As surely as the Lord lives, I can tell him only what the Lord tells me

 1 Kings 22:10-28

All the other prophets were prophesying the same thing. “Attack Ramoth Gilead and be victorious,” they said, “for the Lord will give it into the king’s hand.”

But Micaiah said, “As surely as the Lord lives, I can tell him only what the Lord tells me.” 

When he arrived, the king asked him, “Micaiah, shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or not?”

Then Micaiah answered, “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd, and the Lord said, ‘These people have no master. Let each one go home in peace.’”

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you that he never prophesies anything good about me, but only bad?”

“So now the Lord has put a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours. The Lord has decreed disaster for you.”

Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah went up and slapped Micaiah in the face. “Which way did the spirit from the Lord go when he went from me to speak to you?” he asked.

 Micaiah replied, “You will find out on the day you go to hide in an inner room.”

The king of Israel then ordered, “Take Micaiah and send him back to Amon the ruler of the city and to Joash the king’s son and say, ‘This is what the king says: Put this fellow in prison and give him nothing but bread and water until I return safely.’”

Micaiah declared, “If you ever return safely, the Lord has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Mark my words, all you people!”

The Warning is ignored. 

Why?

Most people don't like the truth word, but like the beautiful words, grace word, and joyful words.

Poison-wrapped candy looks delicious, but it kills people's life.

Micaiah said what the Lord tells him, so he was suffering in that situation.

To be a Christian, we have to say the truth, no matter what the situation is.

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假先知說預言的方式很像真先知，使用道具。

米該雅仍然堅持要說出神的話，民主不一定代表真理，民主殺死了耶穌。真先知勇於不掃大家的性。亞哈知道米該雅第一次說的預言是假的。亞哈在乎的是自己兵力夠不夠。400先知是要欺騙亞哈王，他仍然不信，他完全不在意神說什麼，只相信他的兵力足以打敗亞蘭王。基督徒知道道的話，聽了似乎像亞哈王一樣，在乎自己的能力、喜好、想法在生活。最後我們的生活、家庭、事業與神無關。

米該雅的預言： 以色列民沒有主人，亞哈不就是他們的王，這個王和沒有是一樣的。不能保護百姓，陷百姓於危險當中。我們的智慧、判斷何等不足，求神幫助我們安靜下來聽主的聲音，柔軟我們心，放下我們自己的想法。以免我們還自以為聰明。

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How?

Be honest, be strong to honor the Holy Name of the Lord!