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Chapter four - Eugene Prewitt 179ConclusionIf Mr. Prewitt had read these statements, perhaps he would not have asked thequestions or made the comments that he did.The Herald's testPrewitt says: (see Appendix I)“The way the Herald understands John’s test, a false prophet can betested by asking him ‘Did Jesus come in the fallen nature of Adam, ornot?’ If the prophet says ‘yes’ then he is a true prophet.“Yikes. Either the devil is supernaturally forbidden to say ‘yes’ in thatscenario, or this is a false test. And not only must the devil be forbiddento say ‘yes’, every lying man, every schizoid, every hired ‘prophet’ mustbe absolutely forbidden to say ‘yes, I believe Jesus came in the flesh.’ ”God says:The Signs of the Times, September 3, 1894“Through evil spirits they receive communications, and accept them asmessages from their lost loved ones. Satan and his agents personate theirdead friends, and thus impart to them Satanic delusions. But God hasgiven us a rule whereby to test what is truth. The prophet says: "To thelaw and to the testimony; if they speak not according to this word, it isbecause there is no light in them." "He that is of God heareth God'sword." "We are of God; he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not ofGod heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit oferror." "But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said untoyou. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me." "Ifany man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledgethat the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord."Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are ofGod; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Herebyknow ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ iscome in the flesh is of God; and every spirit that confesseth not that JesusChrist is come in the flesh is not of God; and this is that spirit ofantichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even nowalready is it in the world."SummationEllen White considered 1 John 4:1-3 a valid test of a true or false spirit.Conclusion1 John 4:1-3 is a valid test of a true or false spirit. However, it does not standalone. Other biblical tests must be passed as well. The Herald passes thesetests.Chapter ConclusionMr. Prewitt spends a lot of time trying to make it appear that Ernie is a falseprophet, but his arguments are not supported by God’s Word. Where is a ”Thussaith the Lord”? Where is a “to the law and to the testimony”? Have we as achurch forgotten how to test a prophet? Or is it simply a matter that there are nodiscrepancies between Ernie’s dreams and the Bible so extra-biblical testsneed to be used to reject God’s messages?