(Chart 30)

 

TESTING PROPHETS

God's Prophets Spoke In The Name Of The Lord What God Said
{2 Peter 1:12; Numbers 23:5, 12}


 

Bible Tests Of A Prophet:

 

  • DOCTRINE

~ Deut. 13:1-5; 1 Jn. 4:1, 6 ~
cf. Joseph Smith's doctrine of God

  • ACCURACY

~ Deut. 18:20-22; Jer. 28:7-9 ~
Temple Lot - D&C 84:1-5
Civil War - D&C 87
Lord's Return in 1891

  • CHARACTER

~ Matthew 7:15-20 ~
cf. Joseph Smith and Polygamy