In recent times many have laid claim to the title of being a prophet. This claim requires a look into scripture to reveal whether this is true or not. This presentation seeks to look at several tests that should be applied to claimants of the gift of prophecy and the tests as applied to an individual who actually passed all of them.

1. The Tests of a Prophet

2. A Prediction
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will
pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your
sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your
old men shall dream dreams, your young
men shall see visions: And also upon the
servants and upon the handmaids in those
days will I pour out my spirit. And I will shew
wonders in the heavens and in the earth,
blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke... (Joel
2:28-32 KJV)

3. A Prediction
…The sun shall be turned into darkness, and
the moon into blood, before the great and
the terrible day of the LORD come. And it
shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call
on the name of the LORD shall be delivered:
for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be
deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in
the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
(Joel 2:28-32 KJV)

4. First fulfillment
But this is that which was spoken by the
prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the
last days, saith God, I will pour out of my
Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy, and your young
men shall see visions, and your old men shall
dream dreams: And on my servants and on
my handmaidens I will pour out in those days
of my Spirit; ... (Acts 2:16-21)

5. First fulfillment
… and they shall prophesy: And I will shew
wonders in heaven above, and signs in the
earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of
smoke: The sun shall be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood, before that great
and notable day of the Lord come: And it shall
come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the
name of the Lord shall be saved. (Acts 2:16-
21)

6. Testimony of Jesus
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and
went to make war with the remnant of her seed,
which keep the commandments of God, and
have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (Revelation
12:17)

7. Spirit of Prophecy
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said
unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant,
and of thy brethren that have the testimony of
Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is
the spirit of prophecy. (Revelation 19:10 KJV)
Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am
thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the
prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of
this book: worship God. And he saith unto me, Seal
not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the
time is at hand. (Revelation 22:9-10 KJV)

8. Prophets
Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I
am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the
prophets, and of them which keep the sayings
of this book: worship God. And he saith unto
me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this
book: for the time is at hand. (Revelation 22:9-
10 KJV)

9. The Gifts from Christ
Ephesians 4:7-8 But unto every one of us is
given grace according to the measure of the gift
of Christ. Wherefore he saith, When he
ascended up on high, he led captivity captive,
and gave gifts unto men.
Ephesians 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and
some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and
some, pastors and teachers;

10. Prove It
Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings.
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1
Thessalonians 5:19-21)
1 Corinthians 12:3-4 Wherefore I give you to
understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of
God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can
say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same
Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:10 to another prophecy

11. No Middle Ground
"God is either teaching His church, reproving
their wrongs and strengthening their faith, or He
is not. This work is of God, or it is not. God does
nothing in partnership with Satan. My work . . .
bears the stamp of God or the stamp of the
enemy. There is no halfway work in the matter.
The Testimonies are of the Spirit of God, or of
the devil." [VOL. 4, P. 230.] {5T 671.2}

12. Test the Spirit
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the
spirits whether they are of God: because many
false prophets are gone out into the world.
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit
that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the
flesh is of God: (1 John 4:1-2)

13. Fruit Test
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in
sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening
wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men
gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so
every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a
corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree
cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt
tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth
not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the
fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
(Matthew 7:15-20)

14. Vision or Dream
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be
a prophet among you, I the LORD will make
myself known unto him in a vision, and will
speak unto him in a dream. (Numbers 12:6
KJV)
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon
Daniel had a dream and visions of his head
upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and
told the sum of the matters. (Daniel 7:1 KJV)

15. Eyes Open
And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel
abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and
the spirit of God came upon him. And he took
up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor
hath said, and the man whose eyes are open
hath said: He hath said, which heard the words
of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty,
falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
(Numbers 24:2-4 KJV)

16. What do prophets See
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the
Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and
his train filled the temple. Above it stood the
seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he
covered his face, and with twain he covered his
feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto
another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of
hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. (Isaiah
6:1-3 KJV)

17. Third Heaven
It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will
come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew
a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether
in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the
body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one
caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a
man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I
cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught
up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words,
which it is not lawful for a man to utter. (2
Corinthians 12:1-4 KJV)

18. Visions of Glory
While I was praying, the power of God
came upon me as I had never felt it before.
I was wrapped in a vision of God's glory,
and seemed to be rising higher and higher
from the earth, and was shown something
of the travels of the Advent people to the
Holy City, {EW 13.2}

19. Visions of Glory
“When seated, Mrs. White began to
praise the Lord, and continued rising
higher and higher in perfect triumph in
the Lord, till her voice changed, and the
deep, clear shouts of Glory! Hallelujah!
thrilled every heart. She was in vision.”
{2SG 238.2}

20. “Glory” In Vision
D. H. Lamson says: I was then 17 years old.
It seems to me I can almost hear those
thrilling shouts of "G-l-o-r-y!" which she
uttered. Then she sank back to the floor, not
falling, but sinking gently, and was
supported in the arms of an attendant.
{1BIO 302.2}

21. No Strength
And when he had spoken such words unto me, I
set my face toward the ground, and I became
dumb. And, behold, one like the similitude of
the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened
my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that
stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my
sorrows are turned upon me, and I have
retained no strength. (Daniel 10:15-19 KJV)

