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GOD STILL SPEAKS THROUGH HIS PROPHETS .............................................................................................................. 2
Gods Original Plan: Direct Communion With Mankind.......................................................................... 2
Gods Plan Revised: Sin Separates............................................................................................................ 2
How God Communicated His Will............................................................................................................ 2
Jesus Gave Gifts to His Church................................................................................................................. 2
What Happened to the Gift of Prophecy?.................................................................................................. 3
Five Biblical Tests ..................................................................................................................................... 3
ELLEN GOULD HARMON WHITE ......................................................................................................................................... 4
She believed that her work should be tested.............................................................................................. 4
Always uplifted the Bible .......................................................................................................................... 4
Science Finally Catching Up ..................................................................................................................... 4
Ellen Whites Background......................................................................................................................... 5
How Inspiration Works.............................................................................................................................. 6
How Ellen White describes her own inspiration ....................................................................................... 6
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY .............................................................................. 7
What did Ellen White mean by saying that the testimonies should not be carried to the front?............... 7
What does Ellen White mean when she calls her writings a lesser light?................................................. 8
What Relationship should the Spirit of Prophecy hold to the Bible?........................................................ 8
Do the testimonies given to individuals have any value today?................................................................ 8
Why do many reject the Testimonies?....................................................................................................... 9
What is the last deception? ........................................................................................................................ 9
Since times have changed should we still follow the Spirit of Prophecy? ................................................ 9


























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God Still Speaks Through His Prophets


Genesis 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day

Christian Education, p. 207.1 The holy pair [Adam and Eve] were not only children under the fatherly care of
God, but students receiving instruction from the all-wise Creator. They were visited by angels, and were granted
communion with their Maker, with no obscuring veil between.


Genesis 3:8 - and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of
the garden.
Isaiah 59:2 - But your iniquites have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from
you, that he will not hear.

Education, p. 17.1 To Adam and Eve nature was teeming with divine wisdom. But by transgression man was cut
off from learning of God through direct communion and, to a great degree, through His works.

Sin separated us from God, but it didnt separate us from His love. He found a way to communicate with us. He
chose men and women He could trust to be His mouthpiece, to communicate His love and plans to mankind.

Old Testament Prophets Enoch, Noah, Moses, Samuel, Elijah, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Jeremiah, Isaiah, etc.
New Testament Prophets - Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, James, Peter, and Jude
Women Prophets - Miriam, Huldah, Deborah, Anna, and Philips four daughters (Acts 21:8,9).

Prophet = one who speaks for (God)

During the first 2,500 years of human history, until Moses, there was no written revelation from God as far as we
have been able to discover. Those who were taught of God must have communicated by word of mouth what He had
told them.

Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.


Visions and Dreams - Numbers 12:6
Voice of the LORD - 1 Samuel 15:10; 2 Samuel 24:11
Always through the Holy Spirit - 2 Peter 1:21

Sometimes Gods messengers were instructed to write down His message (Habakkuk 2:2) and other times they were
to speak the message (Jeremiah 26:2).


Ephesians 4:7,8 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

What were these gifts? - Ephesians 4:11
Why did Jesus choose to give gifts to the church? - Ephesians 4:12
How long were these gifts to remain in the church? - Ephesians 4:13-15

Gods Original Plan: Direct Communion With Mankind
Gods Plan Revised: Sin Separates
How God Communicated His Will
Jesus Gave Gifts to His Church
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Paul shows in 1 Corinthians 12 that the God gives different gifts to his people and they are to work together like the
various parts of the human body. There is to be no schism in the body (vs. 25).

1 Corinthians 12:28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers,
after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.


From the days of the apostles not many generations passed until the church became careless, compromising, and
unfaithful to God and His law. (Acts 20:29, 30; 1 John 2:18)

Lamentations 2:9 Notice that during a time of apostasy Israel received no prophets.

But the scriptures, while foretelling this dreadful apostasy, also plainly teach that just before the second coming of
Christ the earth is to be lightened by the glory of God and the gift of prophecy to return to His last day church.

