False Prophets, False Christians

Question: How many times should one let a self-proclaimed 'prophet of God'
get a prophecy wrong when they prophesy in the name of God or Jesus?

Answer: Exactly once! If you let a false prophet, apostle, evangelist,
preacher, or teacher continue unabated within your local group of believers,
or someone you watch on public media (TV, YouTube, social media, etc) you
are in strict disobedience of the commandments of Jesus, who warned us
against the false prophets in sheep's skins (Matt. 7:15). He also threatened the
'believers' with eternal punishment if they fail to kick out the false ones or they
fail to leave that congregation, as we can read in Revelation chapter 2:

¹⁴ But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them
that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a
stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed
unto idols, and to commit fornication. ¹⁵So hast thou also them that
hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. ¹⁶ Repent;
or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with
the sword of my mouth.

I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst
not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they
are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

²⁰Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou
sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess,
to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to
eat things sacrificed unto idols.

Revelation 21:8

⁸But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers,
and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall
have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone:
which is the second death.

¹⁵For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers,
and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and
maketh a lie.

If you don't have love (have compassion/charity) for the poor, the needy,
the forsaken widows and orphans, the strangers, the immigrants, then you
are a heartless hypocrite who will find an eternal abode in the Lake of Fire.
For better or for worse, you have exactly one chance in life to get this
stuff right, and it begins now. Today is the day of salvation (repentance)
[2 Corinthians 6:2].

Jesus gave us the important parable of the 'Rich Man and Lazarus', in
which the beggar Lazarus was laid at the gate of the rich man, seemingly
so that the rich man might have compassion on Lazarus and come to
his aid, but he would not. For greed's sake of for pride's sake or for both,
the rich man did not so much as lift one finger to help poor Lazarus, and
God took careful note of that. It's as if Jesus was telling us that the rich
man's full inner reaction to poor Lazarus was to say to himself,
"Not my problem!" You be very careful to which cause you say to
yourself or others, "Not my problem." The point of the parable was that
Lazarus went to heaven and the rich man went to hell. [Luke 16:19-31]
Remember that Jesus said that to whom much is given much shall be
required? [Luke 12:48] There's that 'class warfare' declared by so-called
Conservatives, promoted by Jesus, rearing it ugly head again.

John 5:25-29

²⁵Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is,
when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they
that hear shall live. ²⁶For as the Father hath life in himself;
so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; ²⁷And hath
given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the
Son of man. ²⁸Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the
which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, ²⁹And shall
come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of
life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of
damnation.

Jesus commanded His true followers not to be deceived:

Matthew 24:4,5,11,12

⁴And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man
deceive you. ⁵For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ;
and shall deceive many. ... ¹¹And many false prophets shall rise, and
shall deceive many. ¹² And because iniquity shall abound, the love
of many shall wax cold.

Jesus also warned us against the false prophets:

Matthew 24:24,25

²⁴For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall
shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible,
they shall deceive the very elect. ²⁵Behold, I have told you before.

-- Signed,

Patrick, a Christian

P.S. By the way, I mean no slur against Fleetwood Mac (one of my
favorite secular bands).