Deuteronomy 27:11-13 (New International Version)
On the same day Moses commanded the people:
When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph and Benjamin. 13 And these tribes shall stand on Mount Ebal to pronounce curses: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali.
If a 'prophet' sweet-talks his people, I have doubts about his position.
A true prophet of God speaks not to turn people towards himself or his organization but to God. If he says anything that will benefit himself or his organization,he is a lying prophet. The true prophet speaks for God's glory and not for self or his own establishment's glorification.
Consider this is what The Lord Jesus Christ said: Take note that He said nothing for His own benefit or advantage over others.He said what one deserves irregardless of their position, status,religious background and roots.
Luke 6:20-26 (New International Version)
Looking at his disciples, he said:
"Blessed are you who are poor,
for yours is the kingdom of God.
Blessed are you who hunger now,
for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who weep now,
for you will laugh.
Blessed are you when men hate you,
when they exclude you and insult you
and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.
"Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their fathers treated the prophets.
"But woe to you who are rich,
for you have already received your comfort.
Woe to you who are well fed now,
for you will go hungry.
Woe to you who laugh now,
for you will mourn and weep.
Woe to you when all men speak well of you,
for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets.
The Lord Jesus Christ pronounced both the blessings and curses to those who would deserve them.He never sweet-talked His people with sugary-coated messages.He never based His messages on racial or religious preferences. He spoke against the Jews if they were wrong,like the Pharisees and Saducees. He blessed them, if they were right, like Nathaneal and the rest of the disciples except for Judas. He spoke the truth only. The righteous of Christ deserve blessings while the wicked children of the Devil deserve curses. That's the truth, because they had chosen that path themselves, therefore they would deserve what they have chosen. No one had forced them to that path. If you choose the wrong mountain to stand on, whose fault is it?
You will only receive what you deserve.
John 8:42-47 (New International Version)
Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me. Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me? He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God."
From the passages above, we realize that people do not seem to recognise who is from God and who is not. Their understanding had been so clouded that they did not know who came and had gone from them.Why were they unable to see,hear and understand? Why were they unable to know the difference from light and darkness,bitter and sweet,good from evil?
Isaiah 5:19-21 (New International Version)
19 to those who say, "Let God hurry,
let him hasten his work
so we may see it.
Let it approach,
let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come,
so we may know it."
20 Woe to those who call evil good
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
and clever in their own sight.
A lot of woes but just a warning though. We can turn them into blessings if we seek to see,hear and understand truth diligently.
Jeremiah 29:12-13 (New International Version)
Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