Joel 2:28, 29 - And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and
your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: And also upon
the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

Partially fulfilled at Pentecost:
Acts 2:17 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh:
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall
dream dreams:

Fulfillment in the last days: Joel 2:31 - before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

Malachi 4:5 Prophecy of a last day prophet just prior to the second coming.

Partially fulfilled with John the Baptist in relation to the first coming of Christ:
Matthew 11:14 - And if ye will receive it, this is Elias (John the Baptist), which was for to come.

Revelation 12:17 The remnant or last days church would have the testimony of Jesus returned.

What is the testimony of Jesus? -- Revelation 19:10. "the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."

1 Corinthians 1:6,7 The spirit of prophecy is to help prepare a people for the second coming of Christ.

Matthew 24:24 Jesus warned us that in the last days many false Christs, and false prophets will arise and shall
shew great signs and wonders: insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

How can we tell the difference between a genuine prophet of God and a false prophet?


Words/writings in complete harmony with Gods Word. - Isaiah 8:20
All predictions must come to pass or be fulfilled. - Jeremiah 28:9; Deut. 18:22
Edify [strengthen] the church - 1 Corinthians 14:3,4
Must teach that Christ came in the flesh. - 1 John 4:1,2
The truth will be lived out in their lives. Ye shall know them by their fruits. - Matthew 7:16

Other Points to consider:
Some prophecies are conditional. Consider Jonahs message to Ninevah.
What Happened to the Gift of Prophecy?
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Prophets are not infallible. Consider when the prophet Nathan gave a wrong message in 2 Samuel 7:1-5.
(this should give us even more confidence to know that if a prophet makes a mistake God will correct
them)


Ellen Harmon was given her first vision soon after the Great Disappointment in December 1844. She was shown the
Advent people traveling an elevated road to heaven with a brilliant light illuminating the pathway. (Early Writings, pp.
13-20). What an encouragement this message was to this small and scattered group of advent believers, which would
later become known as Seventh-day Adventists. For more than 70 years, she spoke, she wrote, she taught, and she
counseled for God.

No woman author has ever produced as much published religious material as Ellen White did in books, magazine
articles, tracts, and pamphlets. In addition she wrote hundreds of personal letters of counsel, advice, and reproof-
messages God had shown her to share with His people throughout her lifetime. Her writings include counsel on
victorious Christian living, diet, health, prenatal care, drugs, marriage and the home, child guidance, education, and
much, more.

Although the scope of her ministry and expertise is astounding, her earnest desire was to see people come to Jesus and
study the Bible.


Testimonies for the church, vol. V, pp. 671, 672. "Let the testimonies be judged by their fruits," she wrote. "What is the
spirit of their teaching? What has been the result of their influence? . . . God is either teaching his church, reproving
their wrongs, and strengthening their faith, or he is not. This work is of god, or it is not. God does nothing in partnership
with Satan. My work . . . Bears the stamp of god, or the stamp of the enemy. There is no half-way work in the matter.
"As the lord has manifested himself through the spirit of prophecy, past, present, and future have passed before me. I
have been shown faces that I had never seen, and years afterward I knew them when I saw them. I have been aroused
from my sleep with a vivid sense of subjects previously presented to my mind; and I have written, at midnight, letters
that have gone across the continent, and, arriving at a crisis, have saved great disaster to the cause of god. This has been
my work for many years. A power has impelled me to reprove and rebuke wrongs that I had not thought of. Is this work
. . . From above, or from beneath? . . . Those who really desire to know the truth will find sufficient evidence for belief."


Early Writings, p. 78.1. I recommend to you, dear reader, the Word of God as the rule of your faith and practice. By
that Word we are to be judged. God has, in that Word, promised to give visions in the "last days"; not for a new rule of
faith, but for the comfort of His people, and to correct those who err from Bible truth. Thus God dealt with Peter when
He was about to send him to preach to the Gentiles. (Acts 10.)

To some who were criticizing the Word of God, she wrote: Cling to your Bible as it reads and stop your criticism in
regard to its validity and obey the Word, and not one of you will be lost. --Selected Messages, Bk. 1, p. 18.

Colporteur Ministry, p. 125. Little heed is given to the Bible and the Lord has given a lesser light to lead men and
women to the Greater Light.


