The document contains passages from Deuteronomy describing God's instructions to the Israelites regarding prophets. It states that God will raise up a prophet like Moses from among their own people, and that the people must listen to this prophet. It warns that prophets who speak falsely in God's name must be put to death. It also says the people can know if a message is truly from God if what the prophet says comes to pass.

1. Deuteronomy 18:14-15
The nations you will dispossess listen to those
who practice sorcery or divination. But as for
you, The Lord your God has not permitted you to
do so. The Lord your God will raise up for you a
prophet like me from among your own brothers.
You must listen to him.
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2. Deuteronomy 18:16-18
For this is what you asked of the Lord your God
at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you
said, ‘Let us not hear the voice of the Lord our
God nor see this great fire anymore, or we will
die.’ The Lord said to me, ‘What they say is
good. I will raise up for them a prophet like you
from among their brothers; I will put My words
in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I
command him.
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3. Deuteronomy 18:19-20
If anyone does not listen to My words that the
prophet speaks in My name, I Myself will call him
to account. But a prophet who presumes to
speak in My name anything I have not
commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks
in the name of other gods, must be put to
death.”
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4. Deuteronomy 18:21-22
You may say to yourselves, ‘How can we know
when a message has not been spoken by the
Lord?’ If what a prophet proclaims in the name
of the Lord does not take place or come true,
that is a message the Lord has not spoken. That
prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be
afraid of him.
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5. “But Wait!
There’s More!”
But Wait!
There’s Myrrh!”

6. Many have proposed that
the gifts of the magi not
only had material value,
but were SYMBOLIC
Let’s look to the birth of One who would FULFILL
and RESTORE us to what God intended from the
beginning.
The predominate task of the prophet was
SPEAKING the word of God to the people of
God.

7. …they were sent to call out
SIN with a call for
REPENTANCE
We are not always aware of the EXTENT and
MAGNITUDE of the role that God has for us.
We are tempted to listen to the voices AROUND
us rather than the voice from ABOVE.

8. God will raise up a PROPHET.
This prophet will be from
AMONG you.
He will PROCLAIM the word of God.
God would reveal His word not only THROUGH
Him, but IN Him.
The fate of the people depended on their
RELATIONSHIP to the word of the Lord.

9. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
My Next Step Today is to:
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Be more intentional to listening to God
( ) Identify if I have been mishandling or disobeying
God’s Word and repent accordingly
( ) Be committed to the “small” things God calls me
to
( ) Examine where I can grow in my relationship
with Jesus
( ) Other________________________