There’s a blog over at Reclaiming The Mind ministries summarizing Pat Roberston’s predictions for 2008 (an immanent stock market crash that is scheduled for this year. Oil will reach $150 a barrel. As well, because of the crash, in the chaos, many people will seek the Lord. “We will see the presence of angels and we will see an intensification of miracles around the world.”)

What’s noteworthy is that he allegedly “receives these revelations from the Lord as the Lord speaks to him during prayer.” In other words, this is a “thus sayeth the Lord.” If one is willing to take a stance that they have received such revelation for the Lord, they must be judged as prophets - either “true” prophets or “false” prophets. Let’s take a cursory look at Pat Roberston’s record for prophetic revelation:

1980: The USSR will invade the Middle East

Ray Comfort’s article entitled Hell’s Best Kept Secret is pertinent to the recent discussion on this site as to what it really means to love and accept someone as Jesus did.

God is not some wishy-washy, doting grandfather that winks at sin. Yes, He is infinite love. But’s He’s also a God of perfect justice and terrifying wrath. We misunderstand what happened on the cross if we see it only as a magnificent, unmatched demonstration of the love of God. The cross is also a frightening exhibition of God’s holy wrath and judgement.