Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; behold, he is in the desert; behold, he is in the secret chambers; don’t believe the message as well as the messenger. Go not after them, nor follow them and believe it not.

There are the so-called prophets and pastors who seem to have had a face-to-face encounter with Jesus Christ. Some even boast of meeting Him every morning (and a few claim to have breakfast with Him, the Lord preferring to have a home-cooked breakfast instead of one ordered from outside!) and speak to Him (sometimes at the swimming pool in the backyard of their home). Naïve people become their followers and financially support their “ministry”.