FOR STUDY AND DISCUSSION

1. In testing a professed prophet today, how far should one go in seeking to apply the tests for himself, and how much can he depend on the testimony of others to help him make his decision?APAY 277.9

2. How would you apply the tests if next Sabbath someone professing to be a prophet should present himself to your church group? Deal with each test separately.APAY 278.1

3. What factors would cause you to look on a professed prophet most favorably? Most skeptically?APAY 278.2

4. Can you find additional evidences that strengthen your conviction that Ellen White was God’s messenger?APAY 278.3

5. A Project. Early in this chapter it was stated that this material was planned as an introduction to the remainder of the present book, as well as a guide for further study. Each person should bring together for himself all the evidence he can find, so that he will have sufficient material on which to make a clear-cut decision. The plan of the project is simple. Several pages of a loose-leaf notebook should be set aside for the project. Four sheets should contain the texts stating the major Bible tests, one to a sheet. More sheets may be used for other forms of evidence. As you read further in this book and others, make an entry on one of these pages whenever you learn of an incident that has a bearing on these prophetic tests. Additional pages may be inserted as they are needed, for in some instances there will be a large number of items to be recorded. If you keep a careful record, you will find that on every test you will have an abundance of evidence.APAY 278.4