Self serving advice.
April 20, 2021
Reading through the Old Testament, a great lesson we learn is that peoples words matter. Reading of the kings, how many had advisors who were self seeking, and simply corrupt? Kings were and are today, human. Prone to listen. Especially to words that favor what humans like to hear.
Enter the Old Testament prophets. They were hated, honored, sought out, chased away. sometimes alone and sometimes had elders about them.
They were asked if a king would win a battle, be defeated or die.
To be a prophet, there was one criteria. Every word they spoke was truth and came to pass. Certainly our leaders today have no prophets speaking in their ear.
But we have Jesus. We go to Him. His instruction is always true, accurate, and consistent.