re earthquake prediction in article may athos rutgers edu dan ingres com a rose arose writes i believe with everything in my heart that on may the city of portland oregon in the country of the united states of america will be hit with a catastrophic and disastrous earthquake by now we know that this did not come to pass surprise surprise i sure didn t lose any sleep over it and i live there mistakes in this area are costly and dangerous for me my greatest fears in this area would be the following were god to call me to be a prophet and i were to misrepresent god s word my calling would be lost forever god s word would command the people never to listen to or fear my words as i would be a false prophet my bridges would be burnt forever perhaps i could repent and be saved but i could never again be a prophet of god suppose someone said that he was sure that he would return from death in glory and power flying in the clouds with the host of heaven soon within the lifetimes of those then standing with him and years went by without any such event he also asserted so they say himself to be god questions is that one of those false prophecies you were talking about does that make the speaker a false prophet speak directly if the lord has given you something to say say it but before i declare thus sayeth the lord i d better know for certain without a shadow of a doubt that i am in the correct spiritual condition and relationship with the lord to receive such a prophecy and be absolutely certain again without the tiniest shadow of a doubt that there is no possibility of my being misled by my own imaginations or by my hope of gaining recognition or of being misled by the wiles of the devil and his followers uhh has it occurred to you that there is no way to know any of these things for certain without the tiniest shadow of a doubt that people who thought they did have also been deluded those of us who believe in actually being able to check our opinions have an out we can check against some external reality those who assert that beliefs entertained without evidence or even despite evidence have a special virtue ie faith are out of luck and this is the result it s time that we christians give an example of honesty that stands out in contrast against this backdrop of falsehood when we say thus sayeth the lord it happens when we pray prayer is answered because we prayed right when we say we re christians we really mean it dan you want to demonstrate christian honesty great start with the prophecy above what can we conclude about the speaker max
