Refuting heresy: The myth of modern-day prophets

0:00Yes. The Christian post recently published an op-ed article titled, Can you hear me now making the case for modern-day profits? Well, well, I suspect that they publish such articles because they generate clicks.

1:05But, you know, allowing such a shoddy opinion piece as this does nothing whatsoever to bolster the Christian post credibility. At least not with me. Despite their disclaimer, CP voices do not necessarily reflect the views of the Christian post. Opinions expressed are solely those of the authors. Well, today I want to refute this heresy. I want to expose the myth of modern-day profits. In other words, I want to make the case against modern-day profits. Well, I wish I didn't have to even go into this kind of turf because it is extremely divisive in so many ways, and I suppose that's why I feel compelled to respond to it. Well, thanks for joining me today. This is Unity Without Compromise,

2:06and Dr. Steve LeTulip, I certainly appreciate you joining me, and I hope you will glean something from what we go through today because it's very important as Christians are trying to sort things out in a world that is telling them in so many ways that the Bible is false or that it is only partially correct or that it is incomplete or obsolete or, you know, just contains a few good points for living. Well, I think that we need something more, and for those of you who are still searching for the way of eternal life, there is only one way. And so welcome to this program, and I hope you get a lot from it. I want to really emphasize a point right from the beginning today, and that is that we must never, never mistake heresy for entertainment. And that's what I am going to share with you today because that's what

3:13this article is all about, and it must be exposed. It really must, especially when it comes from a Christian source like the Christian post. You have to wonder why do they do this? And why should I make an issue of this? I mean, is it necessary? Well, the answer is because false teachers, even if they manifest or show up in opinion pieces, they allow bad stuff to become socially acceptable. And we've just seen way too much of that in our day and age. And we should not let them get away with this, because they are misleading thousands of people. And this is just simply not acceptable. It is not harmless, and it divides the church and confuses weak and immature Christians. And we have plenty

4:14of those in America and elsewhere. But their real motive is very easy to discover. And I'll show you that right off the bat because they do need to be exposed. And you have to have some knowledge to be able to do it. Now, in this article, which was posted on September 19th, 2026, just a few days ago, the contributor, Matthew Thayer, who is a documentary filmmaker, he heralds his true motive, reign the first sentence of this article. He says, and I quote, ask any filmmaker what the most important thing about a film is, and you'll hear the same answer. It's all about the story. Hmm. And then he admits, quote, the raw power of stories fascinates me. And quote, and then he

5:14goes on to say it's because human beings crave them. They just crave these kind of fascinating stories. But the best stories, he says, are the ones that cause us to entertain new ideas, teaching us how to think. And then in describing his latest film, which is titled, can you hear me now, he claims to tackle the idea of modern prophecy from a whole bunch of different viewpoints, like from a scientific perspective, from a historical and theological perspective, from a spiritual perspective, and even from a political viewpoint. Okay. So he says, yeah, I'm going to be well rounded on this. I'm going to share with you how I can make a strong case for modern day prophets existing and being a real thing, I guess is what he's saying. Well,

6:16surprisingly, or not, maybe his weakest viewpoint is his biblical worldview. So from what I gather, this documentary filmmaker, Matthew Thayer, has made some other documentaries that have a Christian focus at least. And he says that he seems to claim to be a Christian. Okay. So this is concerning because his blaring abuse of scripture is just horrendous. It's unacceptable. And in my opinion, it deserves a response because he is misleading a lot of people. So I don't think I'm going to waste my time watching this cringe worthy film. I just not going to waste my time there because it's so ridiculous. And so because of that, I want you to know that my response is to his article in the

