Sure Word Day 3 - Why Prophecy is Important

WHY IS THE
WORD OF
PROPHECY
IMPORTANT?

2Pe 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy;
whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light
that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the
day star arise in your hearts:
2Co 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out
of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light
of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus
Christ.
Our minds has been illuminated by the Word of God and
it is like a light that shine in darkness (Isaiah 60:1-3,
Matthew 5:13-16).
The doctrines which we preach we hve not derived from
men in any form. They are no elaborated by human
reasoning or science, nor are they imparted by tradition.
They are communicated directly by the Source of all
light--the true God--who had shines in the hearts of His
children. Having been thus illuminated, we are bound to
go and make known to others the truths which God had
imparted to us.

Who commanded the
light, etc. Ge 1:3. God
caused it to shine by his
simple command. He
said, "Let there be light,
and there was light."
Prophecy is equated to
that light which actually
separates truth from

That the mind is by nature
ignorant and benighted--to an
extent which may be properly
compared with the darkness which
prevailed before God commanded
the light to shine. Indeed, the
darkness which prevailed before
the light was formed, was a most
striking emblem of the darkness
which exists in the mind of man
before it is enlightened by
revelation, and by the Holy Spirit

Psalms 119:130
The entrance of thy
words giveth light;
it giveth
understanding unto
the simple.

Ps 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light
unto my path.
The word of God directs us in our work and way, and a
dark place indeed the world would be without it. The
commandment is a lamp kept burning with the oil of the
Spirit, as a light to direct us in the choice of our way,
and the steps we take in that way. The keeping of God's
commands here meant, was that of a sinner under a
dispensation of mercy, of a believer having part in the
covenant of grace. The psalmist is often afflicted; but
with longing desires to become more holy, offers up
daily prayers for quickening grace. We cannot offer any
thing to God, that he will accept but what he is pleased
to teach us to do. To have our soul or life continually in
our hands, implies constant danger of life; yet he did
not forget God's promises nor his precepts. Numberless
are the snares laid by the wicked; and happy is that
servant of God, whom they have not caused to err from
his Master's precepts. Heavenly treasures are a
heritage for ever; all the saints accept them as such,
therefore they can be content with little of this world.
We must look for comfort only in the way of duty, and
that duty must be done. A good man, by the grace of

Not only does the Word of God inform us of
His will, but, as a light on a path in
darkness, it shows us how to follow the
right and avoid the wrong way. The lamp of
the Word is not the sun. He would blind our
eyes in our present fallen state; but we may
bless God for the light shining as in a dark
place, to guide us until the Sun of
Righteousness shall come, and we shall be
made capable of seeing Him (2Pe 1:19; Re
22:4). The lamp is fed with the oil of the
Spirit. The allusion is to the lamps and
torches carried at night before an Eastern
caravan.

COMPARE 2PETER 2:19 AND
PROVERBS 4:18
2Peter 1:19 We have also a more sure
word of prophecy; whereunto ye do
well that ye take heed, as unto a light
that shineth in a dark place, until the
day dawn, and the day star arise in
your hearts:
Pr 4:18 But the path of the just
is as the shining light, that
shineth more and more unto

The path of the wicked is gloomy, dark, and
dangerous; that of the righteous is open,
luminous, and instructive. This verse
contains a fine metaphor; it refers to the
sun rising above the horizon, and the
increasing twilight, till his beams shine full
upon the earth. This seems plainly to refer
to the progress of the rising sun while
below the horizon; and the gradual increase
of the light occasioned by the reflection of
his rays by means of the atmosphere, till at
last he is completely elevated above the
horizon, and then the prepared day has
fully taken place, the sun having risen at

The truly wise man is but in his
twilight here below; but he is in a
state of glorious preparation for the
realms of everlasting light; till at last,
emerging from darkness and the
shadows of death, he is ushered into
the full blaze of endless felicity. Yet
previously to his enjoyment of this
glory, which is prepared for him, he is
going-walking in the commandments of
his God blameless; and illuminating-reflecting
the light of the salvation
which he has received on all those

WHY DO WE HAVE TO STUDY
THE SURE WORD OF
PROPHECY?
BECAUSE IT IS LIGHT AND
LIGHT EXPOSES DARKNESS,
NOTICE:
Eph 5:11 And have no
fellowship with the unfruitful
works of darkness, but rather
reprove them.

