Beware of YouTube Prophets

[426 words] I have noticed on YouTube several people claiming the Holy Spirit has revealed to them what is going to happen in the near future. They fancy themselves as inspired, revealing modern day revelations and prophecies. I am reminded of the false prophets of Jeremiah’s day. Jeremiah 23:16-40 is a good example of people claiming to speak for God and yet revealing what they imagined in the deception of their own hearts. See also Ezekiel 13.  “Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying to you. They are leading you into futility; They speak a vision of their own imagination, Not from the mouth of the Lord’” (Jer. 23:16). “I did not send these prophets, But they ran. I did not speak to them, But they prophesied” (23:21). “I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy falsely…