7:21Christian post and only that. But he gives me plenty of ammunition to expose his false teaching. And remember, entertainment never justifies misleading Christians and damaging Christian dumb. There is going to be a price paid by those people who do such things. And Matthew Thayer needs to really understand that because in this article, it proves my point that every Christian disciple needs some kind of instruction in basic Bible interpretation. The fancy word for that is hermeneutics. And every Christian disciple also needs a constant reminder of the staunch warnings, not just casual warnings, but you had better be where kind of warnings. If you do this, that you will pay a price, those kind of warnings in scripture against adding to or taking away from the words of

8:28God or just twisting scripture. Well, let's begin. Matthew opens up his article and he wants to win everybody over because this is a controversial issue today. And he exposes the controversy by saying, quote, friends warned me not to tackle the subject. He says part of my own brain objected. And then he admits rightly that entire groups of Christians no longer believe prophets exist today. And so that I say great, there's some hope there because you ought not to believe that. But then he asks, why exactly is this topic so controversial? Now that kind of gives you a hint of his immaturity in the Christian faith because he asks that question. Now I ask the same question, however, because it should not be controversial. This is a topic that is

9:32pretty straightforward in the Bible. The Bible speaks very plainly on the subject. And I want to affirm today that modern day prophets do not exist. And if you don't believe that, please stay tuned because you're opening yourself up to a whole lot of bad teaching. Now the justification that this Matthew thee are uses. He says most of the arguments I hear disavowing prophecy today are piecemeal theology. And he defines it disembodied verses ganged out of Paul's letters and stuffed with modern meaning. Now keep that in mind. Okay. You're saying that those of us who actually believe that there is no such thing as modern day prophets. He says your arguments are just piecemeal theology. They're taken here, they're taken

10:38there, and they're used to try to prove your point. Okay. But as you listen to them, you will see that his accusations are exactly what he is guilty of doing in this article. It's called proof texting, which is using scripture to try and justify some personal belief or claim like modern day prophets exist. So he's going to try and make a case for this. But to do that, honestly, doing so requires violating a major rule of interpretation. And that violation is called isegesis, which is reading into a passage your own ideas or beliefs as opposed to taking the intended meaning out of the passage, which is called exegesis. Isegesis reading into a passage

11:44is a surefire way to get it wrong. And Matthew, Thayer does a beautiful job demonstrating this error. So there's a lesson in it for us. Now I'll say straight up front that Thayer abuses scripture. And we could argue is it misuse abuse? You know, is he just confused? Is he just immature? Well, you know, I'll call it abuse because it's that dangerous. He ignores every valid rule of Bible interpretation. And that bothers me because then you can make the Bible say whatever you want. He ignores the rules of context, harmony, cultural versus normative, literal versus figurative. He ignores all of grammar, the rules, the basic rules of all human language, and so forth. So specifically, he ignores and he mocks the test of profit. He mocks and ignores the protection

12:51of Bible words of God's spokesman and authors, which is called inspiration. And the Bible claims that it is inspired. He does not recognize the completion of God's written revelation in the Bible and the announcement that new revelations and miraculous proclamations will cease when the perfect that is the completed revelation and human language has come. And I'll show you how he cites 1 Corinthians chapter 13 to try and prove his point. Well, let's just check out what he says. So what I want to do today is just analyze Thayer's arguments for modern day prophecy. Some of you might know someone who says, you know, the Lord has told me and then they'd go on to say something

13:51and I don't know if that's ever raised your eyebrows, but a lot of times it's just flat wrong. The Lord could not have told you that because contradicts scripture. There's other people and I have a few friends, even in the medical community, who claim to be modern day prophets. And I'll be honest with you, they got some pretty crazy theology. And it's scary. It's really scary when you listen to these people in real life. But Thayer makes an argument for modern day prophecy and he cites scriptural passages. He says, let's read the actual source. So he sets you up making you or trying to make you believe that he's going right to the source. Let's just read the words and see what they say. Okay. So he's trying to build credibility here. And for that reason, I'm asking you now, please put on your thinking cap. Think for yourself based on what you know of what the Bible

14:52says based on your own understanding of sound rules of Bible interpretation. Because if you have any discernment and Bible interpretive skills, when you read an article like this, you need to use those skills. And I'm asking to do that as we go along. Now I will read scripture passage under each of Matthew's four subheadings to support his thesis. And I will read them the scripture passages in the order that Thayer cites them. Because I want to accurately represent what he is saying and thereby challenge it. And then I'll expose his false interpretations and bogus. I mean absolutely bogus conclusions. Every Christian's obligation has a good ambassador of Jesus Christ is to represent his word accurately and truthfully. You wouldn't think that would be so hard.

