Deuteronomy 18:17

Deuteronomy 18:17 says, And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.  Moses said God told him that he had spoken well that which he had spoken.  We need God to say the same thing about our speech today, especially when it comes to what we say about Him.  Verse eighteen adds, I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.  God told Moses that He would raise up a Prophet from among the people of Israel.  We know that many prophets followed Moses, but the Prophet referred to is Jesus Christ.  Verse nineteen continues, And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.  God also said that anyone who did not listen to Jesus Christ would be held accountable for their sins.  Verse twenty states, 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.  Now, God was once again speaking of those prophets other than Jesus Christ.  God said that if they presumed to speak in His name things that He had not said or to speak in the name of other gods that they would die.  We cannot follow Christ and claim that anything other than what the Bible says is God's word, nor can we add anything that is taught by false gods to God's word.   Verse twenty-one adds, And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?  Moses said that they might ask how they could know what God had spoken when they heard it.  This is still a valid question today.  Verse twenty-two answers, 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.  Moses said that when a prophet spoke and what he spoke did not come to pass that the prophet had spoken presumptuously, and the people should not listen to him.  We know that everything that the Prophet, Jesus Christ spoke came to pass because He was the true Prophet.  If anyone today claims to be a prophet of God, which I really don't believe there have been any since Jesus Christ came, even if certain things this professed prophet claims were to come to pass, we have the Bible and the Holy Spirit to show us the truth.  Since the Holy Spirit indwells each follwer of Christ, we have no need of prophets to show us God's truth.