Counsels on Secular Worldview

Counsel #6 — Testing The Supernatural

Picture: Counsel #6 — Testing The Supernatural CSe 69.1

One of the most important gifts a Christian can receive from God is that of discerning Spirits. Christians must test every miraculous claim by Scripture because there will be increasing counterfeit supernatural phenomena as we approach the end of time. Every miracle worker who refutes the validity of the Ten Commandments receives his or her power from Satan and has no light from God (see Isaiah 8:20).^[70] CSe 69.2

“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 CSe 69.3

“Satan works ‘with all deceivableness of unrighteousness’ to gain control of the children of men, and his deceptions will continually increase. But he can gain his object only as men voluntarily yield to his temptations. Those who are earnestly seeking a knowledge of the truth and are striving to purify their souls through obedience, thus doing what they can to prepare for the conflict, will find, in the God of truth, a sure defense.” Ellen White in Maranatha, p. 207 CSe 69.4

Reflection: How do you tell the difference between supernatural acts of God and supernatural acts of Satan? CSe 69.5