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Prophet or Profit?

I came across one guy who claims he has the gift of prophecy. And he particularly prophesies about, of all things... the stock market. That's not the sad news. The sad news is that some Christians actually buy it! Still some other "Prophets" prophesy about some crisis that is going to happen and so he advices Christians all over the world to store up goods, supplies, canned goods, etc, to survive the inevitable crisis. Talk about Christian Materialism. Even non-believers would not buy such kind of stuff. And all that because of the lack of instruction. We don't have discernment because we are ignorant of the things of God. We profess that we are not of the world but we never really got out of it, did we? There are many "ministers" out there who have made preaching as a means of living. Most of them are quite entertaining even. If we are not careful we can end up listening to one and get diverted from truth. You can get stuck in your growth in the Word, and you will again carry that burden of worrying for your daily and future provisions. Material things will become primary to you until your mind again gets dumped with worldly concerns. And you will begin to ask why your giving does not produce any fruit.
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