Again, we are forewarned that there would be false prophets in the last days, and the Bible gives a test by which to try their teachings, in order that we may distinguish between the true and the false. The grand test is the law of GOD, which is applied both to the prophesyings and the moral character of the prophets. If there were to be no true prophesyings in the last days, how much easier to have stated the fact, and thus cut off all chance of deception, than to give a test by which to try them, as though there would be the genuine as well as the false. In Isa. viii, 19, 20, is a prophecy of the familiar spirits of the present time, and the law is given as a test. To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Why say, if they speak not, if there was to be not true spiritual manifestation or prophesying at the same time? JESUS says, Beware of false prophets, . . . ye shall know them by their fruits. Matt. vii, 15. This is a part of the sermon on the mount, and all can see that this discourse has a general application to the church throughout the gospel age. False prophets are to be known by their fruits; in other words, by their moral character. The only standard by which to determine whether their fruits are good or bad, is the law of GOD. Hence we are brought to the law and to the testimony. True prophets will not only speak according to this word, but they must live according to it. One who speaks and lives thus I dare not condemn. p. 10, Para. 2, [GC58].
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