And though many of her writings are now more than 100 years old, science is just now catching up with her! She has
been quoted by professors, doctors, news commentators, and others as an authority in many of these fields. Dr. Clive
M. McCay, the late professor of nutrition at Cornell University, stated: The writings of Ellen G. White have been
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She believed that her work should be tested
Always uplifted the Bible
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cited because they provide a guide to nutrition that comprehends the whole body.-Natural Food and Farming, May,
1958.

As far back as 1864, Ellen White wrote: Tobacco is a poison of the most deceitful and malignant kind. It is all the
more dangerous because its effects upon the system are so slow, and scarcely perceivable. Those in the medical field
must have chuckled at this statement, for at this time it was thought that tobacco and cigar smoke were an effective cure
for lung disease.

However, it wasnt until 1957 that the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association concluded that
smoking was a causative factor in lung cancer! In 1905 Mrs. White wrote that there were cancerous germs.
She stated: People are continually eating flesh that is filled with tuberculosis and cancerous germs... Tuberculosis,
cancer, and other fatal diseases are thus communicated. --The Ministry of Healing, p. 313.

Of course, today we would more accurately use the word virus. Ninety-three years later, Newsweek magazine carried a
story titled, Viruses are Activating Factors in Cancer. Dr. Wendell Stanley, University of California virologist and
Nobel Prize Winner, the article stated, went so far as to state without qualification that he believes viruses cause most
of all human cancer.- Newsweek, June 18, 1956.

In 1902, Ellen White warned that San Francisco and Oakland would be visited by the Lord because they were becoming
like Sodom and Gomorrah. (Manuscript 1902, p. 114.)

On April 18, 1906 at 5:12 a.m., the Great San Francisco Earthquake occurred. The prophecy was true. The predicted
destruction did take place. The prophet, they said, wept!

Mrs. Whites achievements are all the more astounding when we consider the overwhelming challenges she faced
throughout her lifetime.


Someone may be wondering-who was Ellen White, and what was she like? The answer takes us back to November 26,
1827, during the presidency of John Quincy Adams. On that date, twin girls-Elizabeth and Ellen-were born near
the little village of Gorham, Maine, to Eunice and Robert Harmon. Ellen was the last of eight children.

At the age of nine an accident changed her life forever. While returning home from school, Ellen was seriously injured
by a stone thrown by a classmate. For three weeks she was unconscious. She was unable to continue her schooling, and
it appeared that she would not live long. She never got beyond the early grades of formal schooling.

Ellen became an avid student of the Bible. She attended camp meetings, revivals, and cottage meetings. After attending
a Methodist camp meeting in Buxton, Maine, Ellen was baptized June 26, 1842 in the Atlantic Ocean and became a
member of the Methodist church. Later, Ellen and her family attended some meetings held in Portland, Maine, by
William Miller, a former army captain, who had been diligently studying the Bible. Because he advocated the soon
coming of Christ, he and his followers were labeled Advents or Millerites.

The Harmon family was convinced of the truthfulness of Millers messages. However, after the great disappointment of
October 22, 1844, they too were devastated. And, Ellens disappointment was no less because of her young age. She
wept, she prayed, she studied Gods Word for an answer, as did many of the advent believers.

Then it was that God called her to be His prophetess. Physically, she didnt appear to be what youd expect of a
prophetess, a 17-year-old girl, fighting tuberculosis and a heart condition. In December of 1844, God chose to speak to
Ellen in a vision.

In her own words, she tells of her reaction: After I had the vision, and God gave me light, He bade me deliver it ... but I
shrank from it. I was young, and I thought they would not receive it from me. Ellen G. White Letter 3, 1847.
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Although feeling inadequate and physically incapable of the responsibilities of this calling by God, in faith she accepted
a mission for God that would last her lifetime.

On August 30, 1846, Ellen married James White, a young Adventist preacher. They worked together in sharing the
light God gave them, and Ellens visions. Their triumphs and their devotion are shared in many of her writings. Four
boys were born to Ellen and James: Henry, Edson, William, and Herbert.

On August 6, 1881, Ellens husband James died in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA. Standing by his graveside was Ellen-
pledging to press on in the work they both had sacrificed and relentlessly pursued for over 35 years!

