7/29/07 – 30LAW “God’s Last Day Prophet” - Part 2
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Hello!  This is Richard Vaughn

Today’s message is “God’s Last Day Prophet” - Part 2

Before we begin, let us seek God’s guidance, “Heavenly Father, as we conclude this most important subject regarding God’s true last days prophet, I pray that You bless those listening today with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, so that we may understand that you sent a prophet to help guide Your people through the difficult days of the final generation on planet earth; we pray for wisdom, knowledge and understanding so that we may live in the center of Your revealed will, as we ask in Jesus Name, Amen.”
Right now, I continue to keep my pledge, to cry aloud and spare not, to lift up my voice like a trumpet and to show God’s people where they are transgressing God’s law.
Last week we studied the 13 tests of a true prophet of God. Here are some additional truths about God’s true prophets:
1.	God reveals secrets to His prophets. Daniel 2:28 “But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets…,” Amos 3:7 “Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.”
2.	What God has revealed belongs to us. Secret things which God has not revealed we should not try to understand. Deuteronomy 29:29 “The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.”
3.	We are not to despise prophesyings, but we are to put them to the test. 1 Thessalonians 5:20, 21 “Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.”
4.	God speaks by His true prophets. Hosea 12:10 “I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.” Hebrews 1:1 “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,” 
5.	God will have true prophets in the time of the end which began in 1798. 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.” Peter quoted Joel in Acts 2:17,18.
6.	None of God’s prophets engage in any of the abominations listed in Deuteronomy 18:9-12 “When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination (fortune telling), or an observer of times (astrologer), or an enchanter (magician), or a witch (today are called psychics), Or a charmer (casts spells), or a consulter with familiar spirits (a medium with a spirit guide), or a wizard (psychic or clairvoyant), or a necromancer (a medium who consults the dead). For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.”
7.	Prophecy is a spiritual gift in the church. Ephesians 4:11, 12 “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:”
8.	The prophet is the eyes of the church. 1 Samuel 9:9 “(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)” In Luke 11:34 we have a dual application, “The light of the body (the church) is the eye (the seer which is the prophet): therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil (a false prophet), thy body also is full of darkness.” Proverbs 28:19 “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.”
9.	Jesus warned about false prophets in the last days because He would have his true prophet. Matthew 7:15 “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”
10.	God has used women as prophets . Miriam – Exodus 15:20; Deborah – Judges 4:4; Huldah – 2 Kings 22:14; Anna – Luke 2:36; Philip’s four daughters – Acts 21:9 
11.	The gift of Prophecy may be given to the weakest individual. 1 Corinthians 1:27 “But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;”

What is typical about a false prophet?
Jeremiah 14:14 “Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.”
Lamentations 2:14 “Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.”
Matthew 24:11 “And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.”
Matthew 24:24 “For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect.”
2 Peter 2:1 “But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.”
1 John 4:1 “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.”

We have been living in the time of the end since 1798. Jesus warned of false prophets in the time of the end because He would have His true prophet to guide His church through the troubled waters of multitudes of deceptions. Satan has long been preparing for this time as he is determined that no flesh should be saved. Who are some of his false prophets? One identifying point is that they would not be upholding God’s seventh day Sabbath. God’s prophet would be keeping all Ten Commandments and urging God’s people to do likewise.
1.	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints – The Mormons – Prophet: Joseph Smith – Founder LDS – 1805-1844 – In the Spring of 1820 he said he was visited face to face with God the Father and Jesus Christ. False prophet. No mortal human can be in the presence of God and live. Visitation may have been real, but the visitors were not from heaven. Killed by an angry mob June 27, 1844. False prophet. No upholding God’s Ten Commandments.
2.	Christian Science – Prophet: Mary Baker Eddy – Founder – 1821-1910. Christian Science is neither particularly Christian, nor especially scientific. It shuns medical science and many have died for lack of simple treatment. The movement once had a million followers and has dwindled to less than 100,000. False prophet. No upholding God’s Ten Commandments.
3.	Jehovah’s Witnesses – Founder - Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916) When the founder died in 1916, he was replaced by the second president, Joseph F. Rutherford. Between 1917 and 1928, they changed their doctrines 148 times! They do not believe that Jesus is God, rather they say that He is the reincarnation of Michael the archangel created by Jehovah. False prophet. No upholding God’s Ten Commandments.
4.	Edgar Cayce – Called the sleeping prophet – Heavy into occult practices, well known psychic. No medical background but recommended cures for disease when in a sleep like trance. People only remember his successful predictions whereas like most false prophets, he had a greater majority of false predictions than those that were successful.
5.	There are many other false prophets here in the end time – Too numerous to mention. None but one, since 1798, has successfully met all 13 tests of a true prophet. Namely, Ellen G. White.

Who was Ellen G. White, and why do millions consider her writings of special value and significance? In brief, she was a woman of remarkable spiritual gifts who lived most of her life during the nineteenth century (1827-1915), yet through her writings she is still making a revolutionary impact on millions of people around the world. During her lifetime she wrote more than 25 million words in 5,000 periodical articles and 40 books; but today, including compilations from her 50,000 pages of manuscript, more than 100 titles are available in English. She is the most translated woman writer in the entire history of literature, and the most translated American author of either gender. Her writings cover a broad range of subjects, including religion, education, social relationships, evangelism, prophecy, publishing, nutrition, and management. Her life-changing masterpiece on successful Christian living, Steps to Christ, has been published in more than 140 languages. 
Seventh-day Adventists believe that Mrs. White was more than a gifted writer; they believe she was appointed by God as a special messenger to draw the world's attention to the Holy Scriptures and help prepare people for Christ's second advent. From the time she was 17 years old until she died 70 years later, God gave her approximately 2,000 visions and dreams. The visions varied in length from less than a minute to nearly four hours. The knowledge and counsel received through these revelations she wrote out to be shared with others. Thus her special writings are accepted by Seventh-day Adventists as inspired, and their exceptional quality is recognized even by casual readers. 
Outside of “Steps to Christ,” the most popular books she wrote would be the “Conflict of the Ages” series which includes “Patriarchs and Prophets,” “Prophets and Kings,” “Desire of Ages,” “Acts of the Apostles” and “The Great Controversy.” Other books written would include a series on health, “Counsels on Health,” “Counsels on Diet and Foods,” and “Ministry of Healing.” The focus would be on simple natural remedies to bring the body back to health, rather than the radical means of surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and the use of toxic drugs with harmful side effects.
Being a frail woman with only a second grade education, it is obvious that when Paul wrote 1 Corinthians 1:27, “But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;” that she indeed is a weak vessel that God had chosen to confound the mighty. She was humble, wanted no glory to herself and was always pointing to Jesus as the Way the Truth and the Life. She was faithful to her calling right up until she breathed her last.

Does God have a true church in these last days? To qualify it must meet the two tests of Revelation 12:17 “And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
What is the Testimony of Jesus? Revelation 19:10 “….for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
If the churches do not hold up God’s seventh day Sabbath, they cannot qualify as God’s remnant believers; they are in Babylon. Of all the Sabbath keeping churches, there is only one who has the Spirit of Prophecy and that is the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Well time is up for this week. Next week we will begin a new important study. If you would like to worship with seventh day Sabbath-keepers, come to the Victory Seventh Day Adventist Church new location at the Hampton Inn Conference suite in South Hill, VA at the exit 12 interchange of Interstate 85. We meet at 10:00 am and will be meeting there until out new building has been completed.
Until next week, Jesus said in John 5:39, “Search the Scriptures, for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me”. Come Lord Jesus.