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What is the result of…people-idolatry? As in all idolatry, the idol we choose to worship soon owns us. The object we fear overcomes us. Although insignificant in itself, the idol becomes huge and rules us. It tells us how to think, what to feel, and how to act. It tells us what to wear, it tells us to laugh at the dirty joke, and it tells us to be frightened to death that we might have to get up in front of a group and say something. The whole strategy backfires. We never expect that using people to meet our desires leaves us enslaved to them.
Edward Welch

The mark of the false prophet or teacher is self-serving unfaithfulness to God and His truth. It may be that he says what he shouldn’t; but it is far more likely that he will err by failing to say what he should. He will gloss over all the tough questions and issues as did the false prophets in the Old Testament who went around saying, "Peace, peace," when there was no peace (Jer. 6:14). They wouldn't speak the tough word calling for repentance nor suggest that Israel was out of sorts spiritually. Instead they brought groundless comfort, lulling people into a false sense of security so that their hearers were totally unprepared for the judgment which eventually came on them. There are teachers in the church today who never speak of repentance, self-denial, the call to be relatively poor for the Lord's sake, or any other demanding aspect of discipleship. Naturally they are popular and approved, but for all that, they are false prophets. We will know such people by their fruits. Look at the people to whom they have ministered. Do these folks really know and love the Lord? Are they prepared to take risks, even hazard their lives, for Jesus? Or are they comfortable, inactive, and complacent? If so, they are self-deceived, and those who have irresponsibly encouraged their self-deception will have to answer for it. Anyone who is in a position of spiritual leadership who fails to teach the more demanding, less comfortable, “narrow gate” and “rough road” side of discipleship becomes a false prophet.
J.I. Packer

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SALMI 5:1 Al maestro del coro. Per flauti. Salmo. Di Davide.

SALMI 5:2 Porgi l’orecchio, Signore, alle mie parole: intendi il mio lamento.

SALMI 5:3 Ascolta la voce del mio grido, o mio re e mio Dio, perché ti prego, Signore.

SALMI 5:4 Al mattino ascolta la mia voce; fin dal mattino t’invoco e sto in attesa.

SALMI 5:5 Tu non sei un Dio che si compiace del male; presso di te il malvagio non trova dimora;

SALMI 5:6 gli stolti non sostengono il tuo sguardo.

SALMI 5:7 fai perire i bugiardi. Il Signore detesta sanguinari e ingannatori.

SALMI 5:8 Ma io per la tua grande misericordia entrerò nella tua casa; mi prostrerò con timore nel tuo santo tempio.

SALMI 5:9 Signore, guidami con giustizia di fronte ai miei nemici; spianami davanti il tuo cammino.

SALMI 5:10 Non c’è sincerità sulla loro bocca, è pieno di perfidia il loro cuore; la loro gola è un sepolcro aperto, la loro lingua è tutta adulazione.

SALMI 5:11 Condannali, o Dio, soccombano alle loro trame, per tanti loro delitti disperdili, perché a te si sono ribellati.

SALMI 5:12 Gioiscano quanti in te si rifugiano, esultino senza fine. Tu li proteggi e in te si allieteranno quanti amano il tuo nome.

SALMI 5:13 Signore, tu benedici il giusto: come scudo lo copre la tua benevolenza.