Well, not just that. I'm smarter than you, too.

The word "glory" refers to character, not necesarily "glowing".
The Hebrew word for “glory” is Kabod; it basically means weight or substance. God’s glory manifests and reveals His love and goodness.

Moses asked to see God's glory. God’s reply, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion” (Exodus 33:19)

When we look to Jesus we too can see the glory of God revealed.

2 Cor. 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

So yes, a true messenger of God will have the glory of God shining in their faces. Not in a glowing light, but in the expression on their faces and the actions of their lives, reflecting the character of God.



John 13:35 By this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

Matt. 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Gal 5:22-23 For the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Meekness, temperance.

The life of the prophet must be worthy of God's personal representative. A prophet should be recognized as different from other people, because in vision they have seen and talked with Christ and angels.


In addition to their message agreeing with the biblical prophets, (a very important test) the prophet's own life should be a godly one, and the tenor of their messages is such to lead people to a saving relationship with Christ and to a genuine godly, commandment keeping life.

While we must base our doctrines upon the scriptures, and its true that all the doctrines of the Seventh-day Adventist church came from Bible study first.
Thus it's true if we dig deeply into scripture we can find all the answers for doctrine and salvation in it's pages.

However, Ellen White's writings are needed to guide the church through the last days.
As one Author puts it -- EGW's writings are like a "harbor map". A ship sailing the high seas has a big world map in the pilot's area. While out on the oceans this map is all the pilot needs, but when they come to a harbor, expecially one with lots of reefs, a local pilot may come aboard with a "harbor map", to show all the dangerous points in the harbor.

The Bible is like the BIG map of the world that guides the ships across the seven oceans.
The harbour map is like the writings of EGW -- specifically meant to guide the ship through the dangerous waters.

People who throw out the harbour map, are throwing out all the warnings and points of danger upon which the church and its members can get hung up and shipwrecked during the last days of earth's history.

Satan's big effort is to make of non-effect the writings of EGW.

Those SDAs who are not completely convinced Jesus is guiding them through the SOP are in danger of backsliding.

Let's bring your point with an extreme example.

If Ellen white(or any claimed prophet) conveyed the word received from the Lord without any clothings(behind/but naked) in public -- would you consider that a sure indication that this person is ungodly?

Is there Bible texts that support that a godly life is the test of a prophet?

Elle seems to be implying Isaiah 20 here, where Isaiah was to demonstrate the shame that would befall Israel.

However, character is something different.

Character is who a person is -- and character is affected by the company one keeps. Someone who spends a lot of time with the Lord, will reflect His character. They are still human but there is something


John 13:35 By this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

Matt. 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Gal 5:22-23 For the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Meekness, temperance.

The life of the prophet must be worthy of God's personal representative. A prophet should be recognized as different from other people, because in vision they have seen and talked with Christ and angels.

Just read through Paul's letters,
he maintains he doesn't need letters of recommendation, people can see he speaks the words of God by the changed lives of those who believe his message. (See 2 Cor. 3:1-3 for example)

Amen!

I bet if the Lord had ask Ellen White to go around naked for 3 years, we wouldn’t have a SDA church today. This sort of display does effect how people view you and they will judge your character by this. Just like many had judge Hosea's character when he married that prostitute and Ezekiel for eating food cook over dung and laying on his side for so long.

-All these texts does not express that character is the test of a prophet’s words. We have the example of Jonah that failed the character test, however, the Lord still used him.

-The Lord uses who He wants to prophesize despite of character.

-Plus, all men fall short of the glory of G-d, so all our characters fall short from what its suppose to be.

-No prophets know all things. So they prophesize partially because their knowledge is partial. There’s limitation what any prophet knows which means all their words that proceeds from their mouth or pens are not all inspired.

-It is our duty (according to the Lord’s Law in Deut 13, Deut 18 and Is 8:20 and other texts) to test all words even from a true prophet that has spoken in harmony from the law in the past. We shouldn’t assume that any words prophet speaks is sure, and can slack off on our duty that the Lord gave us all. Just because the Lord used him in the past doesn’t mean that he will be using him continually all the time.

There is enough to show that had Ellen White been willfully naked in public, she could not be declared to be God's prophet.

She would have gone against her own counsel, would she not? Here are some of the Bible's words regarding prophets.

And here's another one...

So if Ellen White were so shameless as to have appeared in public unclad, she would have been represented among the false prophets and others who are mentioned in the passage above.

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

Why argue against the Bible?

Matt. 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.