Don’t Eat The Forbidden Fruit

Don’t let Satan use anyone, especially those you’re likely to listen to or obey, to seduce you to do evil. Satan used the old prophet in Bethel to mislead the young prophet to go back and eat contrary to the instruction of God.The young prophet could handle the inducement of the king but not the enticement of the old prophet. 1 Kgs 13:15-19 says, “Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place: For it was said to me by the word of the Lord, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest. He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.” (KJV)

This was a high level satanic manipulation and this prophet fell for it.This was a prophet who had told the king he prophesied against: “If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.” (1 Kgs 13:8-9KJV)

How could this have happened to this man of God? The young prophet said God told him to eat no bread or drink water or turn again by the same way that he came yet he listened to an old prophet who said an angel spoke to him by the word of the Lord to bring him back to his house to eat bread and drink water. That was like the word of an angel against the direct word of God versus! How could God have sent an angel to the old prophet to do what he claimed when it wasn’t the angel God sent to give the young prophet the initial instruction? Would God have done that? No. God is not an author of confusion. The Bible says the old prophet lied. So is it possible for a prophet to lie? Yes. There are so many prophets like that today. They’re creative, bold liars claiming to be speaking for God! They see nothing or hear nothing from God.