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CONCERNING PROPHECY
Powers That Are Delegated to the
Remnant Church.
ELDER MOORE QUOTES SCRIPTURE
To show That rhese Are the Last Days
and That the GIFT of Prophecy 10
Possessed by True Adhsr-
eats OF Mas Church

"The Remnant church--Wlll if Have
the Spirit OF Prophecy was the sub
ject of Elder Moore's discourse last
evening at Good Templar's Hall, from
Scripture found in Thess.. 8, 20.
"Despise Not ProphesyIngs."
"It will be notlced," said the apesker.
"that Paul does not say 'despise not
prophecy but 'despiss not prophecy
ings,'-the exercising OF the gift Of
prophecy. To whom especially does
this language apply Can we telig II
not why givenl In the part OF the
fourth. and in the the first part OF the
fifth chapter. Paul is speaking of the
condition of the dead and Of the per-
sonal coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
He speaks OF those who shall be "alive
and remain" and OF the dead in Christ
who ehall rise first ETC., and then says
But of the times and seasons, breth-
rem, We have no need that write unto
you. But We, brethren, are not In
darkness las many are) that that day
should overtake you as a thief'-tfor yo
are looking for III. 'le are all the
children of light, and the children OF
the day. We are not Ut the day nor of
darkness The thought contained in
the above is that living In close prox-
unity to that greatest of all events
aud having the sure word of pro-
phecy' they need not be III
darkness as others. Are they not then
the people To whom this scripture es-
pecially applies? Soft appears to us.
'Desp:se not prophesylngs.' Yes. but
this is not An age OF prophets. How
then can we have prophesyings, We're
not the gifts of the spirit 10 follow the
gospel commission? Yes, certainly.
See Mark XVI, IL, Is. Did signs follow
the preaching of the gospel? Yes. They
were to cast out devils, or demons. Did
they? See Acts v. IL; viii, Z; XVI, 1918,
| ~. They should speak with new
tongues. Did they? For proof read
the wonderful account OF the day OF
Pentecost. Acts Ii, lib. They should
take up venemous serpents. See the
account OF the shipwreck of Paul and
his experie nee on the Island of Melita.
| Acts xviii, l-6. In the lrst establish
ment of the Christian church no doubt
many poisonous 'pOtlons' were taken
| unwittingly by Gods people, prepared
by their enemies. The prophet Joel
| adds his testimony to the tact that in
the last days God would pour out his
spirit upon all flesh, and says the
| prophet. your sons and your daughters
shall prophcsy. And on my
servants and on my handmaidens
will pour out in those days Of my
{Apirit-and they shall prophesy.' Then
7 followsian account of the signs in the
| Heavens and on the earth, sun, moon
and stars. etc.
showing conclasively that the church
| just previous to the personal advent OF
our Lord would have the gilt Of
prophecy. In the old and new dispen-
satlons God has spoken through human
instrumentalities. For proof. see Tx.
XIV, 20-2l; Judges iv, 4; III. Chron.
xxxiy, 22-23; Luxe ii, 36-3S; Acts xi,
27-2S, Xiii. 1-3, XIV, 3l-32. XXI. S-9. Be-
| SIDE many other Instances that might
be gwen. THIS arrangement was TO
continue through the gospel dispense
tiOn until the people of God should be
| brought into that harmonious state SO
clearly portrayed IN the gospel of
| Christ. Are the saints perfected? Have
| we all come into the unity of the
| faith while some 600 divisions separate
"the body of Christi We think not.
"To the law and to the testimony il
they speak not according To this word
1t is because there is no light in them, :"
says Isaiah. chapter vii, 20. "Where
there is no vision the people perish"
SAID Solomon, Prov. xxx, Is.
We find then that the gift of
prophecy is an essential factor in the
work of God. In fact, we are told to
Earnestly contend for the faith once
delivered unto the saints" Jud. Iii.
| Did they not have the gifts al
the first' Certainly. IL they
nee6ed them at that time .'for the
correction and edification OF the church
do We not stand much more in need of
them in this degenerate age .where
iniquity snail abound. See Tim. ill.,. l.
.. We do need them, and church
without them is as sadly deficient as
the body separated from some impor-
tant member. See Paul's argument on
THIS point in /. Cor, Xii, 1927. Our
Heavenly Father has been aware of
this fact, and has told us that the
| Remnant Church" would have the
"gifts" and especially the gift of
| prophecy, says the revelator in chapter
Kill, IL. And the dragon WAS wroth
with the woman the churchl and went
to make war with the remnant of her
seed which keep the commandments of
God mot the traditions of mem and
have tue testimony of Jesus Christ"
The commandments of God are un-
derstood, but pray what Is the testI-
mony Of Jesus Christi
THE rereIator says IN chapter xix. 10.