Have no religious connection whatever with
heathens or their worship.
Unfruitful works of darkness] Probably
alluding to the mysteries among the heathens,
and the different lustrations and rites through
which the initiated went in the caves and dark
recesses where these mysteries were
celebrated; all which he denominates works of
darkness, because they were destitute of true
wisdom; and unfruitful works, because they
were of no use to mankind; the initiated being
obliged, on pain of death, to keep secret what
they had seen, heard, and done: hence they
were called aporrhta musthria, unspeakable
mysteries-things that were not to be divulged.
That the apostle may refer to magic and
incantations is also probable, for to these the
Ephesians were greatly addicted.

Rather reprove them.]
Bear a testimony against
them; convince them that
they are wrong; confute
them in their vain
reasons; reprove them for
their vices, which are
flagrant, while pretending
to superior illumination.

A SURE WORD OF PROPHECY MAKES
US KNOW THE TIME.
1CH 12:32 OF THE CHILDREN OF
ISSACHAR, MEN WHO HAD
UNDERSTANDING OF THE TIMES, TO
KNOW WHAT ISRAEL OUGHT TO DO,
THE HEADS OF THEM WERE TWO
HUNDRED; AND ALL THEIR
BROTHERS WERE AT THEIR
COMMANDMENT.

Matt 24:24
“For false christs and false prophets
will rise and show great signs and
wonders to deceive, if possible,
even the elect.”

“The coming of the lawless one
is according to the working of
Satan, with all power, signs and
lying wonders.” (2 Thess 2:9).

Before the final visitation of God’s
judgments upon the earth there will be
among the people of the Lord such a
revival of primitive godliness as has not
been witnessed since apostolic times . . .
The enemy of souls desires to hinder this work; and
before the time for such a movement shall come, he will
endeavour to prevent it by introducing a counterfeit. In
those churches which he can bring under his deceptive
power he will make it appear that God’s special
blessing is poured out; there will be manifest what is
thought to be great religious interest. Multitudes will
exult that God is working marvellously for them, when
the work is that of another spirit. Under a religious
guise, Satan will seek to extend his influence over the
Christian world. (GC, 464)

We will look at three phenomena
taking place in the Christian world
today:
TONGUES
HEALING
PROPHECY

Acts 2:1-4
When the Day of
Pentecost had fully come, they were all
with one accord in one place. 2 And
suddenly there came a sound from
heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind,
and it filled the whole house where they
were sitting. 3 Then there appeared to
them divided tongues, as of fire, and
one sat upon each of them. 4 And they
were all filled with the Holy Spirit and
began to speak with other tongues, as
the Spirit gave them utterance.

Acts 2:5-6
5 And there were
dwelling in Jerusalem
Jews, devout men,
from every nation
under heaven. 6 And
when this sound
occurred, the
multitude came
together, and were
confused, because
everyone heard them
speak in his own
language.

“The reason some of
you don’t speak
fluently,” he says, “is that
you tried to think of the
sounds. So when you
pray and you start speaking
in your heavenly language,
don’t try to think ... you
don’t have to think in order
to pray in the Spirit.” (Ibid)

This desire to switch off
the mind and
disconnect from all that
is rational is one of the
primary characteristics
of pagan mystery
religions

Modern tongues-speaking, called glossolalia, is not the same
as the biblical gift of languages.

