# 98 Episode Two: Testing the spirits: How to Spot False Prophets?

False Prophets and False Teachers have these things in common:
PATTERNS:
2 Peter 2; Jude; 1 John 2, 4; Matthew 7:15
1. Abuse of ministry finances
2. Dishonest pleas for money
3. Grooming of woman and men
4. Physical abuse
5, Sadism
7. spiritual abuse
8. mental and emotional abuse
9. Lying
10. sensational and embellished stories and you cannot verify-promote myths
11. A lifestyle of sin-no repentance or change seen
12. Cover-up culture: other ministers cover-up for them and threaten in many ways the actual victims or whistleblowers