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Why is Ellen White a True Prophet?

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Why is Ellen White a True Prophet? Story of the Pilot

Promised Jesus Contradictions Repentance Fulfillment Fruit Visions & Dreams Manifestations


Why is Ellen White a True Prophet? God has Promised Prophets


“And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.” (Joel 2:28-29)




“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.” (Mat 7:15)




“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.” (Mat 7:15) “Do not despise prophecies. Test all things; hold fast what is good.” (1 Thess 5:20-21)


Anyone can Receive God’s Call



Anyone can Receive God’s Call


“Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.” (Acts 21:9)


Why is Ellen White a True Prophet? 1. Must Confess and Uplift Jesus


“1 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. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God.” (1 John 4:1-2)




“Look, O look to Jesus and live!” (FE 179.1)




“Lift up Jesus, you that teach the people, lift Him up in sermon, in song, in prayer. Let all your powers be directed to pointing souls, confused, bewildered, lost, to ‘the Lamb of God.’ Lift Him up, the risen Saviour, and say to all who hear, Come to Him who ‘hath loved us, and hath given himself for us.’ con’t




Let the science of salvation be the burden of every sermon, the theme of every song. Let it be poured forth in every supplication. Bring nothing into your preaching to supplement Christ, the wisdom and power of God. con’t




Hold forth the word of life, presenting Jesus as the hope of the penitent and the stronghold of every believer. Reveal the way of peace to the troubled and the despondent, and show forth the grace and completeness of the Saviour.” (GW 160)


Why is Ellen White a True Prophet? 2. Must Harmonize with Scripture


“To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” (Isa 8:20)




“To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” (Isa 8:20)

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Joshua

Judges

Revelation


3. Calls for Repentance



Why is Ellen White a True Prophet? 3. Calls for Repentance


“16 Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you worthless; They speak a vision of their own heart, not from the mouth of the LORD. 17 They continually say to those who despise Me, “The LORD has said, ‘You shall have peace’; con’t




And to everyone who walks according to the dictates of his own heart, they say, ‘No evil shall come upon you.’ … con’t




21 ‘I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. 22 But if they had stood in My counsel, and had caused My people to hear My words, then they would have turned them from their evil way and from the evil of their doings.’” (Jer 23:16-17,21-22)




“Beware of procrastination. Do not put off the work of forsaking your sins and seeking purity of heart through Jesus. Here is where thousands upon thousands have erred to their eternal loss. I will not here dwell upon the shortness and uncertainty of life; but there is a terrible danger – a danger not sufficiently understood – con’t




in delaying to yield to the pleading voice of God's Holy Spirit, in choosing to live in sin; for such this delay really is. Sin, however small it may be esteemed, can be indulged in only at the peril of infinite loss. What we do not overcome, will overcome us and work out our destruction.” (SC 32)




“I have felt for years that if I could have my choice and please God as well I would rather die than have a vision, for every vision places me under great responsibility to bear testimonies of reproof and warning, which has ever been against my feelings, causing me affliction of soul that is inexpressible. con’t




Never have I coveted my position, and yet I dare not resist the Spirit of God and seek an easier position.” (3MR 256)


Why is Ellen White a True Prophet? 4. Prophecies Must Come to Pass


“As for the prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet comes to pass, the prophet will be known as one whom the LORD has truly sent.” (Jer 28:9)


4. Prophecies Must Come to Pass


Destruction of Review & Herald




Destruction of Battle Creek Sanitarium




Civil War




• There would be a Civil War • Long and protracted war • Parents would lose sons in the

war • Both parties ignorant of each

other’s situation




“ 7 The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, 8 if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it. con’t




9 And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, 10 if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it.” (Jer 18:7-10)




“And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day's walk. Then he cried out and said, ‘Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!’” (Jonah 3:4)




“So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.” (Jonah 3:5)




“Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.” (Jonah 3:10)




“I was shown the company present at the conference. Said the angel, ‘Some food for worms, some subjects of the seven last plagues, some will be alive and remain upon the earth to be translated at the coming of Jesus.’” (1T 131)




“The angels of God in their messages to men represent time as very short. Thus it has always been presented to me. It is true that time has continued longer than we expected in the early days of this message. Our Saviour did not appear as soon as we hoped. But has the Word of the Lord failed? Never! con’t




