Bible Dictionary: Prophecy: Punishment For: Pretending to the Gift of

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Deuteronomy 18:20
But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
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Jeremiah 14:15
Therefore thus said the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
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Jeremiah 23:15
Therefore thus said the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
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Library

Tenth Sunday after Trinity Spiritual Counsel for Church Officers.
... soul away to something else, pretending that this ... The gift of prophecy includes,
further, the ability ... of future indignation, vengeance and punishment for the ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol iii/tenth sunday after trinity spiritual.htm

Second Sunday after Epiphany
... This is the danger-point in all prophecy. ... Now, they who harbor hatred while pretending
to love ... Reproof and punishment greatly differ from cursing and malediction ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol ii/second sunday after epiphany.htm

Doctrinal and Moral Treatises. Index of Subjects.
... 543, [625]544; loss of, how a punishment; how a ... 732]340; witnessed to by Jewish prophecy,
[733]342 ... 476, [787]494; denied before men in pretending heresy, [788 ...
/.../on care to be had for the dead /doctrinal and moral treatises index.htm

The Arguments Usually Alleged in Support of Free Will Refuted.
... endeavour to evade his judgment, by pretending that he ... the divine favour, and visited
with punishment, there is ... a distance is meant the withdrawal of prophecy. ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 5 the arguments usually.htm

The Greatest Trial on Record
... Prophecy unto us!" And thus the Savior passed a ... accused him of stirring up sedition,
pretending to be ... accepted by God instead of their punishment; believe that ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 9 1863/the greatest trial on record.htm

Homilies on the Gospel of John.
... Asa, his gout a punishment for sin, [117]132. Babel, an example of mischievous
agreement, [118]206. Baptism, promise at, [119]4; gift of the Spirit in, [120]36 ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homilies on the gospel of.htm

Regeneration by Faith. Of Repentance.
... for a time with the ungodly, pretending repentance ... says that therein was fulfilled
the prophecy concerning the ... with deprecation of the sentence and punishment. ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 3 regeneration by faith.htm

Of Passages from the Holy Scriptures, and from the Apocrypha ...
... When Paul declared that all prophecy ought to be ... Jesus Christ." This boundary they
pass in pretending that, as ... This, I allow, is a fearful punishment which God ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/of passages from the holy.htm

Letter Xciii. (AD 408. )
... But at that time the prophecy, "Be wise now ... more severe has been appointed, for the
punishment of that ... is known:" either refusing to see, or pretending not to ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter xciii a d 408.htm

Of Faith. The Definition of It. Its Peculiar Properties.
... and abuse, as the gift of tongues, prophecy, or other ... for the gift of miracles"a
gift possessed by ... therefore, is the proper hire and punishment of unbelief ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 2 of faith the.htm