Some of Ellens most beautiful and inspiring writings appeared after this date. She worked alone for another 34 years.
Her prophetic ministry took her to several countries - guiding, instructing, and counseling the believers as the Lord led
her.

The life and labors of Ellen Gould White closed on July 16, 1915. She was 88 years old. She was buried at the side of
her husband in Oak Hill Cemetery in Battle Creek, Michigan. A few weeks after her death, a newspaper carried this
statement: She showed no spiritual pride and she sought no filthy lucre. She lived the life and did the work of a
worthy prophetess, the most admirable of the American succession. -The New York Independent, August 23, 1915.

Yes, her voice is stilled-her pen is at rest. But the priceless words of counsel, admonition, instruction and
encouragement of this indomitable spokesperson for God will continue to guide Gods people to final victory!

Her legacy to the world is a gift of love-a message to earth from across the universe, from a God of love who still wants
to keep in touch with His children here until Christ comes. Then the lesser light will pale, as we stand in the
glorious
light of His presence once again to see and fellowship with God face-to-face in all His glory!

How important is it that we believe the LORD and the messengers He lovingly sends us? - 2 Chronicles 20:20


2 Peter 1:21...the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by
the Holy Ghost.

1 Selected Messages, p. 21:2 It is not the words of the Bible that are inspired, but the men that were inspired.
Inspiration acts not on the man's words or his expressions but on the man himself, who, under the influence of the Holy
Ghost, is imbued with thoughts. But the words receive the impress of the individual mind. The divine mind is diffused.
The divine mind and will is combined with the human mind and will; thus the utterances of the man are the word of
God.

1Selected Messages, p. 16:2 Some look to us gravely and say, "Don't you think there might have been some mistake in
the copyist or in the translators?" This is all probable, and the mind that is so narrow that it will hesitate and stumble
over this possibility or probability would be just as ready to stumble over the mysteries of the Inspired Word, because
their feeble minds cannot see through the purposes of God.... All the mistakes will not cause trouble to one soul, or
cause any feet to stumble, that would not manufacture difficulties from the plainest revealed truth.


1Selected Messages, p. 37:1 Although I am as dependent upon the Spirit of the Lord in writing my views as I am in
receiving them, yet the words I employ in describing what I have seen are my own, unless they be those spoken to me
by an angel, which I always enclose in marks of quotation.

3Selected Messages, p. 51:2 When writing these precious books, if I hesitated, the very word I wanted to express the
idea was given me.
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1Selected Messages, p. 39:2 I gave myself, my whole being, to God, to obey His call in everything, and since that time
my life has been spent in giving the message, with my pen and in speaking before large congregations. It is not I who
controls my words and actions at such times.

1Selected Messages, p. 39:3 But there are times when common things must be stated, common thoughts must occupy
the mind, common letters must be written and information given that has passed from one to another of the workers.
Such words, such information, are not given under the special inspiration of the Spirit of God. Questions are asked at
times that are not upon religious subjects at all, and these questions must be answered. We converse about houses and
lands, trades to be made, and locations for our institutions, their advantages and disadvantages.

1Selected Messages, p. 27:1 "Yet now when I send you a testimony of warning and reproof, many of you declare it to
be merely the opinion of Sister White. You have thereby insulted the Spirit of God. You know how the Lord has
manifested Himself through the Spirit of prophecy. Past, present, and future have passed before me. I have been shown
faces that I had never seen, and years afterward I knew them when I saw them. I have been aroused from my sleep with
a vivid sense of subjects previously presented to my mind and I have written, at midnight, letters that have gone across
the continent, and arriving at a crisis, have saved great disaster to the cause of God. This has been my work for many
years. A power has impelled me to reprove and rebuke wrongs that I had not thought of. Is this work of the last thirty-
six years from above or from beneath? ...

1Selected Messages, p. 27:2 Weak and trembling, I arose at three o'clock in the morning to write to you. God was
speaking through clay. You might say that this communication was only a letter. Yes, it was a letter, but prompted by
the Spirit of God, to bring before your minds things that had been shown me. In these letters which I write, in the
testimonies I bear, I am presenting to you that which the Lord has presented to me. I do not write one article in the
paper, expressing merely my own ideas. They are what God has opened before me in vision the precious rays of light
shining from the throne....

