ÒBut a
prophet who presumes to speak in my name
anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, must be put to
death. You may say to yourselves, ÔHow can we know
when a message has not
been spoken by the LORD?Õ If what a prophet proclaims in the
name of the LORD does not
take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken.Ó – Deut 18:20-21