Unusual but Expected

Last Friday, Austin and I were invited by a friend to go to a "prophet's" house. We both first pushed off the idea all together. We both prayed and heard the Lord say go, and so we went. When we arrived there, we were greeted by smiles and handshakes. They were going to watch the latest IHOP (international house of prayer) posting or sermon(for lack of better words) and they were excited about it. Before the show started, Austin and I began to talk with them about Godly things such as the times that we are in and the holy spirit. Everything that the man had said bared witness in our spirits because it was truth. However, we would soon after find out that the man was far from truth, wasn't baptized in the Holy Spirit, and after Austin asked God later on, we found out the man didn't even have salvation.
How could this be? The man was saying truth, and professing his love for God and his mighty works. Can bitter and sweet water flow from the same well? The answer is no. After the IHOP show started up, the people in the room began to pray and worship as the people on the computer screen prayed and worship. The man("prophet") began to speak in false tongues, and started to put on what seemed like a show of praise and worship. It seemed rehearsed.
After they saw that Austin and I were not as happy and enthusiastic about the show, (we weren't partaking in the show, but we sat backed and prayed) the "prophet" asked us if we were offended. Austin and I told him that we weren't offended, but that we didn't particularly like the IHOP show and music because it seemed much like a modern day concert, rather than a movement for God. I'm not saying that all at the concert was wrong, but the show itself was not pleasing to me, nor do I think that it was pleasing to God.
Now, people might ask how could I say that not being there, and the answer is simple. I know God, and I asked him. God is not a god that needs a lazer light show, bass thumping music, and screaming to "help." Since when is the Holy Spirit not enough? I'm not saying that music is bad or that a loud hallelujah, or praise is prohibited, I'm just saying that God is not a god that works in emotion, but he is the God who speaks in our spirits in a still small voice. He is the God that we can hear when we die to ourselves, and put away all the commotion of the world. Its not the other way around. To hear God, we don't need loud music, we don't need to jump up and down to a beat. In fact, a person will never consciously hear God's voice unless he/she waits patiently, and humbles themselves before the Lord.
After talking back and forth for a while with the "prophet" and another lady, Austin and I both felt that we wanted to wrap it up and leave because they were set in their ways. They tried to argue with us about how God works with magic gold dust, precious gems, and golden fillings for people's teeth. If God is going to heal, would he heal you by using men's products, or by giving you a new tooth? They also try to argue about many things including, how the spirit of God is emotional, and how people have different tastes and so they enter in using different ways. He then said that he knew he had leaven in him, and then tried to make it seem like it was ok because we all have leaven in us and it takes time to work it out. We then explained that if you know there is something wrong with you, you have to fix it. God is calling us to be perfect and cleansed in every way because it is so important because of the times we are in. The "prophet" then told us that we were young, and told us that we had a rough road ahead of us because he has been a Christian for many many years and tried to say that the path of God was a hard one to walk. It is if you don't love truth more than this world. We left soon after that. Austin and I are young, but age doesn't matter. Truth is truth and whoever is willing to believe truth and hate the lie can be a son or daughter of God and move according to his will.
Understanding and Lesson Learned- We have to love truth more than the lie. We have to stay humble and allow God to teach us all things through his spirit. The "prophet" learned all that he did not from God, but by men's teachings and on his own. He didn't understand the things of the spirit, nor did the women there because they did not have the spirit of God, and they did not know God. Like the parable Jesus spoke, about the men that did all that was required of them(physically) but they did not love Christ. They did them all for themselves and their glory and not because they had a heart towards God. Like many Christians today, they knew the watered-down version of God. The one that says that God is different than he was thousands of years ago. The version that says when you worship, you don't have to worship in spirit and in truth, but in emotion. The version that says that when we learn of God, we have to learn through men's teachings and what they think they know of God.
The reason God wanted us to go to that "prophet's" house wasn't for his sake, but for our friend that invited us to go. He loves truth, but lacks discernment. He has had the water-downed version of God. God loves him because he loves truth and and was seeking for what God would want for him in his life, and not what he, or another would tell him to be true. He hasn't called back yet, but I know that now he knows the difference and I hope and pray he chooses truth, and not the lie.
In closing, (I apologize because of the length) God wants us to seek him and him alone. His will has to be our number one priority in our life. We have to love truth, and hate the lie. We need to learn everything through his Holy Spirit and in order to learn like that, we must stay humble. This kind of people, those that have their own misconception of what God and truth really is, is what we are going to start running across all the time. That is if you haven't started already.
-God have mercy on those that mislead his people. The shepherds who have mislead the flock.

God Bless, Chad