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The Gift of Prophecy (The Role of Ellen White in God’s Remnant Church)

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    In evaluating what is happening in many charismatic churches as well as in some Seventh-day Adventist churches, we need to remember that while the Bible clearly affirms that in the last days God will pour out His Spirit on all people (see Acts 2:17), it also emphatically states, “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world” (1 John 4:1).GP 37.4

    • Jesus warned of false prophets: ” ‘Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits’ ” (Matthew 7:15, 16).GP 37.5

    • Miracles are not necessarily a proof of God’s power: ” ‘Not everyone who says to Me, “Lord, Lord,” shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, “Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?” And then I will declare to them, “I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!” ‘ ” (Matthew 7:21-23).GP 38.1

    • Signs and wonders may be supernatural, but this does not mean they must be from God. ” ‘False Christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect’ ” (Matthew 24:24).GP 38.2

    • Ellen White has warned that in the last days Satan will work miracles: “The man who makes the working of miracles the test of his faith will find that Satan can, through a species of deceptions, perform wonders that will appear to be genuine miracles” (Mar 156).GP 38.3

    The fact that this charismatic movement of signs and wonders is sweeping away denominational boundaries and thereby promoting and accelerating the ecumenical idea among Christian churches shouldn’t surprise us. More than one hundred years ago, Ellen White wrote, “When the leading churches of the United States, uniting upon such points of doctrine as are held by them in common, shall influence the state to enforce their decrees and to sustain their institutions, then Protestant America will have formed an image to the Roman hierarchy” (GC 445). Before they can influence the state, they must unite. This is what we see happening in the ecumenical movement today.GP 38.4

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