16:01But it is apparently. So your burden is to discern the truth of any claim. That is my burden. That's anyone's burden. And the only way we can do that is by searching the scriptures to find out whether these things that they're claiming are true or not. It's being barian in spirit. The barians listen to the Apostle Paul and wanted to check out the things he was saying according to their knowledge of scripture. And Paul praised them for it. Said they were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians because they did that. So it's very interesting that we are told to discern what anybody says based on what is written in scripture. So let's do that. Let's find out what scripture really says. Let's find out if what Matthew Thayer says is really biblical. Okay, so I said for subheadings that he posts, the first is the lens Jesus handed us. And then he sides John

17:10five chapters, chapters 13 through 17. Now in this passage, Jesus is coming to the end of his earthly ministry. And what he does, he washes the disciples feet as an object lesson to teach him something. And then he predicts his betrayal by the great deceiver among them. One of his own apostles deceived him. And that was Judas Iscariot, by the way. And then he comforts his disciples because they're a little lost, they're a little confused. They don't know what's coming. And for that reason, Jesus instructs them about what is coming. And he talks to them and teaches them about the Holy Spirit. Another helper, he says, is coming. And then he teaches the disciples the importance of loving and serving one another. He also talks about our times ahead. He says,

18:10you know, life is going to get a little bit rough for you. So I want you to expect that. And then finally, he speaks, not finally, but next he speaks of his death and resurrection. And then in chapter 17 of the gospel of John, then he prays to his father, which is the real Lord's prayer, not the our father, as the Catholics would call it, but he prays for the unity of all believers that they may be one as we are. Jesus said. Well, Thayer says, quote, Jesus tells his confused friends. The story isn't ending. It's changing narrators. Hmm. He goes on. He promises the Spirit who would lead us into all truth and says, he will declare to you the things that are coming. Okay. Now, there's some serious twisting of

19:12scripture right there. And I'll explain that. First of all, the Holy Spirit has always protected the words of all scriptural writers. What does that mean? It means that the narrator is unchanged. And Thayer just said, well, you know, the story isn't ending. It's just changing narrators. Well, no, it's not. It is not changing narrators. God has never changed the narrator. The Holy Spirit protects every word that is written and spoken from God. Number two, citing John chapter 16 verses 12 and 13, Thayer breaks the nearest antecedent rule, which means that when you have a pronoun, the pronoun refers back to the nearest antecedent, noun or subject. The you that Jesus is speaking to when he says he will declare to you things that

20:22are coming. He wasn't talking to you and I. He was talking to his disciples. And so Thayer breaks the nearest antecedent rule to make it sound like the you that Jesus is speaking to is all Christians. But it's not. He is speaking to his disciples who were present with him at this supper time. In John chapter 13 verse 5, we read, for example, remember, he quoted John chapters 13 through 17. So John 13, 5, Jesus began to wash the disciples feet. Okay, John 13 verse 12, when he had washed their feet, he said to them, see, not to us to them, the disciples. That's important. John 13, 13, Jesus says, you call me teacher and Lord. Well, I didn't call him teacher and Lord in this setting. You

