What does First B Jackson teach about false prophets?
Drawn from the messages where it was actually addressed: the words said from the front, the passages taught, and where to hear the whole thing.
At First B Jackson, the teaching on false prophets starts with the conviction that they are not a relic of ancient history. Whether working through Micah, Matthew 7, Acts 13, or the story of Balaam in Numbers, the consistent thread is that false prophets show up in every era and that the people of God need to know how to recognize them.
Micah's third chapter makes the indictment specific: the prophets of his day adjusted their message to whoever was paying them, preaching peace to those who fed them and hostility to those who did not. Alongside that, the rulers and priests leaned on a false sense of security, telling themselves that catastrophe could not come because God was on their side. Pastor Ray and Pastor Jon both pressed on this pattern because it is not hard to recognize in any era. In Acts 13, Pastor Josh pointed to Bar-Jesus, a Jewish man who had already rejected what he should have known from the law and was using his position close to the proconsul to block the gospel. The pattern in Acts, as Josh noted, is consistent: self-promotion and the pursuit of personal glory meet the resistance of God.
The test Jesus gives in Matthew 7 is fruit, not claims. Carl and Pastor Brian both spent time here, and Carl was direct about it: watch the life of a person long enough and you will see what kind of tree they are. Good trees and bad trees are what they are, and you cannot fake the fruit indefinitely. The Balaam story in Numbers adds another dimension. Pastor Carl showed how a man who said mostly right things was still on a reckless path because his heart was chasing money rather than God, and that being spiritually blind to what God was doing, while still speaking in God's name, is itself a form of the same danger. The warning in all of these messages is not to produce anxiety but to produce discernment: know what you are looking for, watch for it over time, and do not be swept along.
Taught from Micah 3:5 · Matthew 7:15-20 · Acts 13:6-12 · Numbers 22 · Micah 3:9-11
The passage taught · Deuteronomy 18:15-18
15 Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.
16 This is according to all that you desired of Yahweh your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, “Let me not hear again Yahweh my God’s voice, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I not die.”
17 Yahweh said to me, “They have well said that which they have spoken.
18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
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The messages that teach on it
- November 30, 2025 Judgment and Hope in the Book of Micah A Wyoming pastor walks through the book of Micah, showing how its alternating waves of judgment and hope all point forward to one coming Messiah who will be our peace.
- November 30, 2025 From Long Ago, From the Days of Eternity Ray McDaniel walks through the book of Micah, tracing God's judgment on corrupt leaders and the hope of a coming Messiah born in Bethlehem, on the first Sunday of Advent.
- April 6, 2025 Set Apart by the Holy Spirit The pastor walks through Acts 13, tracing the Spirit-sent mission from Antioch to Cyprus, woven together with firsthand stories from a recent ministry trip to South Africa.
- February 13, 2022 Where Else Would We Go The pastor walks through Matthew 7, the close of the Sermon on the Mount: judging others, the narrow gate, false prophets, and building your life on solid ground.
- February 13, 2022 Enter Through the Narrow Gate Jesus closes the Sermon on the Mount with hard words about judgment, false prophets, and building on solid ground. Pastor Carl walks through Matthew 7.
- May 19, 2019 Beware the Reluctant Permission of God Pastor Carl walks through the story of Balaam in Numbers 22-24, warning against pursuing what God has already refused and the danger of His reluctant permission.
Mentioned along the way
- March 3, 2024 See to It That No One Misleads You Ray walks through the Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24-25, drawing out Jesus's core commands: stay alert, don't be misled, endure, and keep serving those around you.
- March 3, 2024 Be On Alert: Commands from the Olivet Discourse Ray walks through the Olivet Discourse in Matthew, pulling out Jesus's practical commands: don't be misled, don't be alarmed, endure, stay alert, and love others well.