I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
The warning is that people can claim to speak for God through dreams and revelations when He has not sent them. Such counterfeit messages can come so close to genuine spiritual manifestation that careful testing is required. When examined, they are found to mingle sacred truths with earthly and foolish elements.
They work deception by first rebuking hearers and then following the rebuke with flattery. No appearance of holiness in the messenger or the message proves divine origin. Their misleading character and their harmful fruits expose them as false.
The warning is that people can claim to speak for God through dreams and revelations when He has not sent them. Such counterfeit messages can come so close to genuine spiritual manifestation that careful testing is required. When examined, they are found to mingle sacred truths with earthly and foolish elements.
They work deception by first rebuking hearers and then following the rebuke with flattery. No appearance of holiness in the messenger or the message proves divine origin. Their misleading character and their harmful fruits expose them as false.