22. Breathless + Strengthened
For how can the servant of this my lord talk with
this my lord? for as for me, straightway there
remained no strength in me, neither is there
breath left in me. Then there came again and
touched me one like the appearance of a man,
and he strengthened me, …(Daniel 10:15-19
KJV)

23. Breathless
… And said, O man greatly beloved,
fear not: peace be unto thee, be
strong, yea, be strong. And when he
had spoken unto me, I was
strengthened, and said, Let my lord
speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
(Daniel 10:15-19 KJV)

24. Testing Sis White
Some of the instruction found in these pages was
given under circumstances so remarkable as to
evidence the wonder-working power of God in behalf
of His truth. Sometimes while I was in vision, my
friends would approach me, and exclaim, "Why, she
does not breathe!" Placing a mirror before my lips,
they found that no moisture gathered on the glass. It
was while there was no sign of any breathing that I
kept talking of the things that were being presented
before me. These messages were thus given to
substantiate the faith of all, that in these last days we
might have confidence in the Spirit of Prophecy. RH
June 14, 1906; 1Bio 304.1{3SM 38.5}

25. The Candle
..it was Doctor Fleming and another younger
physician who made the examination. After Mrs.
White rose to her feet, as they have stated, quoting
the texts of Scripture, Doctor Fleming called for a
lighted candle. He held this candle as near her lips as
possible without burning, and in direct line with her
breath in case she breathed. There was not the
slightest flicker of the blaze. The doctor then said,
with emphasis, "That settles it forever; there is no
breath in her body."--David Seeley, in GSAM, pp. 208,
209. {1BIO 303.4} Ellen G. White Biography, Volume
1; The Early Years

26. Predictions
And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know
the word which the LORD hath not spoken? When a
prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the
thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing
which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet
hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be
afraid of him. (Deuteronomy 18:21-22 KJV)
The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the
word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall
the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly
sent him. (Jeremiah 28:9 KJV)

27. Super Test
If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of
dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, And the
sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake
unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which
thou hast not known, and let us serve them; Thou
shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or
that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God
proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your
God with all your heart and with all your soul…
(Deuteronomy 13:1-5 KJV)

28. Super Test
… Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear
him, and keep his commandments, and obey his
voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall
be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn
you away from the LORD your God, which brought
you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you
out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of
the way which the LORD thy God commanded
thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away
from the midst of thee. (Deuteronomy 13:1-5 KJV)

29. According to the Word
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my
disciples. And I will wait upon the LORD, that
hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I
will look for him. Behold, I and the children
whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and
for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts,
which dwelleth in mount Zion… (Isaiah 8:16-20
KJV)

30. What to teach
…And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto
them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards
that peep, and that mutter: should not a people
seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak
not according to this word, it is because there is
no light in them. (Isaiah 8:16-20 KJV)

31. Science before Scientists
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the
earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as
grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the
heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them
out as a tent to dwell in: (Isaiah 40:22 KJV)
He stretcheth out the north over the
empty place, and hangeth the earth upon
nothing. (Job 26:7 KJV)

32. Scientifically Sound
Dec. 16, 1848, the Lord gave me a view The
atmosphere parted and rolled back, then we
could look up through the open space in Orion,
from whence came the voice of God. {The
Present Truth [1849]}

33. Hubble Video (Restructured)

34. The Heavenly Sanctuary
And let them make me a sanctuary; that
I may dwell among them. According to
all that I shew thee, after the pattern of
the tabernacle, and the pattern of all
the instruments thereof, even so shall
ye make it. (Exodus 25:8-9 KJV)

35. Saw the Sanctuary
But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all
the earth keep silence before him.
(Habakkuk 2:20 KJV)
The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble;
the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and
strengthen thee out of Zion; (Psalms 20:1-2
KJV)

36. Sanctuary Importance
Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so
great a God as our God? Thou art the God that
doest wonders: thou hast declared thy
strength among the people. Thou hast with
thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of
Jacob and Joseph. Selah. (Psalms 77:13-15 KJV)

37. A Place of Understanding
They have seen thy goings, O God;
even the goings of my God, my
King, in the sanctuary. (Psalms
68:24 KJV)
Until I went into the sanctuary of
God; then understood I their end.
(Psalms 73:17 KJV)

38. The Last Deception
Satan is . . . constantly pressing in the spurious--
to lead away from the truth. The very last
deception of Satan will be to make of none effect
the testimony of the Spirit of God. "Where there
is no vision, the people perish" (Proverbs
29:18). Satan will work ingeniously, in different
ways and through different agencies, to unsettle
the confidence of God's remnant people in the
true testimony.--Letter 12, 1890. {1SM 48.3}

39. Hatred for the Testimonies
There will be a hatred kindled against the
testimonies which is satanic. The workings of
Satan will be to unsettle the faith of the
churches in them, for this reason: Satan cannot
have so clear a track to bring in his deceptions
and bind up souls in his delusions if the warnings
and reproofs and counsels of the Spirit of God
are heeded.--Letter 40, 1890. {1SM 48.4}

40. (2 Ch 20:20) [20] Believe in the LORD your God,
so shall ye be established; believe his prophets,
so shall ye prosper. (2 Chronicles 20:20)
(Pr 29:18) [18] Where there is no vision, the
people perish: but he that keepeth the law,
happy is he. (Proverbs 29:18)