21:23didn't call him teacher and Lord. His disciples called him teacher and Lord. And then in verse 22 of chapter 13, we read the disciples began looking at one another. They weren't looking at us. They were looking at each other because they were the only ones there. And then in John chapter 16, verse 19, Jesus knows that they are talking about something. And he asked them, are you inquiring among yourselves about what I said? He is speaking directly to those disciples in the room with him. Every reference of quote you, is directed at the disciples present with Jesus. And this is indisputable, basic grammar. So we shouldn't violate the rule of the nearest antecedent. And let me tell you, a lot of false teachers, false prophets do that sort of thing. And then he quotes John

22:27chapter 10, verse 27, my sheep hear my voice. That's what it says. Well, I'm not sure why they are through the in this verse from the good shepherd passage. John 10 is a beautiful chapter on the good shepherd. But anyway, there does this. And then he jumps from there, just quoting that one little thing, my sheep hear my voice. And he jumps to Matthew chapter 7, verses 9 through 11, where Jesus compares a good earthly father to our infinitely better heavenly father. But listen to what there says. Quoting him, most read this verse and think, Jesus is saying God is a good and generous father. Wonderful. True. But that only takes the words at face value. Did you catch what you just said? Let me repeat it. But that only takes the words at face value.

23:33Well, taking God's word at face value is the only way not to twist scripture. Taking at face value means reading it for what it says. Not adding to or taking away from the words. So why would they have a problem with that? He says, no, no, no, there's a don't do that. Don't you see? There's something deeper here. Let me put my thoughts into this passage for you. That's I said, Jesus, right? So instead, he says that is instead of taking at face value, Jesus hands us our own experience as parents and says, use this lens. Well, Jesus never said that. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Where did he get that interpretation from? That's a great example of I said, Jesus, reading into a passage, something which is not there. Putting your own creative thoughts into scripture is wrong. Oh, you might have a lot of fun doing it.

24:38It might be real popular, even, but it is wrong. Adding to and taking away from scripture is never justified. And he does that despite God's severe warnings not to do so. Taking another author or an author's words at face value in the scriptures is called exegesis, reading it for what it says. And that's how we understand all human language, not just the Bible, but the Bible was written in human language. And who would dare to claim the right to changing the meaning of scripture? It's pretty bold. Okay, so his second subheading is titled a father who won't talk. Now, he doesn't cite any scriptures at all under this subheading because doing so would negate his insanely foolish argument

25:41here. Thayer says, all my life I've heard, God is alive and wants to have a personal relationship with you. It is an eminently biblical idea. However, in Christian circles that object to prophecy, those very same people insist, God doesn't speak to people in visions or dreams or prophetic utterances anymore. Now, he makes another false claim there. He says, in Christian circles that object to prophecy, well, I don't object to prophecy. There was a lot of prophecy of old. I object to modern day prophecy, but he generalizes to kind of catch you in his net. See, so he says, God doesn't speak to people in visions or dreams. They, you know, these or prophetic utterances anymore. That's his argument against Christians who don't believe modern day prophets because they say the gift is no longer active. He only speaks to us through the Bible. And so,

26:46when Matthew was saying years, how ridiculous, how narrow-minded and shortsighted are these Christians? And then he presents the false analogy, false analogy of an earthly father who refuses to communicate with his kids. How about that? He says, no father, any of us would call good would say that. Really? Is that the best you can do, Matthew? You know, I'm actually embarrassed for him, saying that kind of a stupid remark. Read John chapter 17 closely. Read it really closely and see how many times Jesus actually says what is important in knowing God's will. Read it. Take the time to read it piece by piece because when Jesus is praying to his father in

27:47John 17 and who, by the way, a father who incidentally replies nothing as revealed in his prayer passage, nothing's recorded. But Jesus prefers to the written word. Multiple times, the written word, they have kept your word. John 17 verse 6, for I have given them the words and they have received them. That's in verse 8. I have given them your word, verse 14, sanctify them by your truth, your word is truth, verse 17. Then Jesus said, I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, verse 20. In short, our Heavenly Father speaks to us through his word, the Bible, as spoken by Jesus who taught his disciples and as written