Some of these persons have
exercises which they call gifts and say
that the Lord has placed them
in the church. They have an
unmeaning gibberish which
they call the unknown tongue, which is
unknown not only by man but by the Lord
and all heaven. Such gifts are manufactured
by men and women, aided by the great
deceiver. Fanaticism, false excitement, false
talking in tongues, and noisy exercises have
been considered gifts which God has placed
in the Church. Some have been deceived
here. The fruits of all this have not been
good ... (Maranatha, 154).

Mark 16:15-18
15 And He said to them, “Go into all
the world and preach the gospel
to every creature.” 16 “He
who believes and is baptized will
be saved; but he who does not believe will
be condemned. 17 “And these signs will
follow those who believe: In My name they
will cast out demons; they will speak with
new tongues;” 18 “they will take up
serpents; and if they drink anything
deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they
will lay hands on the sick, and they will
recover.”

HIS FOLLOWERS WASH THE ROAD
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Psalm 33:9
“For he spoke and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood
fast.”

Search the literature, as I have, and you will find no
documented cures by healers of gallstone, heart
disease, cancer or any other serious organic
disease. Certainly, you’ll find patients temporarily
relieved of their upset stomachs, their chest pains,
their breathing problems; and you will find healers,
and believers, who will interpret this interruption of
symptoms as evidence that the disease is cured.
But when you track the patient down and find out
what happened later, you always find the “cure” to
have been purely symptomatic and transient. The
underlying disease remains. (W. A.. Nolan, Healing:
A Doctor in Search of a Miracle [New York: Random
House, 1974], 259)

Wonderful scenes, with
which Satan will be closely
connected, will soon take
place. God’s Word declares
that Satan will work miracles.
He will make people sick, and
then will suddenly remove from them
his satanic power. They will then be
regarded as healed. These works of
apparent healing will bring Seventh-day
Adventists to the test. (2SM 53,
1904)

Pastor Kabi reported how his church members in the
Nyala province had just settled into groups for their
Sabbath School discussion, when they noticed a group
of nine men approaching the Church. They were
dragging a boy in chains. “Our church elder, Albino
Garang, approached the boy’s father who told him that
his only son, 25-year old Santino, had been chained in
prison for the last six months and was uncontrollable.
All attempts to seek treatment for the boy had been
unsuccessful. They had sought the help from doctors,
magicians and witches, but all in vain. Santino’s father
said, ‘I have heard that you Adventists believe only in
God. That is why I have organized this group to assist
me in dragging him here for prayers so that he may be
relieved from this possession.’”

Pastor Kabi requested the entire church to fast and
pray for Santino. “We ordered the spirit to come out
of Santino in the Name of Jesus. We prayed
throughout the night. Finally the following day, on
Sunday, at 9.00 am, Santino was at peace and the
demon was gone.”
The church members gave him food to eat and
water to drink. After eating they asked him if he
recognized his father and the delegation which
accompanied him. He could remember and recalled
their names one by one. Because of this miraculous
healing Santino and his best friend Joseph Ngor,
and some neighbors, joined the Seventh-day
Adventist Church by baptism on March 6, 2006.

Metro Vineyard Fellowship in Kansas City:
Bob Jones John Paul Jackson
Paul Cain

J. P. Jackson said
in one message that
God blew up the
space shuttle
Challenger to teach
America a lesson,
given that there was
a teacher on board.

Bob Jones
predicted that
1000 religious
leaders would
be killed by
God in 1990.

Wayne Grudem
“...prophecy today is merely
human words reporting what God
has brought to mind, while the
prophecies that were written
down in the Old Testament were
men speaking God’s words to
report what God had brought to
mind.” (G. S. Greig and K. N. Springer,
eds., The Kingdom and the Power
[Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1993], 79)

While we were travelling the Lord
told me He was going to reveal my
prophetic calling publicly. At the
Toronto meeting the Lord fulfilled
His word to me about a public
disclosure of the prophetic gift he
had given me. It happened in this
way. After Dr. R. T. Kendall’s
powerful sermon, Dr. Paul Cain
stepped to the platform and began
to speak words of public prophecy.
Dr. Cain is a vindicated prophet of
long standing, deeply respected by
millions in the Body of Christ.
Paul Cain

