appointment. The true test, however, for all fads of faith, a test before which the false prophet himself is to fall, is the test of Deuteronomy. One ought to ask, “What doctrine do these people teach?” One ought to ask whether they lead to the true and living God, or away from Him? Having learned that, he can settle in a moment whether they are from above or below; prophets, true or false. The reason so many people are misled in these matters is that they are so poorly acquainted with the Word of
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