28:54by the Bible's authors who wrote under the Holy Spirit's protection. Thus the so-called father who won't talk is pure nonsense. It's scripture twisting. It is false reasoning and it is a false argument for modern-day prophets. Do you see that? Well, I got plenty more to say and we'll get to his next two subtitles after I take a short pause. Don't go away. Successful weight loss is about changing the gut-brain relationship with food. I'm Dr. Kelly Victory with the Wellness Company. If you don't like needles, you'll love oral dissolving Terzepatide RX. This doctor-designed solution works by targeting the GLP1 and GIP receptors that influence appetite and metabolism. Terzepatide helps with food portion reduction and satiety, while changing how the brain responds to engineered sugars and unhealthy fats. And unlike

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34:05us. It's the only thing that is going to save America. I'm also in the process right now of revising and expanding my book Unity Without Compromise. That will be coming soon. I suspect within a couple of months, two to three months anyway and I think it's something that you might really be interested in if you think that Bible interpretation is something really hard to do because it is not but you have to be taught some basic rules. So look for that coming in the future. Well so anyway I am talking today about in response to an article that was written in the Christian post as an op-ed, an opinion piece by a documentary film producer who seems to think he knows a lot of the Bible but he doesn't and that is readily obvious if you know what the

35:09scriptures say. So I have exposed some really serious errors under two subheadings. The lambs Jesus handed us and then the second one a father who won't talk. He's suggesting that our heavenly father should speak to us directly and he's suggesting of course he still does and that is just so easy to debunk just if you know scripture. So I want to continue in this vein. Now his third subheading he titles Way What Is Said. So let's do that. He sites here Deuteronomy chapter 18 verses 20 through 22 and this is the false prophet law passage. It states that quote any prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name which I have not commanded him to speak or who speaks in the name of other gods that prophet shall die. End quote.

36:16So what we get from Deuteronomy chapter 18 is that prophesying the thing which the Lord has not spoken is a pretty serious offense with God. God doesn't take it lightly. In fact he says if someone does this kill them they deserve capital punishment for misrepresenting God. But so what do you do with that? Well Thayer doesn't really do much with the scripture. Again he doesn't expose that doesn't do you know a word for word verse by verse um expository message on this he just confuses the issue and that is what scripture twisting is all about. So we confuses the issue again by asking well and and this is a quote from him what about a good prophet who gets something wrong. Now this shows you how naive this guy is this is a bogus question. It reveals how

37:21weak Thayer's Bible knowledge really is a quote good prophet and quote doesn't get it wrong because the spirit of God the Holy Spirit gives the words protects the words that prophets speak. Now remember what Thayer said at the beginning of his article about piecemeal theology and about words being stuffed with modern meeting scripture being stuffed with modern meaning well he commits the very sin he argues against here when he says here's what this debate usually misses the new testament never treats congregational prophecy like an Old Testament oracle. What do you mean congregational prophecy what is congregational prophecy because those words are in scripture so they have to be a modern meaning because we don't find the term anywhere in scripture yet Thayer tries to place it

38:28there by citing first Corinthians chapter 13 verse 9 which says we prophesy in part and then he appeals to first Corinthians chapter 14 the next chapter verse 29 let the others weigh what is said in other words judge for yourselves whether this is true or not and then Thayer further twists his modern prophecy theory by stating fallibility isn't a loophole I'm smuggling in it's built into Paul's instructions oh really and then he gives us a cute little saying God speaks the church tests keep the good drop the rest well there are so many things wrong with these statements with that statement that I actually feel silly giving it any attention but I will

39:33there is saying that when God speaks by prophetic utterance then we the church have a duty to sort it out and judge if it's true or not do you see how that is twisted they are just said we will be the judge of God that's what he's saying because Paul assumed people would get it partly wrong that's his very words Thayer's words and instructed what to do about it instead of shutting the gift down so what is Thayer saying here he's saying this miraculous gift from God the gift of prophecy given to people can be erroneous we have to decide for ourselves now what kind of a gift is that from God that is not a biblical gift of prophecy I'll tell you that God doesn't get it wrong God doesn't make

