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Adventistische Schriften über: "Can we conclude from this letter that the church member is a prophet? Please assess his statements in light of my writings, especially regarding tests for prophets, personal authority, rebuke, revival, and reformation."
Answer
The letter itself is not included here, so I cannot assess its specific statements or conclude from them that the church member is a prophet. The cited writings require prophetic claims to be tested by the Bible and by their fruits; personal impressions or authority do not replace this standard. Rebuke or calls for revival and reformation, by themselves, neither prove nor disprove a prophetic calling. The quotations provide criteria, but no verdict on this church member.
Testing prophetic claims by Scripture
»The safest way to test the prophetic gift is to compare it with the description of such gifts in Scripture and to test it by the rules given there. […] “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”«
Fruits as a test
»Everything is to be tested by the apostle’s rule: “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good”; and tested by the Saviour’s standard: “By their fruits ye shall know them.”«
Personal impressions and authority
»The Scripture which they teach rests upon their own authority. Its divine authenticity is destroyed in this way. […] The Bible is […] the standard by which all teaching and experience must be tested.«
Rebuke does not, by itself, prove a calling
»But when a testimony is written in response to a question, statement, or request from churches or individuals, setting forth the light that God has given them concerning the matter, the fact that it was thus prompted does not lessen its validity or its importance.«
Revival and testing by Scripture
»At every revival of God’s work, the prince of evil is aroused to greater activity. […] Every statement and every miracle must be tested by their testimony.«
Original Sources (English)
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