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Deuteronomy 13:3
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Punishment of Apostates

1 “If there arises among you a prophet or a adreamer of dreams, band he gives you a sign or a wonder,  
2 and athe sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods’—which you have not known—‘and let us serve them,’  
3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the Lord your God ais testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.  
4 You shall awalk after the Lord your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and bhold fast to Him.  
5 But athat prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has spoken in order to turn you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of bondage, to entice you from the way in which the Lord your God commanded you to walk. bSo you shall put away the evil from your midst.  
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John Wesley's Notes
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Deuteronomy 13:3

Thou shalt not hearken to that prophet - Not receive his doctrine, though the sign come to pass. For although when such a sign or wonder foretold did not follow or come to pass, it was a sign of a false prophet, yet when it did come to pass, it was no sufficient sign of a true one, especially, in such a case. There are many things, which may be wrought by evil spirits, God so permitting it for wise and just reasons, not only for the trial of the good, but also for the punishment of ungodly men. Proveth you - That is, trieth your faith and love and obedience. To know - Namely, judicially, or in a publick manner, so as both you and others may know and see it, that so the justice of his judgments upon you may be more evident and glorious.


 
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