Monday, April 23, 2007

Voblerone?


I had not been able to reflect much today. I only got some lousy chocolate. My colleague went for a holiday and unintentionally bought something she thought was Toblerone. I tried some and it did not go down well.

Not that I want to spiritualise everything I see but it does remind me of false prophets.

What Peter says in 2 Peter 2:1-3 is very clear:

1 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
2 And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed.
3 And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.


This is what I found in Ezekiel 22. I have not really studied this before and I would need to, soon.

6 They have seen false visions and lying divinations. They say, 'Declares the LORD,' when the LORD has not sent them, and yet they expect him to fulfill their word.
7 Have you not seen a false vision and uttered a lying divination, whenever you have said, 'Declares the LORD,' although I have not spoken?"
8 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
9 My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and who give lying divinations. They shall not be in the council of my people, nor be enrolled in the register of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
10 Precisely because they have misled my people, saying, 'Peace,' when there is no peace, and because, when the people build a wall, these prophets smear it with whitewash,
11 say to those who smear it with whitewash that it shall fall! There will be a deluge of rain, and you, O great hailstones, will fall, and a stormy wind break out.


And this is a good reminder from John in 1 John 4:

1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.


pearlie

5 comments:

  1. I saw the picture and I had exactly the same response as your blog post before I'd even read it!

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  2. I hate cliches but great minds think alike! that's why ... haha

    Thanks for visiting my blog, Gerald. I will be out of town for awhile, and I will certainly recipocrate with a visit to yours when I am back.

    God bless!

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  3. I wonder what you can do to chocolate to make it bad?

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  4. Oh you can ... I think it is in the milk.

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