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May 6 The Gift of Prophecy
The Example of Micaiah
“The messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying,
Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king
with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of
them, and speak that which is good. And Micaiah said, As the Lord
liveth, what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak” (1 Kings 22:13,
14).
While many of the professed followers of Christ have lapsed
away into error and apostasy, those who have walked in the light, not
only hear, but read and understand the prophecies of His word. The
law of God will be made void in the world; its authority will be
despised just as it was in heaven in the first great rebellion; and God
would have us intelligent to note the movement of the nations, so that
we may see the signal of danger, and recognize the warnings that He
has given us, that we may not be found on the side of the great deceiver
in the crisis that is just before us. . . .
If we are anxious to understand our duty, [God] will not leave us
to be enshrouded in darkness, but will enlighten our understanding
so that we shall know for ourselves what is truth. We do not want to
be found receiving dangerous error as truth. We do not wish to
imperil our souls by rejection of God’s messages of warning and
counsel. Our greatest danger lies in our tendency to refuse increased
light, and our only safety is to see and understand for ourselves
“what saith the Lord.” . . . The controversy in regard to the law of
God has begun, and we must be prepared to give a reason of the
hope that is in us, with meekness and fear. We must know where our
feet are standing.
Although the law of God will be almost universally made void in
the world, there will be a remnant of the righteous that will be obedient
to God’s requirements. . . .
The winds of doctrine will blow fiercely about us, but we should
not be moved by them. God has given us a correct standard of righteousness
and truth—the law and the testimony. 10
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