“Only God knows if an opinion or person is genuine and true. Or, as Jesus puts it so well, ‘You can only tell if one is a true prophet by their fruits’ (Matthew 7:16). In all honesty, that’s kind of baffling! You can only see those fruits (and value) after the prophet has acted or spoken — yet we rarely seem to agree on those fruits. One group’s freedom fighter may be another group’s oppressor. One group’s prophet is another group’s deceiver. One group will see fruit, and another will see poison in the same event. Only authentic God people will recognize the true prophets from the false. ‘And who are they?’ we naturally ask. This easily becomes another strong argument for not taking your judgments too seriously until you have studied and heard from other wise and loving people — including those who disagree with you.”