TODAY'S BIBLE TWEET

BIBLE TEXT: “So he died according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken.” (2 Kings 1:17a KJV)

BIBLE TWEET: Elijah is again proven to be God’s prophet, but this time, not by fire, but by the fulfilling of his prophecy. Ahaziah perished just as Elijah had predicted.

BIBLE TAKEAWAY: According to Deuteronomy 18:20-22, the true test of a prophet was whether his predictions came true. If they did, he was a true prophet of God. He was God's mouthpiece, a spokesman for God, whose mouth the Spirit had filled with the very words of God. If his predictions did not come true, he was a false prophet, a charlatan, who was to be put to death by the people for presuming to put words into the mouth of God.