The TRUTH book Volume 1 (PDF) - For My People Ministry

Chapter 1G. Edward Reid, Tithe, andthe StorehouseIntroductionIsaiah 30:9-11That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will nothear the law of the LORD: Which say to the seers, See not; and to theprophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things,prophesy deceits: Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, causethe Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.The Review and Herald, November 26, 1861God's people will be tested and proved. The plain and pointedtestimony must act a prominent part in this work. In these days ofdarkness and peril who is able to stand and speak the whole truth?Multitudes of teachers prophesy smooth things. They see no special causeof alarm in the present condition of the professed people of God. Thepeople are asleep, and the teachers are asleep. They cry, Peace, peace,and the multitude that hear believe their report and are at ease. Thismakes the necessity greater for faithful teachers to bear the pointed,faithful testimony. The present is a time of scouring and purifying, a timeof warfare and trial. The house of Israel is being sifted, even as corn issifted in a sieve. The chaff must be removed, and it will require closework to separate the chaff from the kernels of grain. God's discerning eyewill detect the smallest particle of chaff, and yet he will not cause to fallupon the ground the least kernel of grain.In March 2008, Elder G. Edward Reid, North American Stewardship Director,entitled his monthly newsletter, “False Prophet of Tithing.” In that newsletter, hesought to convince his readers that Ernie Knoll was a false prophet because inhis dreams, he was told that we will be held accountable if we know our tithe isbeing misused and do nothing about it.In the newsletter, Elder Reid makes a number of statements that lead hisreaders to doubt the authenticity of Ernie Knoll’s dreams and calling. Thisincludes casting doubt on whether Ernie was a baptized member of the SDA