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98the TRUTH, the whole TRUTH, and nothing but the TRUTHGod’s says:The Great Controversy (1888), p. 136The only response was, “Recant, recant.” The reformer [Luther]showed that his position was sustained by the Scriptures, and firmlydeclared that he could not renounce the truth.After Ernie acknowledged his sin, as addressed in chapter 2 of volume 2, hewas forgiven by God and a new ministry began. Herein lays a wonderful truth:“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and tocleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9.God can work with that. What is much worse in God’s sight is to be so selfassuredof our rightness, that our pride forbids us to confess our sins and turnfrom them. God worked with Manasseh, one of the worst kings in Israel’shistory, but after he confessed and repented of his sins, he was brought backfrom captivity and had the longest reign in Israel’s history. However, God couldnot work with Satan who, in spite of all the attempts by God to show him that hewas wrong, refused to bow and acknowledge the truth in Jesus.ConclusionWe encourage Pastor Wohlberg to take his own advice and, if he has not doneso already, read Beware of Angels and discern the differences between theirséances and Ernie’s dreams.God’s providence?Wohlberg says: (see Appendix G)“Shortly after this letter was sent I discovered that my friend Ed Reid,the Stewardship Director of the North American Division, had alsowritten a piece on Ernie’s dreams called ‘False Prophet of Tithing’ whichfocused on the same statement of the Herald that bothered me, and thatused the exact same quotes from EGW’s writings that God led me to. Tome, God’s providence was plainly evident…All of this shows that Ed Reid, myself, and the person in Oregon wereall alerted to the exact same problem independently of each other. Here’sanother email from a friend…Here is a portion of one more significant email I just received from anSDA pastor:”FactSimply because a few influential people and perhaps the majority agree, it doesnot turn a lie into truth. It makes it more pervasive. It is far from God’sprovidence. Ananias agreed with Caiaphas the high priest, and the majority ofthe Sanhedrin sided with them and they crucified Jesus. If a person hears a lieoften enough, it will become truth to them. However, that does not make it thetruth. There are people who disagree with Pastor Wohlberg and Elder Reid onthe tithe issue. We must admit that over the past 25 years, the GeneralConference has done a “good” job educating members to their way of thinkingon the tithe issue.God says:The Spirit of Prophecy, Vol. 4, p. 214