is terrifying to me.

The Lord created us to be His vessels. We were created to represent Him in character, mind, and heart upon this earth. So there have always been those who truly hear the Spirit of the Lord, and those who think they do, but don’t. And as we make our way to the finish line, we must pray for the ones who are genuine, that they may not be tempted to silence because of the ones who aren’t. We must pray for all us to be like our Teacher…

…and to fearlessly speak in the daylight what He shares with us in the dark. 

(Matt 24:45,46) And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.”

(Matt 24:10-12) At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another, and many false prophets will arise and mislead many. Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

(1 John 4:1) Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

(2 Pet 2:1) Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.