False prophet
False prophet
Kim is not without his critics and has had to answer allegations of being a false prophet. On his TV show on TBN he defended himself by saying, “You can be a wrong prophet and not be a false prophet, somebody can make a mistake with doctrine...how many Bible prophecy teachers told us things were going to happen, and took out the book of Revelation and they never came to pass and nobody said a word. No books apologizing for this, a teacher can teach things and today I know teachers, great teachers who said I was wrong 30 years ago some mistaken doctrine, discipleship, today they say that was wrong. Now they were forgiven, but a prophet makes a mistake and he’s a false prophet and we must stone the guy right away he’s right out. Well this there’s that aspect of it, I could have made a mistake, let me tell you something you can.” Kim goes on to explain how the prophetic works “When you do get a word there is an action expected from you, if you don’t do it you ain’t gonna get prophecy, you can call me a false prophet I don’t really care, it doesn’t matter, it really doesn’t.” This puts the blame on the hearer instead of the prophet. This is not how prophecy works. The Bible says that if a prophet speaks something that does not come to pass he is a false prophet, and that the people rid themselves of him and ignore him. (Deuteronomy 18:21-22) Kim thinks that it is your fault if the prophecy that he gives you does not come to pass.
For those who wish to justify this with the excuse that everyone makes mistakes, even prophets. I have this to ask: If prophets can falsely prophesy and still remain legitimate, how do we determine who is a false prophet? If prophets are able to make “mistakes” how can we know what is real and what is a mistake? If you do not need to be 100% accurate in prophecy, how do we know what is true prophecy and what is false?