It should be remembered that the promises and the threatenings of God are alike conditional. It was not the will of God that the coming of Christ should be thus delayed. God did not design that His people, Israel, should wander forty years in the wilderness. con’t




He promised to lead them directly to the land of Canaan, and establish them there a holy, healthy, people. But those to whom it was first preached, went not in 'because of unbelief.' Their hearts were filled with murmuring, rebellion, and hatred, and He could not fulfill His covenant with them.” (Ev 695)


Why is Ellen White a True Prophet? 5. Yields good Fruit (Orchard Test)


“15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. con’t




18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them.” (Mat 7:15-20)




Membership: 100,000 Publishing Houses: 37 Sanitariums: 34

Colleges & Academies: 70 Elementary Schools: 510 Languages: 36




“The prevailing sentiment of the speakers who addressed the congregations at St. Helena and at Richmond [at her funeral] was that Mrs. White’s most enduring monument, aside from her godly life and conversation, was her published works, which tend to the purest morality, con’t




lead to Christ and to the Bible, and bring comfort and consolation to many a weary heart. ‘She hath done what she could,’ and now ‘being dead, she yet speaketh .’” (WV 550)



Churches: 71,048 Membership: 17,214,683 Countries present: 209 (of 232) Schools (total): 7,806 Hospitals, Sanitariums: 173 Media Centers: 14 Publishing Houses: 63 ADRA: Projects Funded: 1,889 Beneficiaries: 40,735,237 Total Value of Aid: $281,264,479



Why is Ellen White a True Prophet? 6. Receives Visions and Dreams


“Then He said, ‘Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, make Myself known to him in a vision; I speak to him in a dream.’” (Num 12:6)




“As God has shown me in holy vision the travels of the Advent people to the Holy City, and the rich reward to be given those who wait the return of their Lord from the wedding, it may be my duty to give you a short sketch of what God has revealed to me.” (WLF 14)




“I dreamed that the Spirit of the Lord came upon me, and I arose amid cries and prayers, and said: “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me. I feel urged to say to you that you must commence to work individually for yourselves. You are looking to God and desiring Him to do the work for you which He has left for you to do.” (LS 197)


Physical Manifestations



Why is Ellen White a True Prophet? Physical Manifestations


“7 And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision; but a great terror fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. 8 Therefore I was left alone when I saw this great vision, and no strength remained in me; for my vigor was turned to frailty in me, and I retained no strength. con’t




9 Yet I heard the sound of his words; and while I heard the sound of his words I was in a deep sleep on my face, with my face to the ground.” (Dan 10:7-9)




“16 And suddenly, one having the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips; then I opened my mouth and spoke, saying to him who stood before me, ‘My lord, because of the vision my sorrows have overwhelmed me, and I have retained no strength. con’t




17 For how can this servant of my lord talk with you, my lord? As for me, no strength remains in me now, nor is any breath left in me.’” (Dan 10:16-17)




“15 So he took up his oracle and said: ‘The utterance of Balaam the son of Beor, And the utterance of the man whose eyes are opened; 16 The utterance of him who hears the words of God, And has the knowledge of the Most High, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, Who falls down, with eyes wide open: …” (Num 24:15-16)




“In passing into vision, she gives three enrapturing shouts of ‘Glory!’ which echo and re-echo, the second, and especially the third, fainter but more thrilling than the first, the voice resembling that of one quite a distance from you, and just going out of hearing. con’t




For about four or five seconds she seems to drop down like a person in a swoon, or one having lost his strength; she then seems to be instantly filled with superhuman strength, sometimes rising at once to her feet and walking about the room. There are frequent movements of the hands and arms, pointing to the right or left as her head turns. con’t




All these movements are made in a most graceful manner. In whatever position the hand or arm may be placed, it is impossible for anyone to move it. Her eyes are always open, but she does not [blink]; her head is raised, and she is looking upward, not with a vacant stare, but with a pleasant expression, con’t




only differing from the normal in that she appears to be looking intently at some distant object. She does not breathe, yet her pulse beats regularly. Her countenance is pleasant, and the color of her face is florid as in her natural state.” (WV, 35)


Physical Manifestations



Why is Ellen White a True Prophet? Summary


Uplifts Jesus No contradictions Calls for repentance

Prophecies were fulfilled Yields good fruit Receives visions & dreams


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