1Selected Messages, p. 36,7 At times I am carried far ahead into the future and shown what is to take place. Then
again I am shown things as they have occurred in the past. After I come out of vision I do not at once remember all that
I have seen, and the matter is not so clear before me until I write, then the scene rises before me as was presented in
vision, and I can write with freedom. Sometimes the things which I have seen are hid from me after I come out of
vision, and I cannot call them to mind until I am brought before a company where that vision applies, then the things
which I have seen come to my mind with force. I am just as dependent upon the Spirit of the Lord in relating or writing
a vision, as in having the vision. It is impossible for me to call up things which have been shown me unless the Lord
brings them before me at the time that He is pleased to have me relate or write them.


Questions and Answers about the Spirit of Prophecy


Evangelism, p. 256:2 The testimonies of Sister White should not be carried to the front. God's Word is the unerring
standard. The Testimonies are not to take the place of the Word. Great care should be exercised by all believers to
advance these questions carefully, and always stop when you have said enough. Let all prove their positions from the
Scriptures and substantiate every point they claim as truth from the revealed Word of God.

Evangelism, p. 164:5 All points of our faith are not to be borne to the front and presented before the prejudiced
crowds... The truths that we hold in common should be dwelt upon first, and the confidence of the hearers obtained.

5 Testimonies, p. 669:2 The first number of the Testimonies ever published contains a warning against the injudicious
use of the light which is thus given to God's people. I stated that some had taken an unwise course; when they had talked
their faith to unbelievers, and the proof had been asked for, they had read from my writings instead of going to the Bible
for proof. It was shown me that this course was inconsistent and would prejudice unbelievers against the truth. The
What did Ellen White mean by saying that the testimonies should not be carried to the front?
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Testimonies can have no weight with those who know nothing of their spirit. They should not be referred to in such
cases.

3 Selected Messages, pp. 29,30 In public labor do not make prominent, and quote that which Sister White has written,
as authority to sustain your positions. To do this will not increase faith in the testimonies. Bring your evidences, clear
and plain, from the Word of God. A "Thus saith the Lord" is the strongest testimony you can possibly present to the
people. Let none be educated to look to Sister White, but to the mighty God, who gives instruction to Sister White.


Colporteur Ministry, p.125;6 The Lord has sent His people much instruction, line upon line, precept upon precept,
here a little, and there a little. Little heed is given to the Bible, and the Lord has given a lesser light to lead men and
women to the greater light. Oh, how much good would be accomplished if the books containing this light were read with
a determination to carry out the principles they contain! There would be a thousand fold greater vigilance, a thousand
fold more self-denial and resolute effort. And many more would now be rejoicing in the light of present truth.

Review and Herald, 4-8-1873:15 John was the lesser light, which was to be followed by a greater light. He was to
shake the confidence of the people in their traditions, and call their sins to their remembrance, and lead them to
repentance; that they might be prepared to appreciate the work of Christ.

Signs of the Times 8-25-1887:9 With the first advent of Christ there was ushered in an era of greater light and glory;
but it would indeed be sinful ingratitude to despise and ridicule the lesser light because a fuller and more glorious light
had dawned. Those who despise the blessings and glory of the Jewish age are not prepared to be benefited by the
preaching of the gospel. The brightness of the Father's glory, and the excellence and perfection of his sacred law, are
only understood through the atonement made upon Calvary by his dear Son; but even the atonement loses its
significance when the law of God is rejected.


2 Testimonies, p. 454;5 The word of God is sufficient to enlighten the most beclouded mind and may be understood
by those who have any desire to understand it. But notwithstanding all this, some who profess to make the word of God
their study are found living in direct opposition to its plainest teachings. Then to leave men and women without excuse,
God gives plain and pointed testimonies, bringing them back to the word that they have neglected to follow.

2 Testimonies, p. 605;6 If you had made God's word your study, with a desire to reach the Bible standard and attain to
Christian perfection, you would not have needed the Testimonies....The written testimonies are not to give new light, but
to impress vividly upon the heart the truths of inspiration already revealed....Additional truth is not brought out; but God
has through the Testimonies simplified the great truths already given and in His own chosen way brought them before
the people to awaken and impress the mind with them, that all may be left without excuse....The Testimonies are not to
belittle the word of God, but to exalt it and attract minds to it, that the beautiful simplicity of truth may impress all.

