I'm reading today from Lamentations 2 .14. It
says, Your prophets, those were their leaders,
their godly leaders supposedly, your prophets
have seen for you worthless, that means it's
worth nothing, and deceptive, that means it was
a lie, visions, and they have not exposed your
wrongdoing so as to restore you from captivity.
But they have seen for you worthless, there it
is again, and misleading pronouncements. So two
things I want you to see here. The first is,
it's not worthless if... It restores you from
captivity and exposes your wrongdoing. You need
those two things. So if you have a man of God
in your life who is preaching the gospel the
way it's written, preaching what the Bible tells
you, that you need Jesus Christ as Lord and you
need to follow him for your whole life, denying
yourself, taking up your cross daily and following
after him, then that's a message from God. And
if they're telling you anything else or any other
way, self -help talk or that what you're doing
is okay and that you don't really have to be
committed or full -fledged following the Lord,
That's worthless prophecy, worthless visions,
worthless speaking. Be restored by Jesus Christ
who lived, died, was buried, and rose again and
overcame death. Believe in your heart and confess
with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord and
that God raised him from the dead and you will
be saved. Turn from your wicked ways, if you
have any, and I'm sure you probably do. Turn
from your wicked ways and follow him and follow
him alone. Be encouraged. You can deliver the
same message to anyone who will listen.