Prophetic or Pathetic?

 

 

So many prophets

Not to mention apostles

And their influence is alarmingly great

Among all peoples.

 

Not only in our country

But also, abroad

And all of them are indicating

That they have been called.

 

Called to this office

And called to that

And the gullible gobbles it up

As unadulterated fact.

 

Even when pathetic

And prophecies go adrift,

The biblically unaware will argue

They still have the gift.

 

Gifts are irrevocable,

God won’t take them back

And so, on this Romans 11 promise,

These prophets speak fact.

 

They may err sometimes

Since it’s human to err

But don’t call them false prophets

For such cannot be fair.

 

There are prophets many

Claiming to be true,

Some give prophesies annually

And some, out of the blue.

 

And when such prophesies

Constantly fail to come true

Their adherents still support them

In whatever they do.

 

 

Prophetic or pathetic?

I will leave you to judge,

I know that the unseeing gullible

Are not likely to budge.

 

For, testing the spirits,

Does not occur to them

And a foundation built on sand

Is a colossal problem.

 

One’s prophetic mark

Should be the Holy Bible

And anything contrary to this

Is damnable.

 

Deem it as pathetic

All prophesies that fail

And hold fast to God’s Holy Word

Lest the adversary assail.

 

Its God breathe truths

Are for our instruction

And the Holy Spirit compass within

Will give us wise direction.

 

Regard it as prophetic

And not as pathetic,

For there is no need to vet it

As in today’s prophet.

 

Stewart Russell © October 13, 2024