Pentecostal “visionary“?

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I had some doubts, the reason: I have a friend who is pentecostal and he told me about that few years ago his father had a dream that he will have a child and on the next day a “prophet“ who is famous in their community came to him without knowing about it and told him he had a vision and he will get a son, and told also the exact date and it came true. My question is: is it possible for the devil to somehow predict sth? I mean she wasnt even pregnant at that time. I believe its false but dont know how.
 
My problem is that if thats the case:
  1. It appeared for me as if God would keep him in heresy in that case which is impossible. Because he sees a vision and thinks that God told him that he will get a son but not that he is in heresy.
  2. The visionary also told other things according to him that came true and than he told me about a vision that told him that more Orthodox Christians will be saved than Catholics, what according to my friend also shocked him. And the visionary is also non Catholic so that would somehow not fit because a real prophet has to be always theologically correct hasnt he?
 
When the guy starts getting into prophecies about who will be saved, he’s mistaken or is getting bad messages from somewhere. No one on earth knows who’s getting saved or how many. By contrast, God tells people all through Scripture that they will have kids.

And no, those who pop off with private revelations are not always correct. The Church has recognized this and sometimes indicated that saints made mistakes or that only some revelations from a certain visionary would be approved and others would not.
 
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I don’t think the Church formally discredits visions. All they do is formally validate Saints. So, if they validate a Saint, they don’t necessarily validate all of that Saint’s visions–if the Saint had visions- as “from God”.
 
But it still doesnt give sense to me: God chooses a person to tell an other person that he gets a baby on an exact day and then the same person would get false visions from the devil and lead people astray? Why would choose such person to tell someone that he gets a baby?
 
You don’t have to believe someone when they tell you that they had a “vision”. That’s your choice. Pentecostals steer clear of validating things. They have a tough time validating the Bible–I know b/c I’ve watched their T.V. programs where they can’t agree on Bible verses. Also, they have no central authority. So, I doubt they will start validating their own dreams or “visions”. But, they probably talk about them a lot.
 
In the OT, God chose some people to be kings and they ended up leading people astray. Such as King Saul or some of Solomon’s descendants.

There’s also the possibility that this prophet didn’t get the baby message from God and just made a lucky or coincidental guess or even that the whole story is just made up.

My question for you is: Why are you so concerned about it? We don’t live our lives by what’s happening with Pentecostals.
 
I am only concerned because I dont see how someone could guess the exact date and it happend directly in the family of my good friend and as far as I know the devil cant also know the future. So it brought me to strong doubts thinking there isnt any other way as that would be true but it would contradict Catholicism however im convinced about the Catholic faith
 
True. We don’t live our lives according to Pentecostal worship. But, we believe that a Pentecostal can have a vision from God.
 
The devil/demons do not know the future. It can appear they have future knowledge at times, but this is because they have knowledge you don’t or they form logical conclusions. St. Anthony of the desert uses an analogy that a man starts a trip to a town and a demon flies ahead and uses a false prophet to announce his arrival. Then all believe the false prophet. Only God has access to the future and He bestows that knowledge on whom he wishes.
 
The only test of a prophet is whether the prophecy comes true or not.

“If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be alarmed.” (Deuteronomy 18:22)

I would think the same test would apply for this vision. I wouldn’t worry about it, just wait and see. Usually, though, in Charismatic circles, if the prophecy/vision is confirmed by two independent sources, then they would consider it valid. But still, it’s best not to dwell too much about it and just move on.
 
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The only test of a prophet is whether the prophecy comes true or not.
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We can also test the prophecy’s theological content (if there is any), which might apply to other prophecies from this person. This is related to what Paul was wrote in 1 Corinthians 12:3:

Therefore I inform you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
 
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Thank you all! I’ve talked also to a priest about it and he said God can use sometimes a non-Catholic for giving his message for example a warning, however it makes not valid all he says and also no other “vision“.
 
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