Jesus said,

I can of my own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who has sent me. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. (John 5:30-31 KJ2000)

Here is the criteria of the true prophet of God, does he bear witness of himself or not?  If he bears witness of himself, then his testimony is not true.  He is a false prophet.  He may believe he is true, but at his core, he is false.  We who aspire to become sons of God do well to heed this word.  Do we ponder and think and run equations and gematria with preconceived notions in mind?  Do we approach God and his Word to confirm our own agenda or abstract ideas?  Do we write and preach for all the world to hear our unique and inspired commentaries?  If so, then we bear witness of ourselves and our testimony is not true.

I have learned that I cannot out-think God.  I cannot understand him in my own power.  With regard to logic he is not rational.  I cannot explain him, his word, or his ways by trying to logically deduce some outcome.  For many years I tried!  I even contemplated writing a computer program in the early 1980’s called “Oracle.”  I planned to write an algorithm that would answer any question put to it by searching a Bible stored on disk.  “Do you have a question or a problem?” I asked.  “Then type it into your computer and let the Bible and MY program give you the answer!”  Fortunately I saw the foolishness of this before I wasted countless hours.  MY witness, MY testimony, MY program would not have been true.  I would have misled whomever used it and I would be accountable for that.

The overcomers, the sons of God, must learn to do nothing that arises from their flesh.  They must do only as they hear.  When they can do this, then they can judge and their judgment will be just.  No one I know has reached this plateau.  None of us have yet received the fullness of the Spirit as Jesus did.   Some days we get it right; some days we don’t.  I try to only write something when I believe God has shown me something and has inspired me to write it down.  But, sometimes I write in vanity and have to repent when I realize it.

Upon saying this, Jesus then gave the Pharisees four signs that bore witness of him, John the Baptist, his own miraculous works, the testimony of his Father, and the Scriptures.  The Law teaches that two or three witnesses establish truth.  Let us, sons of God in training, be assured that when we speak the truth, then two or three witnesses will also affirm our testimony.  Until then let us not bear witness of ourselves.  Let us not be false witnesses as we come into the Kingdom of God’s Son.