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And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone—Ephesians 2:20

The church of Jesus Christ as of September 23, 2009 is one and the same with the church birthed on the day of Pentecost: “There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling” (Ephesians 4:4). Therefore their can only be one foundation which has already been laid.

This foundation has its roots in the Old Covenant starting with Moses and ending with Malachi, true prophets who faithfully proclaimed the coming of Christ. You must remember that at the time Paul wrote this , the scriptures that he referred to was the Old Covenant—the New Covenant was still being written. Make no mistake about it: The prophet’s Ephesians 2:20 is referring to is Moses, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah and others. These are prophets that passed the test of Deuteronomy 18:20-22:

“But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.”

How is it that most of the “modern prophets” of our time have failed this test miserably and yet are still proclaimed as true prophets? They readily admit that they have spoken lies from time to time but it is now under “grace.” Isn’t it amazing that they want the authority of a prophet but not the accountability.

“Oh, but you don’t understand, there are signs and wonders done by these men, this proves that they are of God!” Listen to what Deuteronomy 13:1-3 says, “ If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, AND THE SIGN OR THE WONDER COME TO PASS, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.” The Word is not ignorant of the fact that signs and wonders can occur but warns that you had better discern between “Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders” (2 Thessalonians 2:9).

That which is of the Holy Ghost is and always will be Christ centered; it decreases man and increases Jesus. There is nothing innocent about false doctrine and false prophets! At the very root of what they are and teach is an exaltation of man. It is man centered and it is not of the Lord—truly a non-profit organization!