40:35mistakes the Holy Spirit is perfect in his work of authenticating the message that comes from God so Thayer just gets this all wrong as you ever as they are never read the scriptural warnings against false prophets because there's a bunch of them Old Testament and New Testament everywhere in scripture we are warned about false teachers coming in like Thayer Matthew Thayer is a false teacher well let me get to his last subtitle which he calls what story are we in western mark and again in this subheading he provides no scripture whatsoever to make his defense he says it's a debate about what kind of larger story capital S we think we're in ah yes this is called I think

41:42theology and he says further the story we hear a loving father who spoke in the past but decides to write down everything instead and then goes quiet and like every story it teaches the people who believe it to expect nothing silence now that's a false conclusion and when he talks about a loving father who spoke in the past but decides to write down everything instead and then goes quiet well that's just a false choice that is not what happened God spoke to the people of old through all different kinds of means through prophets through dreams through visions through scripture through angel messengers so it's a false choice that he presents it's not either or God

42:46speak to us in a lot of different ways and then he says like every story it teaches the people who believe it to expect silence really that's a false conclusion because you know what the Bible is not silent on moral issues on the way of salvation on the attributes of God on the history of creation and the church but God was silent remember in the way they are sites it meaning not speaking through the prophets or in any other way visions dreams whatever for some 430 years between the Old Testament and the New Testament that was a period of absolute silence there were no apostles no prophets no visions no angelic messengers not until finally and they were anticipating it greatly until the coming of Messiah Jesus Christ manifested in this world they had only the written words of Old Testament prophets

43:53just as we now have only so called the written words of both the Old Testament and the New Testament writers well how about that are we handicapped because that's all we have well yeah what story are we in that's what he asks well let me tell you what story we're in we are in the church age also known as the end times that's right the end times began on that day of Pentecost when Peter preached the first Christian sermon Acts chapter 2 you can read it when the other helper came as promised the Holy Spirit who now indowels every Christian at the time of their conversion and that you can read about how it happens in Acts chapter 2 so let me ask the question do we still need prophecy what does the Bible say the only significant

45:01unfulfilled prophecy if you want to just you know make it simple pull it all together the only unfulfilled prophecy remaining is the return of Jesus Christ for judgment now how that plays out is itself subject to much dispute i realize that largely because we fail to consistently apply the rules of sound Bible interpretation to our reading of scripture but we don't need any further prophecy we have no need of it consider this fact every so called modern-day prophet who has predicted the fulfillment of this last pending prophecy based on political events dating astrology and other calculations has been wrong every last one of them

46:02has been wrong they have consistently been false prophets and what does that tell us well it suggests that the false prophets are many for one thing and secondly all the true prophets are historical figures any future prophets who present new ideas and fascinating stories to use their own words will also be false prophets guaranteed none of them have been or will be inspired their words will not be God breathed they will not be inspired spokesman for God how can I say that with such confidence well because anyone who claims to be a true prophet of God and predicts any event must be tested how according to the written words in scripture and that makes modern

47:06prophets unnecessary they're bogus they're all false prophets if they claim to be prophets it's a lesson that we really need to digest think about read the scriptures for what the scriptures say for example first Corinthians chapter 13 verses 8 and 9 which our storyteller here refers to but really doesn't analyze it anyway because he knows that his narrative would fall apart but it says in first Corinthians chapter 13 verse 8 and 9 whether there are prophecies they will fail did you read that that's retake it at face value now I mean it might upset Matthew they are doing that but take it at face value whether there are prophecies they will fail