Ella and I were seated near the back
of the auditorium in a crowd of 2,500
people. Neither of us had registered
in the conference, and Dr. Cain did
not know us. Before that large
audience, Dr. Cain called for me to
stand, recounted our background in
Arizona, told me my age when I was
first anointed by the Holy Spirit
(prior to my fiery baptism in the
Spirit), and named Ella. He stated,
“Let nothing discourage you or deter
you because this is true prophetic
gifting that is upon you. You will be
known as a prophet of the Lord.”
( Eoin Giller, E-mail 14.4.98)
Paul Cain

As the two men washed each other’s feet,
the Spirit of the Lord fell on me in the gallery
up in the back of the church. He told me,
“This is a wedding, not a foot-washing.
Every wedding is made by a third party. You are the third
party. As I took Pastor Sheets to England, so I have
brought you to America to help make this marriage.
Since early this century, the adversary has focused on
keeping the Spirit and the Truth separate. These days
are over. I am putting the Spirit and the Truth together in
My Church. The Evangelicals with the Gospel are to join
with the Charismatics in the Spirit. I seek worshippers
who will worship Me in Spirit and in truth. Go down and
announce this marriage to this church, this city and this
nation.” (E-mail 14.4.98)

...as I walked off the platform, the
Lord said, “Get out of the church.” I
walked straight out of the building
into the night. While I was alone
outside, the Lord spent forty minutes giving
me specific details about the role He wants the
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH and its
leadership to play in the forthcoming marriage.
That’s when I said to Him, “Lord it ain’t [sic]
going to work. They’ll never do it, they’re too
proud.” Then He said sharply, “You mind your
business, and I’ll mind mine! Do what I tell
you.” In His mercy, the Lord has shown me
what will happen if the church leaders fail Him
in this momentous hour. The marriage will
take place. (E-mail 14.4.98)

“I will pour out my spirit on all people ...”
(Acts 2:17).

“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.” (1
John 4:1)

“Beware of
false prophets
who come to
you in sheep’s
clothing, but
inwardly they
are ravenous
wolves. You
will know them
by their fruits.”
(Matt. 7:15, 16)

“Not everyone who says to me ‘Lord, Lord’
shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who
does the will of my father in heaven. Many
will say to me in that day, “Lord, Lord have we
not prophesied in your name, cast out
demons in your name and done many
wonders in your name?” And then I will
declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Depart
from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’”
(Matt. 7:21-23)

“For false Christs and false prophets will arise and
show great signs and wonders to deceive, if
possible, even the elect.” (Matt 24:24)

Ellen White:
The man who makes
the working of
miracles the test of
his faith will find
that Satan can,
through a species of
deceptions, perform
wonders that will
appear to be
genuine miracles.
(Maranatha, 156)

“When the leading
churches of the United
States, uniting upon such
points of doctrine as are
held by them in common,
shall influence the state to
enforce their decrees and to
sustain their institutions,
then Protestant America
will have formed an image
to the Roman hierarchy.”
(Great Controversy, 445).

When Protestantism shall
stretch her hand across the gulf
to grasp the hand of the Roman
power, when she shall reach over
the abyss to clasp hands with
spiritualism, when under the influence of
this threefold union, our country shall
repudiate every principle of its
Constitution as a Protestant and
republican government, and shall make
provision for the propagation of papal
falsehoods and delusions, then we may
know that the time has come for the
marvellous working of Satan and that the
end is near: (5T, 451).

“When the leading churches
of the United States, uniting
upon such points of doctrine
as are held by them in
common, shall influence the
state to enforce their
decrees and to sustain their
institutions, then Protestant
America will have formed an
image to the Roman
hierarchy.” (Great Controversy,
445).

“Now when these things begin
to happen, look up and lift up
your heads, because your
redemption draws near.” (Luke
21:28)

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