Baal prophet

Intro

Should you be a prophet or not?

Explaination

Some people will say that people who call themselves a prophet are not right or "I have never called myself a prophet". Like its ok if someone else calls you a prophet.

(Proverbs 27:2 [KJV]) Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

and then that Eliaja killed 450 Baal prophets so there are 450 false prophets to every true prophet.

(I Kings 18:19-40 [KJV])
 [19] Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.
 [20] So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
 [21] And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
 [22] Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
 [23] Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:
 [24] And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
 [25] And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
 [26] And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
 [27] And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
 [28] And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
 [29] And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
 [30] And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.
 [31] And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
 [32] And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
 [33] And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
 [34] And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.
 [35] And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
 [36] And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
 [37] Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
 [38] Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
 [39] And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
 [40] And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

I have myself been a promoter of Baal before I came to faith in Jesus Christ using the internet alias matterik. This was back in 2007 when I promoted the mayan calendar.

(Romans 11:4 [KJV]) But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.

Some might then say I should not call myself a prophet of God.

(Jeremiah 23:11-40 [KJV])
 [11] For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
 [12] Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
 [13] And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
 [14] I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
 [15] Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
 [16] Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
 [17] They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
 [18] For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
 [19] Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
 [20] The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
 [21] I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
 [22] But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
 [23] Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
 [24] Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
 [25] I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
 [26] How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;
 [27] Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.
 [28] The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD.
 [29] Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
 [30] Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
 [31] Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.
 [32] Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
 [33] And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.
 [34] And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.
 [35] Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken?
 [36] And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man’s word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.
 [37] Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?
 [38] But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;
 [39] Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence:
 [40] And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.

But God has said to me that since you were a Baal prophet I put this burden on you to be a prophet of God, so that you shall know how much you shall suffer for my name´s sake.

(Acts 9:3-16 [KJV])
 [3] And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
 [4] And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
 [5] And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
 [6] And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
 [7] And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
 [8] And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
 [9] And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
 [10] And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.
 [11] And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,
 [12] And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
 [13] Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
 [14] And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
 [15] But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
 [16] For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.

Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted.

(Acts 7:52 [KJV]) Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

(Matthew 23:29-39 [KJV])
 [29] Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
 [30] And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
 [31] Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
 [32] Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
 [33] Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
 [34] Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
 [35] That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
 [36] Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
 [37] O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
 [38] Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
 [39] For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.