Early Writings, p. 78:1 - I recommend to you, dear reader, the Word of God as the rule of your faith and practice. By
that Word we are to be judged. God has, in that Word, promised to give visions in the last days; not for a new rule of
faith, but for the comfort of His people, and to correct those who err from Bible truth.

3 Selected Messages, p. 32:3 The Bible must be your counselor. Study it and the testimonies God has given; for they
never contradict His Word.

5 Testimonies, p. 98:2 If you lose confidence in the testimonies you will drift away from Bible truth.


2 Testimonies, p. 112,13 If one is reproved for a special wrong, brethren and sisters should carefully examine
themselves to see wherein they have failed and wherein they have been guilty of the same sin....in rebuking the wrongs
What does Ellen White mean when she calls her writings a lesser light?
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Do the testimonies given to individuals have any value today?
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of one, He designs to correct many. But if they fail to take the reproof to themselves, and flatter themselves that God
passes over their errors because He does not especially single them out, they deceive their own souls and will be shut up
in darkness and be left to their own ways to follow the imagination of their own hearts....He makes plain the wrongs of
some that others may thus be warned, and fear, and shun those errors. By self-examination they may find that they are
doing the same things which God condemns in others.

2 Testimonies, p. 447 All who are guilty are addressed in these individual testimonies, although their names may not
be attached to the special testimony borne;...by continuing their course of sin, they are violating their consciences,
hardening their hearts, and stiffening their necks, just the same as though the testimony had been borne directly to them.

2 Testimonies, p. 687:2 I saw that all should search their own hearts and lives closely to see if they had not made the
same mistakes for which others were corrected and if the warnings given for others did not apply to their own cases. If
so, they should feel that the counsel and reproofs were given especially for them and should make as practical an
application of them as though they were especially addressed to themselves.


1 Selected Messages, p. 45:2 Those who have most to say against the testimonies are generally those who have not
read them...

1 Selected Messages, p. 45:1 When you find men questioning the testimonies, finding fault with them, and seeking to
draw away the people from their influence, be assured that God is not at work through them. It is another spirit.

2 Manuscript Releases, p. 87:3 If the preconceived opinions or particular ideas of some are crossed in being reproved
by testimonies, they have a burden at once to make plain their position to discriminate between the testimonies, defining
what is Sister White's human judgment and what is the word of the Lord. Everything that sustains their cherished ideas
is divine, and the testimonies to correct their errors are human Sister White's opinions. They make of none effect the
counsel of God by their tradition.


2 Selected Messages, p. 78:2 The very last deception of Satan will be to make of none effect the testimony of the
Spirit of God. "Where there is no vision, the people perish" (Prov. 29:18). Satan will work ingeniously, in different ways
and through different agencies, to unsettle the confidence of God's remnant people in the true testimony. He will bring
in spurious visions to mislead, and will mingle the false with the true, and so disgust people that they will regard
everything that bears the name of visions as a species of fanaticism; but honest souls, by contrasting false and true, will
be enabled to distinguish between them....

1 Selected Messages, p. 48:4 There will be a hatred kindled against the testimonies which is satanic. The workings of
Satan will be to unsettle the faith of the churches in them, for this reason: Satan cannot have so clear a track to bring in
his deceptions and bind up souls in his delusions if the warnings and reproofs and counsels of the Spirit of God are
heeded.


1 Selected Messages, p. 41:1 The instruction that was given in the early days of the message is to be held as safe
instruction to follow in these its closing days.

3 Selected Messages, p. 76:4 Abundant light has been given to our people in these last days. Whether or not my life is
spared, my writings will constantly speak, and their work will go forward as long as time shall last.

3 Selected Messages, p. 77:0 - ...when He may see fit to let me rest. His messages shall be of even more vital force than
when the frail instrumentality through whom they were delivered, was living.
Why do many reject the Testimonies?
What is the last deception?
Since times have changed should we still follow the Spirit of Prophecy?