Not fully accurate prophesys

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Caleb

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Just say your in a church where the pastor says that "The Prophet of
God does'nt have to be 100 percent accurate." Do you think the pastor
is correct or not? How would you talk to the pastor?
 
hmm, I only believe that there could be some inaccuracy trying to describe stuff they don't understand. Revelations is such an interesting read because he had to use so much symbolism to describe objects he had never seen before. You couldn't expect them to know what a nuclear missile or radiation was, so they describe it as best they can.

For the most part the true understanding of what the prophecy means only comes after the event happens and it is recognized.
 
i don't recall anywhere in the bible where a true prphet of God wasn't 100% accurate. If you can show me this then i'll agree with the pastor..otherwsie he's flat wrong.
 
ChickenSoup said:
If it were a genuine prophet of God, his words would be 100% accurate.
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right on C$, thats basically what i was going to put.

If hes not accurate in his statements he's obviously not from God ya know? and this includes benny hinn imo
 
Not to put a damper on this but the Pastor is actually correct.

There are times when prophecy is tied to certian events.

IE- If you do not repent this will happen. Therefore if a city, nation, person repents the prophecy is void.

There are also times when the prophecy if more in the future as it seems that the vision or prophecy is not fulfilled because the time is not.

I think I would personally say this is not a black and white issue and usually should not be treated as such.
 
I must disagree. The true Word of God (which would be voiced by a prophet) would be 100% correct. Even the scenarios that you pointed out:
IE- If you do not repent this will happen. Therefore if a city, nation, person repents the prophecy is void.

There are also times when the prophecy if more in the future as it seems that the vision or prophecy is not fulfilled because the time is not.
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lead to the prophecy being true. "If you do not repent, this will happen." Then you repent, and it doesn't happen. Well, the prophecy pretty much spells that out so it's taken care of and it's still accurate. The second scenario, if I understood it correctly, still leads to eventual full fulfilling of the prophecy, at which time it would be proved 100% correct.
 
Nobody is infallible, even those with the best intentions. It is dangerous to treat anything as the Word of God, unless it really is the Word of God, i.e. the Bible.
 
we must remember that a prophecy wasn't always about the future. Prophesying can be for-telling and fourth-telling. This is a complicated and confusing issue alot of the time.

To bring it up with your pastor, i would mention to him that in Israelite conditions and law (i have been told this and i have never actually found where it says this, whether it is in historical records, or actually in the Bible. yet...) if a prophet made a prophecy about the immediate future and that prophecy didn't come true, that prophet would be stoned by the people for lying about what God told them (talk about reverence for God's word).

I can't specifically think of any prophecy that has been in the Bible that hasn't come 100% true (well... the ones that already have, yet there are still some coming). but we have to remember of the reverence the people had for God's word back then. If someone wasn't 100% honest, if someone didn't tell the 100% truth... or if someone even lied... they would be stoned. (yet then again... i am going from word of mouth... i have never actually looked this up myself. of course... i could be wrong)
 
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