48:12whether there are tongues they will cease whether there is knowledge it will vanish and the knowledge here is referring to a miraculous knowledge that is that is given by the Holy Spirit but it will vanish now why will these things happen well let me finish reading it for we know in part and we prophesy in part now there mention that one yeah we prophesy in part well what does that mean well first of all here it is again the nearest anti-sevent rule the we here refers to those who had the gift of prophecy prophets never had full knowledge of what they prophesied do you realize that they could not see the big picture because they were not given the whole picture and so they only prophesied in part the prophets never had a full understanding of God's unrevealed

49:17at that time plan of salvation but when Jesus came he personally taught his disciples the remaining untold details of that plan he also promised the apostles not us but the apostles that the Holy Spirit would guide them in writing the rest of the story of God's plan of salvation when the last Holy Spirit inspired writers of scripture finally penned their last words we received the completed revelation of Jesus Christ that which is perfect the Greek word they're tell tell on which means completed finished mature has come as prophesied of old that which is in part meaning prophecies

50:20were done away with they're gone they are unnecessary now the apostles and new testament writers filled in the blanks that previously previously had been hidden before Christ came so what happened the first century writers told the rest of the story and the completed Bible record is the perfect an honest harmony of scripture and applying the rules that we use to interpret all human language including the Bible supports this statement it's the only thing that makes sense those who think the perfect as a reference to heaven fail the rule of context

51:21God has spoken in times past in a lot of different ways and all of that speaking is done but it's been written it has been recorded in human language so that we can understand it by applying the rules of all human language so important to understand that principle well I guess uh to summarize I could give you my opinions on things but I'd rather not let me just use scripture in Hebrews chapter 1 verses 1 and 2 we are told that God who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets hasn't these last days spoken to us by his son well there it is read 2nd Timothy chapter 3 verses 16 and 17 and let me tell you this is a great

52:25memory verse because it's so powerful what it says and what does it say all scripture is given by inspiration of God that for what purpose all scripture is given by inspiration of God that the man of God may be complete and thoroughly equipped for every every good work it's profitable for doctrine for instruction for correction of correction for instruction in righteousness that the man of God may be complete having the scriptures complete we don't need anything more we authorly equipped for every good work verse Corinthians chapter 13 verse 8 love never fails but whether there are prophecies they will fail they'll go away collosions chapter 2 verse 8 beware

53:28let's anyone take you captive through philosophy and empty deceit according to the traditions of men according to the basic principles of the world and not according to Christ I would encourage you to read 2nd Peter chapter oh about chapter 1 verse 20 and go through chapter 2 verse 3 read those words very carefully 2nd Peter chapter 1 verse 20 through chapter 2 verse 3 in John's gospel John chapter 14 verse 23 if anyone loves me he will keep my words well Thayer's article proves that he's a novice he is a false unqualified teacher

54:33and he cannot justify what he has done to make this movie that will mislead plenty of people remember Jesus words he said buy their fruits that's how you're going to know them buy their fruits you will know them now that is some profound incredibly strong words we don't want to be dividers of the body of Christ we have way too many denominations now we should have only one the body of Jesus Christ the church of Jesus Christ that's the only true body there is in the Christian faith there's no denominations that's all man made garbage garbage and scripture says so but we have to hold on to the profound words that knowing God's word isn't enough we also need to

55:34proclaim it accurately and truthfully and live it daily live it take one little verse of scripture and do your best to apply it because in doing so in practicing such a Christian discipline you become more holy more like our master and because of that the world becomes a better place and that's something so important for us right now in this country what am I what is my plea today to you please just hold fast the written word do that do justice to scripture and you're going to go long ways and in being a true ambassador for Christ but beware of modern day prophets they're all a bunch of frauds and fakes they don't exist I don't care what they claim we tested against the scriptures and they will be found wanting and they are deceivers for that reason they will reap what

56:40they sell don't be one of them I pray thanks for joining me today I hope this message has served you well you don't listen to your it without compromise I do a